Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [v-ing] they to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kitchen was full of smoke , servants and Sara 's brothers , who had recently returned from a day 's hunting in the mountains and who were getting in everyone 's way by taking their boots off and leaving them to steam before the flames . |
| 2 | Maybe Jack was rounding them up and moving them to another field . |
| 3 | This means fluffing them out and adapting them to whatever atmosphere she found herself in , and is a sure sign of contentment in a lot of birds . |
| 4 | I shall mention some of the issues to which the hon. Member for Stamford and Spalding ( Mr. Davies ) referred , although there seemed to be a lack of logic in his remarks because he cheered the Government on while encouraging them to be careful . |
| 5 | Insofar as English law requires the directors to take into account the interests of groups other than the shareholders it adopts the position that these interests do not fundamentally conflict with those of the shareholders and that it is therefore possible to arrive at a decision that balances all the relevant interests , subsuming them under or subordinating them to the vaguely defined collective goal of the organization . |
| 6 | Today , when I see people on marvellous new motorbikes , just flying about and knocking them to bits , it makes me feel so sad . |