Example sentences of "[conj] they [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now the archers were shooting at will , selecting their targets where they best offered , without haste and without respite . |
| 2 | The SFO had alleged that they secretly arranged for their own companies to buy shares , thereby raising the take-up level announced to other investors . |
| 3 | The Sunshine Girls were the only troupe to travel as far as St Petersburg and Budapest but it was noticeable that they rarely worked at the Winter Gardens which was Jennie 's stronghold . |
| 4 | The , the possibility is that they just looked after one sex better than the other and there is some anec anecdotic evidence that this kind of thing occurs , which I have n't got time go to into because I 'm getting towards the end of the lecture . |
| 5 | It was alleged that they unlawfully arrested Llewellyn Lovelace in Milton Keynes six years ago , and then altered his statement to make it look as if he had come forward voluntarily . |
| 6 | Since their work focused on certain topics it was natural that they particularly looked for evidence relating to these topics , and as examples of the rhetorical use of anthropology three such central topics can be noted here in a preliminary way . |
| 7 | But the main problem with defectors is that they quickly run out of crown jewels and then inevitably resort to inventing what they think their new-found paymasters want to hear in order to extend their usefulness and avoid being discarded to end their days washing dishes in a Hungarian restaurant in downtown Washington . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's true that they never consulted me . |
| 9 | However , the single most important factor militating against employers ' cooperation was that they never regarded the ‘ problems ’ highlighted by reformers — indiscipline , excessive occupational mobility , absence of vocational guidance , lack of systematic industrial training , and inadequate preparation for family responsibilities and exercise of the franchise — as problems for which they felt responsible ; they had little interest in the search for solutions . |
| 10 | The difficulty with all these criticisms is that they never specified exactly what was the ‘ correct ’ style for Nonconformist chapels . |
| 11 | If you use ball-point pens remember that they too run out or refuse to function : test them before use and take a bundle of them to the examination or the practice session . |
| 12 | What the trials of such war criminals as Klaus Barbie have revealed is that they really had to do very little work at all . |
| 13 | I mean , I think one , the first thing to be said is that one can assure members covering all the other C A B's was that they actually got their bids in full . |
| 14 | ‘ Indeed , ’ said Bishop Jon , ‘ 't is to be hoped that the two saintly souls got on well together in life ( if so be that they ever met at all , which I take leave to doubt ) now that the lord King has made a packet of them , so to speak , for posterity . |
| 15 | It was true that they only charged ‘ a nickel , five pennies , a half a dime ’ . |
| 16 | But what is evident is that they often sought affection from the only source which under the circumstances was available — other boys . |
| 17 | There was uproar when the Navy discovered the mines and Stirling had to own up , only to be told that they often dropped small depth charges at random into the harbour and if they saw anything suspicious sprayed the area with machine guns . |
| 18 | At the time it was found that a major drawback in dual-purpose cattle was that they often failed to breed true : the offspring tended towards either the beef or the dairy type of the breed 's dual-purpose spectrum , partly because of breeders ' preferences but partly , it was believed , because the dual-purpose breeds were effectively hybrids : if they had begun to show too great an emphasis on dairy characteristics , extreme beef sires were introduced to draw them back to their dual-purpose role , and likewise extreme dairy sires were used when they became too beefy . |
| 19 | The trouble with planners is that they often persuaded themselves that they could and should impose their plans on other people . |
| 20 | Up to the early 1960s not many academic contestants had climbed into the ring and when they did so they most failed to deliver a telling punch and lost the fight in the opening rounds on a technical knock-out . |
| 21 | Once they even won by default the over 40s section of a marathon race which happened to take place as they were passing . |
| 22 | Zuwaya , while claiming freedom from ( irksome ) control for themselves , exercised it over others : they had slaves and they also attempted to tax the inhabitants of Awjla and Jalu . |
| 23 | Their ball retention was poor and they also committed too many infringements , often in attacking positions . |
| 24 | They thought months of living in a cramped caravan was all worthwhile when the new house was finished and they finally moved in . |
| 25 | Why not add network support so that if you plug an extra personal computer into the local network , everyone 's applications will automatically run a bit faster ( and they already run very quickly indeed ) ? |
| 26 | Why not add network support so that if you plug an extra personal computer into the local network , everyone 's applications will automatically run a bit faster ( and they already run very quickly indeed ) ? |
| 27 | The mortgagees had been advised by their own solicitors that the charge executed by the first appellant in September was ineffective and they therefore sought a further mortgage to be executed by both appellants . |
| 28 | To this end they often have long , spindly legs , and they typically run on the tips of their toes , which have become specially elongated and strengthened in evolution . |
| 29 | Electric trams were pioneered in Blackpool in 1888 and they still run along the promenade . |
| 30 | Neither knew the other had gone and they never met . |