Example sentences of "and they [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean they only had their door there and letting in draughts and them running in and out you see we put that there look . |
| 2 | " A gift … " he began and them hurried on as Patrick started to shake his head . |
| 3 | A lot of players would simply set-up and hit the ball directly at the flag , and them wonder why they did n't get the ball close . |
| 4 | That 's what we like to do but Pam and them do n't like |
| 5 | ‘ It 's always the case of black people having to go mainstream to be accepted , instead of us doing our shit how we wan na do it and them coming over and taking a look , ’ says Roger D. ‘ We 're doing it for ourselves now . |
| 6 | I hate that , I really do , thank God I 'm at boarding school cos I hate , the worst bit is like when they get , I remember when I was at day school and them coming home from the parents ' evening and I was |
| 7 | The technique of getting them to supply the missing dialogue after a silent viewing of a scene provides a good opportunity for you and them to find out what language they have at their command and how flexibly they can use it . |
| 8 | The Young Socialists were in a state of constant conflict with their elders , and they fought bitterly against any intervention in their political initiatives . |
| 9 | The men poured off the lorry , the wheelbarrow was hustled from me , and they fought playfully to have a turn . |
| 10 | He had saddled for her a calm , unflustered mare and they hacked peacefully along remarking on the hardness of the ground , the atrophied crops and other manifestations of summer . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're jokin' ! ’ splutters Gordon , and they crack up . |
| 12 | A Peasants ' Revolt — the workers of Kent and Essex — led by Walter the tiler ( who became known as Wat Tyler ) , occurred in 1381 , in which they refused to pay the Poll Tax , and they gathered together to sweep in revolt into London , Although only a lad , Richard II subdued the revolt . |
| 13 | The professionals use clapper-boards for this , but sheets of paper with the numbers written in felt-tip pen can be held up to the camera , and they serve just as well . |
| 14 | The schoolfellows had been appointed to the Racer together through the efforts of a family friend of the Rogerses , and they serve together for much of their time at sea , occasionally allotted to different ships so as to give the author freedom to range more widely in space and circumstance . |
| 15 | To take an extreme illustrative case , one can imagine a situation where broadly similar relationships exist between direct land-users ( pastoralists or peasants ) and other groups and the state , and they develop historically in a steep-sloped area and in a plains area nearby . |
| 16 | Long before the prayer was answered , Malc fell in love with a bus conductress and they set up home together , while the kids and I went back to live with my Pop . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , the chance to perform before large Smiths crowds was an exciting opportunity for Easterhouse and they set about rehearsing in earnest . |
| 18 | Thus the Chewong see a wild pig , or any other animal normally hunted , primarily as potential meat and they set about trying to catch it . |
| 19 | When Sarah McCabe ( 1980 ) queried the logic of why just one police system should be entrusted with the control of crime , law , order , and social assistance , pointing out , ‘ there is some disagreement about the use of the criminal law — unease about control of the streets … [ which poses the question ] who will be controlled and [ who will be ] assisted ’ , she found the tenor of her ‘ thoughtful and moderate examination of the police role … was too much for the senior officers to whom it was presented , and they set out to discredit it with a will ’ ( Greenhill 1981 : 98 ) . |
| 20 | The best climbers in the school were picked for the hunt and they set out , one on each shelf . |
| 21 | Their discussion of what the press ‘ should be and do ’ reflects an East — West Cold War divide and they set out ideal , polar positions so as to highlight differences . |
| 22 | Ellen and Neal Wood , in Class , Ideology and Ancient Political Theory maintain that the ‘ classics of political theory are fundamentally ideological ’ ( 1978 , p. ix ) and they set out to relate them ‘ more closely and systematically ’ to their social contexts . |
| 23 | Drs Malhotra and Thorpe , though , took the view that the differences between the anoles were probably related to the differences in their environments , rather than to reproductive isolation , and they set out to prove it . |
| 24 | Both founders came from publishing backgrounds ( she from Collins and he from Michael Bond 's Paddington & Company ) , and they set out to develop new market niches , through licensing book related characters and properties — such as Beatrix Potter 's Peter Rabbit , Michael Bond 's Paddington Bear and Jill Barklem 's Brambly Hedge — and through widening the merchandise beyond toys , particularly into the gift trade . |
| 25 | ‘ I would like to go back now , ’ she announced , and they set off down the grassy path in the scented April darkness , back to The Gantry . |
| 26 | He closed the gate and they set off back down the dirt track towards the cottage . |
| 27 | Jack agreed and they set off down the track side , treading carefully in case they tripped over signal wire . |
| 28 | ‘ Deal , ’ Ted Hammond said , and they set off to see if the sisters had joined the party yet . |
| 29 | None o' the farmers had thought about having their horses roughed , and they set off extra early that morning to go to the Christmas market . |
| 30 | After half an hour or so , the two of them restored their employer to her feet , and they set off again , Miss Fergusson leaning on the guide 's arm with a strange nonchalance , as if she were being conducted round a cathedral or a zoological garden . |