Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] [verb] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In between excessive laughter I noticed that not only were SCUM CRAP at the back but they got completely pissed on by the Turkish Delights : - ) ) ) ) ) |
| 2 | Last week they got so fed up with commuters crowding round their screens to find out the train times — because the computer board was n't working — they just switched them all off . |
| 3 | Very soon , they eat enough to pass on to the next stage of their life cycle . |
| 4 | The vines are greedy — hardy , and they push deep roots down into the soil , but they are also vulnerable . |
| 5 | What they drew up looks remarkably like any other adjustment programme . |
| 6 | The treaty which they drew up dealt specifically with those leudes who had transferred from one king to the other . |
| 7 | It was fortunate that they 'd both driven back to the farmhouse after leaving the nightclub , before carrying on to the forest in Adam 's car , so her own vehicle was parked outside in the courtyard . |
| 8 | They had been on stand-by since 10.00 a.m. and it was now after one o'clock , but they were as crisp and well-tailored as if they 'd just stepped on to the plane . |
| 9 | But I think they 'd just gone back for the money creed and once you get that well erm they do n't realize that they could be falling into the trap unless we blokes stand firm now to maintain this standard of living . |
| 10 | Well a a a at the time , they 'd just changed over from the erm Tenants ' Development Association , to the Tenants ' Action Group , so it was a bit disorganized to begin with , cos we were still sorting out the , everything from what they 'd left over and things , so , but once we 'd got that all so once they 'd got that all sorted out , yeah , it was . |
| 11 | And so , after they 'd just slipped off to the local registery office in the city , they had left for a brief honeymoon in Paris . |
| 12 | BY THE time they got to Woodstock they might have been half a million strong , but give them a few days in the mud and they 'd soon wandered off into an acid daze looking for luxuries like a toilet , somewhere to sleep and a decent tofu burger . |
| 13 | She told her parents how she and Susan had bumped into the two lads from Northallerton and that they 'd all gone together to the Lobster Pot for a drink . |
| 14 | For instance you see all these big they 'd actually built up from the ground up , they 'd no taking now just the odd . |
| 15 | The responsibility will now be theirs and they 'd better get on with it and better show things that they 've been arguing and get along . |
| 16 | If those trainers did n't want to end up in a splash they 'd better get out of the way before I … |
| 17 | Perhaps they 'd never looked out of the windows . |
| 18 | What do they keep on going back to ? |
| 19 | They looked like anatomies of death , they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves , they did eat dead carrions , happy where they could find them , yea , and one another soon after , insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves , and if they found a plot of water cress or shamrocks , there they flocked as to a feast for the time , yet not able long to continue therewithal , that in short space there were none almost left , and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man or beast . |
| 20 | " Somehow I do n't think they look right planted out in the ground when you 've only a small space to use , " explains Tricia . |
| 21 | Those carmen are sittin' outside the wharves fer hours on end at times , an' they like ter come in fer a mug o' tea an' a chat . |
| 22 | ‘ They damn near went up with the balloon , ’ he said . |
| 23 | They know how to behave properly in it , thereby avoiding danger ( for a contrasted view of Malaysian aboriginals ' attitude to their jungle environment , see Robarchek , this volume ) . |
| 24 | Instead they set out to ride roughshod over the legislative branch , attempting to govern without congress rather than with it . |
| 25 | Fortunately , many of them know that their relatives and friends will be calling in to see them from time to time ; but ‘ from time to time ’ does not take care of those long days and nights in between , when , apart from their often desperate need for company , they feel frighteningly cut off from the world of people who would come to their aid at once if they fell ill , if only they had the means of contacting them . |
| 26 | This union and other unions have protested most vigorously to the Mersey Region and they decided then to go ahead with the appeals by approaching other trade unions , not necessarily involved in clinical skills , like the plumbers and the joiners of the A U E W and the EPTU . |
| 27 | They proceed not to turn up on Monday , the next working day . |
| 28 | Sadly , all too often they end up shelling out for mechanical write-offs which have been given a quick paint job and put up for sale at outrageous prices . |
| 29 | Think they go round travelling then like travelling salesman or something |
| 30 | I find the serenity of mainstream forecasters in the face of their debâcle discreditable because they now gravely confuse the public discussion as they go on popping up with one optimistic forecast after another , without any meaningful explanation as to why they have been so wrong . |