Example sentences of "[adv] they [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Or perhaps they just like tea , ’ said Ianthe , grateful for the cup that Sophia had poured out for her . |
| 2 | so they just had building built on top of it , |
| 3 | I mean really severely handicapped so they really need sort of helpers with them for you know at least fifty percent of the day or something . |
| 4 | Together they barely had time to take up a position at the far door , seize a loaded gun , drop to one knee , and aim as , with a final heave , the bulging mass of bodies exploded into the room , followed by the living . |
| 5 | Nevertheless they also took care to ensure that no one made himself vulnerable , no one put himself at risk by careless speech in public assembly . |
| 6 | Slimbridge , in southern England , whatever the direction they are taken away they initially fly north-west , even if it is the opposite direction from home ( Figure 4.7 ) . |
| 7 | Brian Johnson and Mike Grindley did n't even know each other when they were part of the seven thousand strong workforce at GCHQ … now they regularly share breakfast … and a long campaign since they were sacked . |
| 8 | How long those last back in the office , and how far they actually influence decision-making , is unquantifiable . |
| 9 | Well they only started tarmacadam in nineteen thirty six . |
| 10 | Surely they only take place when the data 's known to be applicable to people . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Here they just use chisel , no engrave , very good , you like to see . ’ |
| 12 | Sometimes they even cast doubt on psychology 's concept of a logical , autonomous subject , as Chapter 7 describes . |
| 13 | ‘ The four As , sometimes they just put figure 4 and capital A. It stands for Action Against Animal Abuse . ’ |
| 14 | Sometimes it worked , sometimes they simply shouted abuse , but his greatest success was when he addressed the Welsh League of Youth Eisteddfod at Aberystwyth in Welsh , having studied the language for just six weeks . |
| 15 | Much of his career in fact seems to have been devoted to Amazon-slaying , but it is significant that if heroes like Heracles represent the revolt of the son against the phallic mother then they also give evidence of their dependency on her when we find our hero forced to don women 's garb and do women 's work as proof of his love for the Lydian queen Omphale , while she wears his lion 's skin , brandishes his club and spanks him with her slipper if his handiwork does not please her . |
| 16 | The voters , in other words , had not moved solidly to the right , their position was one of ambivalence ; they had become deeply sceptical about the role of government and yet they still expected government to aid them as they tried to meet the pressing problems of modern life . |