Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So what 's interesting here is that they seem to be having a conversation about un the university matters , the history department and so on but in fact there 's this kind of subtext going on here in which both of them want to find out about the other person 's children and both of them are being very mysterious and avoiding the question . |
| 2 | One good way of judging a well-planned interview schedule of the formal type is to ask ‘ Could this schedule be handed over to someone else for analysis without them having to go back to the interviewer to ask what certain answers mean ? ’ |
| 3 | Humbled at Sheffield Eagles on Sunday , in their first game after the defeat of Canberra Raiders , they failed to bounce back in the Lancashire Cup last night , losing to a disciplined Warrington side . |
| 4 | They got called up by the Cabinet Office . |
| 5 | The boaters , 4 adults and 4 children were sailing on the River Severn , when they got swept up by the Severn bore . |
| 6 | He went on to describe the drivers swearing as they got snarled up in the midday Cairo traffic . |
| 7 | I was told I could see him for an hour but they got held up on the way and I was rushed through the visit . |
| 8 | They eat standing up in the kitchen . |
| 9 | And the West peal comes appeal and the West 's heard becomes a heard and the one sort of difference that 's still there and it may take quite while to go is that the East Mainland when they 're saying a sentence they tend to go up at the end of the sentence the voice rises . |
| 10 | I would like to go to the town today , and she 's awfully she 's no the day and they tend to go up at the end . |
| 11 | They also do n't like wind rock so in a , an exposed position young plants do really need more staking than you 'd probably give a bush because they tend to rot off at the roots if they grow around a lot . |
| 12 | ‘ Moss stitch is best for ties otherwise they tend to curl up at the edges and look like a drain pipe . ’ |
| 13 | But after this it was United who took the initiative as they sought to get back into the game . |
| 14 | ‘ Although Tara never is really dark , ’ said Caspar as they stopped to look back at the great shining edifice outlined against the sky . |
| 15 | They want to go up to the aviary but I I ca n't get I ca n't get this buggy up there up that hill . |
| 16 | If they want to come along on the day and enjoy themselves , that 's fine ; we 're even providing a bouncy castle , so children can bounce for the rainforests at the Banbury walk . |
| 17 | They want to get on with the job , and are afraid of what a former Archbishop of York , Stuart Blanch , has described as ‘ analysis paralysis ’ setting in . |
| 18 | They delivered to his Downing Street home a list of what they want to get out of the recession . |
| 19 | They are saying they want to get back to the point where their hard work brought frequent , real , deep satisfaction . |
| 20 | Gascoigne enjoyed good support from Batty , who had another busy game in midfield and rarely allowed the opposition to establish the sort of rhythm they tried to set up at the start , when Boban and Suker tested Woods with low shots after some swift exchanges of passes had succeeded in outmanoeuvring England 's defence . |
| 21 | After driving to Rolls Wood Group [ Repair & Overhauls ] Ltd , they tried to get out of the car . |
| 22 | What do they expect to get out of the holiday ? |
| 23 | They seemed to give up in the second half , failed to mark anyone , gave Wallace ( who was running riot ) as much space as he wanted , and left Quinn up , waddling around ( usually into an offside position ) like a half-deflated barrage baloon ( with a tache ) . |
| 24 | They seemed to stretch back into the hillside as if they might , at some stage , cease to become manmade buildings of stone and wood and brick and become ancient caves ; tunnels that would penetrate deep into the earth 's core . |
| 25 | When they 'd gone through into the lecture hall , I noticed the professor staring after them with a very odd look on his face — a stunned , frozen look . |
| 26 | I assaulted this position from every angle , ranging from thoughtful analyses of the male mid-life crisis , its nature and origins , to sweeping ad absurdum dismissals in which I demonstrated that by the same token Trish and Brian were equally culpable , because if they 'd gone out for the day I would have stayed at home and we would never have met in the first place . |
| 27 | The floorboards had n't snapped , as I 'd originally thought : they 'd gone down into the dock with Harry . |
| 28 | When they 'd landed back on the plate , he leaned forward , studying the pattern they 'd formed . |
| 29 | For their tickets , and I said at the area council if they had turned up like they turned up to pay them thirty pound and eight pound , if they 'd turned up at the same time with a petition form what a difference it would |
| 30 | Around the inner walls the Annamese soldiers of the imperial guard , who looked as if they 'd stepped out of the pages of one of his adventure-story books , stood sentinel with their muskets . |