Example sentences of "they [verb] [be] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The last time they met was in the old second division at the county ground .
2 The only place they lived was in the northern mountains , the Greshorns .
3 Writers and the books they produced were of the same type , full of antiquarian information and the archaic vocabulary that went with it .
4 If we accept that we can not prevent science and technology from changing our world , we can at least try to ensure that the changes they make are in the right directions .
5 Those whom they encountered were for the most part leading precarious lives ; they lacked the leisure , the mental energy , even the vocabulary , for speculation about the great issues of heaven and hell , death and judgement .
6 These and many other factors are of great importance to practising physicians , but to do justice to them and to the controversies which they provoked is beyond the purpose of this book .
7 Any extra help they received was through the dedication of any class teacher who had enough energy left over from dealing with the demands of the class as a whole .
8 The closest they came was in the mid-Eighties when their group , Trash , Flash And Money — ‘ straight down-the-line uninteresting Billy Idol rock music ’ — was signed to a development deal by Capitol records in America ( in a development deal they give you some money while they decide whether you are any cop after all ) .
9 Celtic finished the half well on top , though the closest they came was from the powerful long range shooting of Polish defender Wdowczyk .
10 All of which explained that when I arrived at the BMC 's International Meet halfway through the week , the climbers that drifted into breakfast that morning looked like they 'd been on the receiving end of a very nasty artillery barrage .
11 They 'd let him resign , just when they 'd been on the point of sacking him .
12 She knew they 'd been on the verge of drawing at least a little closer to each other , yet she had been the one to ruin the opportunity .
13 er , she said that they 'd been to the said this man had been to her house .
14 They 'd been to the hospital , and they 'd been over the flat so I said to them well pop the blankets on and come over here then and have your supper and go back .
15 Erm that probably because they 'd been at the bottom so long , er it did n't appear that there was
16 They 'd been at the Nuffield Press in Oxford all their working lives until this week .
17 They 'd been to the hospital , and they 'd been over the flat so I said to them well pop the blankets on and come over here then and have your supper and go back .
18 He said they 'd been through the a the er interview process and they 've chosen who they want .
19 It was a secret they 'd been in the house .
20 When they 'd been in The Lobster Pot , and afterwards , there had been a tremendous rapport between them .
21 Unlike the other actors — they 'd been in the business much longer than I had — I had no idea what work I could get .
22 They 'd been in the cafe for over thirty minutes now , with only the sound of a fruit machine and the loud chattering of a group of youngsters in their late teens for company .
23 He said the miners were being asked to accept wages that were even lower than they 'd been before the war and that their working conditions were appalling .
24 Our participants lived on a large 1960s council estate on the outskirts of a county town and the schoolrooms they describe were in the local comprehensive school situated on the estate .
25 Some people defend television by pointing out that , though children read less as they grow older , the actual number of books they read is on the increase .
26 Many of them are well known , such as Edinburgh Castle and Stirling Castle , but we have to ensure that people are aware that some of the lesser-known sites they visit are in the care of Historic Scotland , and that they realise many more are on offer , ’ says Bill .
27 The territories that they inhabit are for the most part inhospitable , with some of the world 's highest mountains and large expanses of desert ; and levels of literacy have traditionally been low ( some of the nationalities concerned had no written language at all at the time of their incorporation into the USSR ) .
28 As for the Swindon fans , they loved being beside the seaside and Dave Mitchell answered their chant — We want 5 — with his second goal 9 minutes from time .
29 These two here are also positional isomers , there carbon chains are the same the only way they differ is in the position of the functional group .
30 They 're the same molecular formula the only way they differ is in the way the basic chain is structured .
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