Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [conj] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three girls , see you 're lucky really cos if they 'd had three boys an i , in a few times , you know , ten years time like , they 'd have all , the boys would of been growing up and they 'd have had cars stuck everywhere , you know what I mean ? |
| 2 | What is striking about these two books is the sense they convey — little less unusual now than when they were written — of a strong and independent black community , in which people found their own way rather than having it mapped out for them by white expectations . |
| 3 | The ground was soft there and if they were lucky they would land on the pile of hay he kept for his horse . |
| 4 | I 've a feeling that , that probably they are all together and that they are safe because I think the , the , the , the Soviets are probably trying to , to damp down the issue now by keeping quiet on it , because I think they 've been very rattled . |
| 5 | Their udders dropped and their teats became larger and more pendulous so that when they lay down in their stalls the vital milk-producing organ was pushed away to one side into the path of the neighbouring animals . |
| 6 | All parts will stay dry today and although they 'll still be a good deal of cloud for much of the time some bright or perhaps sunny intervals are possible . |
| 7 | I have to stare at it very hard , Miss Honey , very very hard , and then I can feel it all happening behind my eyes , and my eyes get hot just as though they were burning but I do n't mind that in the least , and Miss Honey … |
| 8 | Young children went to lace-schools from the age of five upwards and after they had reached twelve they were expected to earn their keep . |
| 9 | The South American porcupines ( below , left ) may not look as impressive as the great crested species from Africa ( below , right ) but their quills are sharply barbed so that once they have entered a predator 's flesh they can not easily be removed . |
| 10 | Although North Sea oil revenues have been considerable , unemployment is greater now than before they commenced . |
| 11 | They will not be aware initially that if they join the Society in the autumn they will obtain what is virtually three months ' free membership . |