Example sentences of "they [adv] [vb past] with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the same duty was owed to those from within as to those from without the area , the adoption of criteria for selection which distinguished between them plainly conflicted with the express statutory duty laid down by section 6(5) . |
| 2 | They constantly fought with the music business and eventually drowned in a pool of legal wrangles , interband arguments and the inevitable financial problems . |
| 3 | Oh I I do n't usually recommend it some people do and find it easier that way I I would rather they just stuck with the the formula for differentiating a product and |
| 4 | They generally co-operated with the administration to the extent of providing money for the latest schemes ; participation , of course , was another matter . |
| 5 | For half an hour she lay on the floor in pain before they finally left with a hoard of silverware . |
| 6 | The Far Eastern bank interviewed took an entirely different line ; they always worked with the large international firms , claiming that neither they nor candidates had any confidence in the smaller firms . |
| 7 | An example will serve to illustrate this point : Leigh Hunt was a vegetarian , and praised ‘ in glowing words the cauliflower swimming in melted butter ’ ; Wordsworth wryly asked whether ‘ if by chance of good luck they ever met with a caterpillar , they thanked their stars for a delicious morsel of animal food ’ . |
| 8 | They also worked with the knowledge that there was a big Russian timber boat due in on the midday tide . |
| 9 | They also broke with the gender conventions of male expertise and female beauty in that the three main presenters were a White male , a Black female , and a ( male to female ) transvestite . |
| 10 | Admittedly — and this takes care of the other payoff conditions needed to make the situation a true Prisoner 's Dilemma — they probably agreed with the generals in preferring to win the war rather than lose it . |
| 11 | they strongly disagreed with the proposition that the review had improved staff relations ; |
| 12 | Hence , great pastor , preacher , and luminous expounder of the faith though he was , and moderate though his views were on most matters concerning the relations between the Church and secular society , his most cherished views were all doomed to failure from the start : they neither moved with the times , nor stood firm in the practical conveniences of the past . |