Example sentences of "they [adj] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They also adopted a different approach to that adopted by Lyell J , but they all came up with more or less the same figure at the end of the day , around £54,000 . |
| 32 | He could only imagine girls in the evening when they all walked along and Marie stopped in front of a shop window to see that her clothes and hair were as she wanted and they all came up behind her and did the same so they were like a group photograph on a record sleeve , wiggling their fingers and poking out their tongues and saying ‘ Yoo-hoo ’ to their reflections . |
| 33 | Fred and then they all came round in the evening , and then on S Sunday , went to church and were invited out for lunch , and I went to see my mummy and daddy . |
| 34 | That was the last time that really hit me because if I 've got my facts correct , I think when we played England at Lord 's they all came out through the same gate , ’ Kerr said . |
| 35 | Marion had hoped for a disco maybe , or else a smart hotel , but this … well , once weddings were in the air , they all came out of the woodwork : aunts and cousins you had n't seen in years , bringing engagement presents . |
| 36 | I suppose a lot of people would say he got his just desserts , they did in that family , because they all came back for , three hours later , and er , gained entry . |
| 37 | and er , that was at eight o'clock and er , then they all came back at about quarter past eight and er they sat us down and said daddy died at twenty to nine |
| 38 | They all came back through their agents and complained and I told them to forget it . |
| 39 | I could n't imagine what she expected to tell them if they all came back on the same day . |
| 40 | ‘ We had agreed to wait until they all came back from the States . ’ |
| 41 | And they 'd all been in the run , so they all came in for lunch , and they , you know , it 's like twenty bar meals , and then they were coming up to drink , to order drinks , they were doing like ten drinks at a time . |
| 42 | K. R. Whenever they had a raid on the Chinese gambling , they took them all in the cells and they all sent out for Chinese meals , and when they 'd all gone to the Main Bridewell in the middle of the night — ‘ 125 , scrub out ! ’ — and I had to take my tunic off and scrub out after the Chinese had been . |
| 43 | While they all climb back into their ancient cars I take Rufus aside for a talk . |
| 44 | ‘ What a lovely view , ’ breathed Mary , as they all stretched out on the grass . |
| 45 | and May died nineteen sixty eight or nine , they all died round about the same time |
| 46 | The Burgess Shales , as they have become known , is proof to Gould that chance is more important than natural selection , since they all died off without issue whereas some minor offshoots of the extinct phenotypes , like the Crustaceans , went on to become important stepping-stones on the evolutionary ladder from which mammals finally emerged . |
| 47 | ‘ All right , Belinda , I 'll drive you , ’ said David and they all set off across the grass to the dodgem stand . |
| 48 | That came about because one of the dancers had fallen ill just before they all set out from Cape Town . |
| 49 | Their heads were close together and as he appeared they all looked up in unison with startled faces and fell silent . |
| 50 | But before Molly could answer they all looked out as a car breasted the top of the small hill and lit them as brightly as actors on a stage . |
| 51 | In truth they all looked out of their depth , and have still to register a victory over the Ports since their elevation to senior status . |
| 52 | as if the children had n't heard her or were not aware of her presence , they all ran back towards the side of the house , and there they stood as a group , staring at the man with the short legs and the girl with hair that looked almost white , walking towards their mother . |
| 53 | And and the three individuals who I worked with particularly , they 'd all been more or less written off , and they all come through with distinctions . |
| 54 | So if they all come along with lots and lots of money they 'll all have fifteen years . |
| 55 | Mm , that one , I do n't know though did n't have a blonde woman see and I never , I did n't , I did n't realise there was two and I really did not and I suddenly there 's , they all come out on the ice |
| 56 | They put it on every question and they all come out of the exam and they say , Oh it was fifty degrees wa No , it was all the way , it was three hundred and ten . |
| 57 | the Officer and the Gentleman , they all come out in these white suits , and I mean they 're handsome right ? |
| 58 | They all come back to the start . |
| 59 | Would they ever see America , or would they all end up at the bottom of the sea , food for the fishes ? |
| 60 | Finally , they all progress back to the ranch for one last game where the farmer 's father materialises to play catch with him . |