Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Returning soldiers were spat on as they walked off their planes and the Death Valley sized rift that ensued still causes tensions among many . |
| 2 | But the Samaritans — who provide a 24 hour service — do know the pain that goes on and they are trying to help . |
| 3 | A group of alumni teachers came to a specially organised programme at the Schools Open Day this year and we laid on an ‘ Any Questions ’ panel so that they could grill our Admissions Tutors about what really goes on when they receive an application from a sixth former . |
| 4 | Looking specifically at the mid-range commercial systems marketplace , Wendler believes that by 1995 , users are likely to reach a point where the cost of implementing open systems will be less than to carry on as they are . |
| 5 | So , you know , we expect erm , Penguin and A W er , Penguin U S certainly to go on and Longman to carry on as they are , improving . |
| 6 | The statue of Moloch in Carthage had large outstretched hands for children to be placed on before they tumbled to a blazing fire below , where they would be ‘ purified ’ and blessed by that god . |
| 7 | Anyone can stay on if they want ca n't they ? |
| 8 | I know in the recession of lot of parents have been forced to do just that , but it was always going to be a last resort and thankfully this winter 's tour means they can stay on where they are . |
| 9 | They would let them stay on until they married and got farms of their own , because , perhaps , their own home circumstances would not be very good . |
| 10 | A well-planted 30″ tank , with an open area in the front where a flat stone is placed , will usually induce the fish to use the stone to spawn on where they are easily accessible for photographing . |
| 11 | Things can not be allowed to go on as they are . |
| 12 | These are strategic alternatives which would capitalize on George and Marie 's strengths and minimize their weaknesses : it is the business of a case study answer to identify these alternatives and not just to assume that the proprietors have to go on as they started . |
| 13 | It 's just it 's very very very well , put it this way , children seem to learn language very very very very quickly and they 've got very very very little data to go on when they learn the language . |
| 14 | I want them to go on because they can see it 's the only thing to do . |
| 15 | Well , you know , it you see , time were , I do n't know I suppose , I do n't know but I never seemed to be afraid and I used to have my or something round my waist , a belt with the keys hanging on and they supplied me with a as well , one of these , I do n't know what they 're made of they were n't all that heavy but still they were heavy enough to keep on . |
| 16 | No not really — they just sit down and they listen to me and they 'll say something — " Brenda where you come from ? " [ laughs ] somefin' like that , you know what I mean , cause I 'm born English so they aks me what I want to speak Patois for ? |
| 17 | Sit down and they , they swear to me when they 're talking to me and what have you , you know , but we can go into them without appointments , you know , we can work them in between . |
| 18 | The manager and the members of staff sit down and they agree over the last twelve months which of these bits of training have you had either on the job or as forward training they are ticked off , what do you need over the next six months , let's make a programme . |
| 19 | We , we , we , we threw , we threw it out into the garden and these birds swooped down and they could n't take off ! |
| 20 | They 'd broken in and they 'd better get out . |
| 21 | The huge padlock seemed oddly out of place for anyone could have broken in if they had wished . |
| 22 | It had been lashing down when they 'd gone in . |
| 23 | Whether that will upset the balance at all because Lewis was a very important for them he kept stepping in when they wanted to change play . |
| 24 | The wind was easterly so they would be returning over our heads onto the main runway , and as the aircraft started to come back they seemed to be only a few feet above us , touching down after they crossed the far hedge . |
| 25 | ‘ We made the effort last year , but the talks would have broken down before they started , except for the Ulster Unionists . ’ |
| 26 | Either the telemetric system has broken down or they 've gone bonkers at Bacton . ’ |
| 27 | It is better to go in when they are losing money than when they are making money ; then one has more muscle ’ . |
| 28 | Do you want two piece construction to go in as they 've done it , or just one trip in the end ? |
| 29 | For Wissenschaft has its limits , and the " unshakable faith " in its power ensures that its most gifted followers press on until they reach those limits and discover for themselves its ultimate powerlessness to solve the problem of existence . |
| 30 | The intelligence and sensitivity by which some people draw rich implications from quite narrow experience would have nothing to work on if they had not plunged deep into that experience . |