Example sentences of "they [verb] [prep] [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the principal activity of many of the nobles in Edward III 's reign was war , their fundamental concern was always their inheritance , the lands and rights which formed the basis of their wealth and power and which they expected to hand on to their heirs . |
| 2 | They remain on display today in the Crown Room of the Castle , the very room built for them in the reign of James VI . |
| 3 | They live mainly on berries and fruit , so they tend to home in on people 's gardens . |
| 4 | They argued about freedoms not in terms of immediate advantage , but in terms of absolute justice . |
| 5 | Such generosity was at the expense of the Greek cities of the coast , and helps to explain why they revolted from Persia again in 479 ( Hdt. ix.105 , treating their adhesion to the new Delian League as a second ‘ Ionian Revolt ’ ) , as before in the Ionian Revolt of 499 . |
| 6 | It 's extraordinary the way they materialize like flies out of thin air when the sun shines . |
| 7 | They stirred into life just before half-time , when Mickey Lewis came as close as anyone could to scoring |
| 8 | They drove in convoy round behind the great house , on a sopping weed-infested gravel drive , and pulled up in the stable-yard , where Roland helped Sir George to disembark the wheelchair and Lady Bailey . |
| 9 | an angels that turn bad , just like a lot of mankind turn bad er they put on flesh then for the purpose of marrying the goodlooking daughters of men |
| 10 | They came into existence along with democracy — with the development of parliaments and elections — after the American and French Revolutions , and were at first ‘ parties of notables ’ , that is to say , relatively small electoral committees composed of individuals who had prestige and wealth in their own constituency or electoral district . |
| 11 | They arrived at Harborough soon after 7.00 p.m. , and after their long day in the fresh air , doubtless tucked into the ‘ sumptuous dinner ’ provided with relish . |
| 12 | In the event of a fire , a maroon would be set off and their turn out was of such a high standard that they arrived at fires out of the district before the local brigades in whose area the fire was . |
| 13 | The Moulds left Myddle shortly after the Civil War and their leisurely progress northwards along what is now the A 495 can be followed in local parish registers until they arrived at Whitchurch early in the nineteenth century . |
| 14 | They exhibit at shows all over the country , and the nursery at Woodmancote has become famous for it 's collection . |
| 15 | Bicester rugby club drive towards another Twickenham appearance when they travel to Ongar tomorrow in the quarter finals of the Provincial Cup . |
| 16 | And the boxes would even be warm when they landed at Wyre down in the hold of the steamer . |
| 17 | Trent turned with him and they walked in silence down through the palm trees to the beach and Golden Girl . |
| 18 | ‘ When they returned to Bristol just before midnight three of the party left . |
| 19 | FERRANTI 'S shares encountered hectic trading when they returned from suspension yesterday as a host of conflicting rumours swept the stock market over the company 's future . |
| 20 | Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said on Sept. 28 that it demonstrated " the commitment of the US administration and President Bush personally to the process of nuclear disarmament " , but added that it was " still premature to assess the whole scope of these proposals " especially as they pertained to cuts elsewhere in Europe . |
| 21 | They signed with Virgin early in 1982 . |
| 22 | THEY believe in miracles down at The Valley . |
| 23 | Deutsch and Budwig ( 1983 ) , for example , found that children often used their own names in two-word utterances when they talked about objects currently in their possession , but a pronoun like me or my when they were claiming something not yet in their hands . |
| 24 | Apparently it belongs to this boy Svend because it was he who suggested they go to Copenhagen instead of staying on in Roskilde when the pop festival ended . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ They bicker like children instead of getting us jobs . ’ |
| 26 | That 's why they went for Saracens right from the start . |
| 27 | The McKays qualified and married in Edinburgh and then left to work in London for a short time before travel beckoned and they went to work firstly in Papua New Guinea and then in Lusaka , Zambia . |
| 28 | They went to Germany together in 1798 and to Calais in 1802 . |
| 29 | I do not know if they talked or if they went to bed together on that first night . |
| 30 | It 's my guess they went to ground somewhere in that area . ’ |