Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as I know , they have been er certainly have been erm involved in most of the ballots so far , but I know there is a discussion going on about whether they should be the . |
| 2 | Many with whom she had shared the screen for a brief while , people whom she had revered , who had even seemed to define life — such as Akhmatova and Pasternak and Vysotsky — had already slipped out of the plot , and the film churned on as if they had never been . |
| 3 | Gnarled old trees were drawn and modelled later on as if they were figures . |
| 4 | ‘ They go on as if they were never young and did the things we do . ’ |
| 5 | The angle between the models is in this case preserved , indicating that they have been operated on as if they were a single model rotating about the origin . |
| 6 | He had been sacked last week , for the fourth time in a year , after a row with an unpleasant restaurant owner who had a fat pink face that looked about to snort , and chaste little feet on raised heels that he walked on as if they were trotters . |
| 7 | But , you know , they 're just being going on as if they are i in a position to grant |
| 8 | My fears were shared by youthful friends and even adult relatives at times seemed to ‘ chivvy ’ us along as if they too expected the ghost train to rush by . |
| 9 | For this one date they were supported by the Billy Harper Trio with Peter Stuart and Adrian Tilbrook on bass and drums and they fitted in as if they 'd all been on tour together . |
| 10 | They went up and down as if they were on a roller-coaster . |
| 11 | The typical interviewee profile of the ‘ recreational user ’ is that of ‘ dabbling ’ at weekends , usually sharing a ‘ bag ’ with a friend , then gradually filling in the days in between until they are all taken up by heroin use . |
| 12 | It is a contradiction which thousands happily go along with because they are keen to advance up the social ladder . |
| 13 | they tried to go out for a meal , I do n't know whether it was christmas day or boxing day down in and they could n't get n in nowhere , I said well you would n't on a boxing day ! |
| 14 | seven ninety nine I do n't know how much the waistcoats have gone down to but they most probably gone down as well to about ten pounds the waistcoats . |
| 15 | They 're all covered with smoke and grime left over from before they passed the Clean Air Bill , and the only place that might once have looked good is the Methodist Chapel at Southwark that 's been taken over by Fundamentalists . |
| 16 | Now this Baba Yaga lived in a hut in the forest , and it was said that she ate men up as if they were chickens . |
| 17 | Cold water fish and then er what are generally known as tropical fish which are basically fresh water tropical fish , and maybe this last fifteen years or so , er a step up from that they 've gone onto tropical marine fish . |
| 18 | ‘ Wish that I did have the courage to kiss you , querida , ’ he rasped , ‘ but I have standards and a level of decency to live up to and they are more important to me than a moment of weakness to prove that I am immune to you . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ The family have a certain mystique which people look up to because they want to . |
| 20 | But , no , about three houses on from that they were decorating . |
| 21 | ‘ What I really need to know is , when can Crevecoeur begin … work ? ’ she said , spitting the words out as if they tasted bad . |
| 22 | In the words of one user , ‘ they were giving them out as if they were going out of style ’ . |
| 23 | Under the STV popularity is nevertheless what our MPs would have to go all out for if they wanted to be re-elected . |
| 24 | And if you had your regulars and things were in short supply , you would n't put those on the shelves , you 'd keep them back for when they came in . |
| 25 | It really does come down to , I do n't know , I mean , every year we play it very honestly and very straight , and we push him in a position where next year , if there is a next year , I think the last time that we played it straight we got clobbered , so let's pay a little bit less , and keep a bit back for when they come round a second time round . |
| 26 | MPs are getting letters complaining that fathers may have already taken on commitments they ca n't get out of and they were only expecting to pay whatever the courts had fixed . |
| 27 | They often have expensive toys they 've grown out of or they 've records and tapes they do not listen to anymore . |
| 28 | But two cars took her out against and they believe that she 's gone to the airport and they did n't know where where she was excised . |
| 29 | Michael Gough , my editor , works for me in New York and he said he went to get a key to get back in after they had closed and they said why and he said because I think that I will be back later than your gate is locked . |
| 30 | Just got in , well it were n't , it had n't gone right the way through , we just turned it over and chu , chucked the sheets and blankets back on once they 'd stopped smouldering and got back on it ! |