Example sentences of "the [noun] [adv] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | in the big house on the park where they carried you out |
| 2 | But the Guider and all the Pack learned later on about her meeting with the stranger on the seat , because at the next Pack Meeting the Guider read out a letter from Mr. Bishop , the estate agent , which said the Earl of Ferngrove had given special instructions that the Brownie Guide Pack could continue to use the Park whenever they wished , as he was quite satisfied , thanks to a chat he 'd had with one of them , that they were very careful not to leave litter about in the Park . |
| 3 | Further down the lake , back in the direction whence they had come , children were playing coach and horses with a sled . |
| 4 | It follows that the directors will best serve the interests of the shareholders where they adopt the policy , which may include undertaking investment projects that will produce a delayed return , that is most likely to maximise the firm 's present value . |
| 5 | Villa began the afternoon where they finished in May , one rung above the relegation places , although this time last year they stood fifth in the First Division . |
| 6 | For some reason she recalled that moment during the afternoon when they had stood together on the slope looking down on Rocamar . |
| 7 | She felt miserable about this all the morning , but better in the afternoon when they went to Druid 's Bottom after school . |
| 8 | The afternoon when they discover that they have to have a complete outline plan of the Dolomites ready for the Ministry by nine o'clock the following morning , and all stay working into the small hours , until their backs are aching and their eyes closing , and they all love each other and are united in extremity against the entire world . |
| 9 | It was late in the afternoon when they decided they were too exhausted to continue . |
| 10 | It was late in the afternoon when they decided they were too exhausted to continue . |
| 11 | One for only ninety nine P , so I had to make the money up they got |
| 12 | In the cities also they find exciting shops and entertainments . |
| 13 | After travelling back south by barge , the pair have driven down to Tasmania to carry on the circumnavigation where they left off . |
| 14 | However , according to eye-witnesses , at about 6am soldiers ordered the workers from the outbuilding where they lived , forced some of them to kneel on the ground and then shot them . |
| 15 | Now it was the hour when they brought out the pastis and big water-jug and lit the scented candles on the terrace above the bay and Paul and Jeannine and the rest of them were beginning to arrive and Therese was telling them what there would be to eat . |
| 16 | The little larvae soon emerge — they know which way to go ! — and bore down into the stem where they pupate and eventually emerge as adults . |
| 17 | Children described to the interviewers how they had been referred to the library to find information on Inuits and Eskimos in basic studies , Scott of the Antarctic in history , and Alexander Fleming in science , while one child described how : In RE sometimes Miss asks us to go and find out ( like ) some information and also in literacy ( like ) there are some people who write letters backwards and Miss asks us to go back and see if we could find any . |
| 18 | Moving away from the driveway they threaded their way through the trees , until they reached the fringe of the woods where they bordered onto the wide expanse of neatly mown lawns , dotted here and there with beds of flowers and shrubbery . |
| 19 | The idea is that if elderly people can be encouraged to think back to the times when they had lots of relationships , and when they felt they had some status and worth , then they are able to feel that status carry over more into their present life . |
| 20 | The philosopher Francis Bacon and many of his contemporaries summed up the scientific attitude of the times when they insisted that if we want to understand nature we must consult nature and not the writings of Aristotle . |
| 21 | ‘ Look , I 'm supposed to go down and do another five minutes of charm and chat with the ladies in the kitchen now they 've done their stuff . |
| 22 | Because neither has examined or thought out their views , or the reasons why they hold them , there is serious misunderstanding when attitudes and behaviour clash . |
| 23 | That was probably another of the reasons why they became so obsessed with loyalty , with the idea that you were part of some élite squad . |
| 24 | Rats and mice even use ultrasonic echoes to determine distances and sizes of objects in the dark — this is one of the reasons why they squeak . |
| 25 | I am sufficiently egotistical to believe that one of the reasons why they failed was that I was not present . |
| 26 | Many women see induction as interference with a natural process and it is one of the reasons why they write ‘ birth plans . ’ |
| 27 | We wanted to learn more about the reasons why they employed labour on this basis and about the terms under which the engagement was made . |
| 28 | That 's one of the reasons why they do n't like doing this kind of thing that the did this morning , because they do n't want to affect the project in any way , and I think the management takes advantage of that . |
| 29 | Sheila Kitzinger , anthropologist and authority on methods of natural childbirth , found on a field trip to the Caribbean that if she questioned women too strongly about the reasons why they did this or that with their babies , their easy confidence would suddenly start to crumble . |
| 30 | But those who hate the nostalgia of the elderly should remember that one of the reasons why they want to talk so much about the past may be that , for them , the present is unbearable , and the future unthinkable . |