Example sentences of "of [noun sg] and they [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | of course and they always wanted |
2 | A sharp word of command and they immediately sat down and waited as their mistress opened the car door . |
3 | Models , like photographers , specialise in certain types of work and they usually have portfolios to show off how they look in a variety of poses . |
4 | Training will have made dancers more adept at a certain style of dance and they usually show preference fur a certain type of step : elevation , pointe work , pirouettes or whatever . |
5 | But they won a fair fight and they took a tremendous lot of trouble and they really did a very good campaign , there 's no question about that at all . |
6 | But , for the children there was a lot of sadness and they desperately wanted , as I think all , most children of divorced do , to keep in touch with both parents and right from the beginning of a separation . |
7 | At no other time has he had hallucinations of sight and they entirely disappeared after sleeping . |
8 | Dykes are vertically discordant intrusions often composed of dolerite and they frequently exist in swarms . |
9 | And there 's the controversy , which I do n't approve of controversy and they rather roll their tongues around and in and out of words and |
10 | The judges usually used the church of one of their number for the place of hearing and they often chose places that were towns or centres . |
11 | The drainage dykes are the breeding area for many species of dragonfly and they also contain a wide variety of wild plants . |
12 | do n't that put you off when drivers come the other way and you 've got right of way and they always go , and they go past |
13 | The problem we 've got with Greenpeace they might not have so much in the way of merchandise and they just have the stickers and |