Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun pl] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had once been commuters themselves but they had waited so long for trains they had taken to living permanently in the tunnels , skulking in the darkness by day and emerging late at night to devour unwary travellers . |
| 2 | Although they have been living together for years they have had no idea how the other really felt . |
| 3 | Mm , the visions that they had were not as reality they were only like visions they had |
| 4 | ( e ) Self-help groups : The rehabilitation programme can be the setting off point for a self-help group , so that patients who have been through the exercise programme , which may well last anything from 4–12 weeks , can continue to meet and exercise together with friends they have made . |
| 5 | These factors , together with others they identified , were part of the industrialization process and , they concluded , explained the similarities in rates of vertical social mobility . |
| 6 | Together with termites they turn most of the earth 's soil , enriching it , draining it and airing it . |
| 7 | They ( or most of them ) had never received a formal education , so at times they landed in trouble . |
| 8 | IDEC also employed a relocation co-ordinator between September 1980 and March 1981 to talk to each employee individually about problems they faced or might face as a result of the move . |
| 9 | Sca Fell and Snowdonia … and swum across Loch Lomond and Derwent Water … yesterday in wales they tackled Lake Bala … in between the swimming and running the rest of the road to lands end is on the bike … whay are they doing it … for charity they 're hoping to raise over five thousand pounds |
| 10 | By sharing the benefits and improvements openly with customers they hope to build the mutually beneficial long-term relationship which is their objective . |
| 11 | wrote this instead of I do n't think you work well from diagrams they keep confusing . |
| 12 | Beaked whales generally have only a single pair of teeth protruding from their lower jaw , and instead of teeth they use a ribbed palate to get a firm grasp on their prey . |
| 13 | Instead of hatchets they have fans and as they pass through the soldiers ' camp they hit the soldiers and say : " There you are dead . " |
| 14 | This has been the case in libraries , where the Association of Assistant Librarians themselves came forward with policies they wanted to see implemented because they knew better than most how the arrangement of shelving , as well as the provision of good lighting , seating and magnifies influences the amount libraries are used . |
| 15 | Likewise with friends they 've probably got fewer friends but the friends they have got are very close friends and they know them on a much deeper level . |
| 16 | In this way exhibitors were forced to fill up their screens for months ahead with pictures they had never seen . |
| 17 | They move along the underground systems to either emerge in due course or stay tight to rabbits they have encountered . |
| 18 | Certainly without guns they had no hope , they might as well give up . |