Example sentences of "of they [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Comparable judgments used terms like ‘ lewd ’ , ‘ offensive ’ , ‘ recognised standards of propriety ’ and ‘ the ordinary modesty of the average man ’ , all of them largely subjective responses to behaviour which is legal in itself , but which becomes unacceptable when viewed by others . |
| 2 | But there were five of them there one day in the porch and when they saw me they gathered up their bottles and began to go , except one . |
| 3 | At least the fish were moving well and lots of them too that night . |
| 4 | Most at risk is Venice , California , on Los Angeles 's Pacific shore , where the Venice in Peril organisation welcomes visitors ' support to help them to save the many cultural treasures , some of them almost 50 years old . |
| 5 | There are two village greens ; both were levelled , and the pond was reclaimed on one of them about ten years ago . |
| 6 | It is , Chairman , that actually they are down against the erm , Mill Stream , the three storeys site , some of them about three storeys high . |
| 7 | None of them ever enlivened maths lessons with a few handy hints about alternative sexuality . |
| 8 | One of them apparently recognised Ranulf and called out honey-phrased invitations as to what she would offer for a silver coin . |
| 9 | THERE have been lucky winners of the Grand National but , of them all 100–1 chance Foinavon must rank supreme — and may also have been indirectly responsible for saving the race . |
| 10 | On board were 142 first-class passengers and 100-odd — some of them very odd people travelling in economy . |
| 11 | Where will you find in any of them so much Nature , Sweetness , Simplicity and Ease , and such a judicious Choice of new and enlivening Epithets ? |
| 12 | ‘ I had been with both of them twice that week and they never seemed any different from the way they always were . |
| 13 | In 1983 it acquired 3,965 hectares in 549 parcels throughout the Auvergne ( half of them under 1 hectare each ) ; 2,439 hectares in 315 parcels was within the LFA Zone de Montagne . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ The figures are disputed by the National Farmers ’ Union and the Country Landowners ' Association and the Council for the Defence of Rural England — none of them really anti-Tory organisations . ’ |