Example sentences of "they [adv] [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modern scholars have found proof that from here they continued to withdraw north-eastwards , groups of them eventually making their way to the vicinity of the Tigris-Euphrates basin , the region which now constitutes the border between Syria and Iraq . |
| 2 | As Citrine had earlier told his colleagues , a tactical retreat of accepting the Minister 's suggestion and then showing it to be ineffective would enable them better to assert their independence in future . |
| 3 | But despite the place given to women , most of the programmes are organised around a male presenter who ‘ manages ’ the women and brings them in to contribute their bit of knowledge . |
| 4 | George Eliot had loved the bonnets and sprigged china — because she knew them , or because writing them down gave her power over them , made her gentle and generous to their meaning ? |
| 5 | Then he saw one of the boys turn his back on the man he seemed to be dancing with , hook his fingers in the skimpy underpants , wriggle them down to reveal his bottom and then wiggle the bottom until it shook like a jelly . |
| 6 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
| 7 | Our invaluable handbook , which otherwise retails at around £100 is included in membership — and members invariably find that knowledge gained via membership , be it from the Handbook , a seminar or fellow members , allows them annually to recover their membership subscription . |
| 8 | If he is to continue , he should now be taking different movements and linking them together to form his fighting style — a format of defence and attack that becomes second nature to him . |
| 9 | No Peter wants about them finally closing his business down . |
| 10 | ‘ He was always the one cast member who always stood up for me if there were any bleating from Equity members about them not getting their money from repeats , compilations and so on . ’ |
| 11 | He warned them not to waste his trainee 's time . |
| 12 | ‘ I suppose he 's written to his firm telling them not to keep his job open for him ? ’ |
| 13 | On the other hand , none of them ever doubted his ability to give as good as he got when the street-fighting began . |
| 14 | Her lip trembled briefly as Tony hugged her and Maureen kissed her again before they left , but she quickly recovered and told them unsmilingly to give her love to her father and the family . |
| 15 | Many of them usually earn their living by carrying out valuations on behalf of brewery companies . |
| 16 | He saw Balfour and Lloyd George in such different lights that , the issue of the Admiralty apart , the idea of an alliance between them hardly entered his head . |
| 17 | Look after the twins and try to make sure they negotiate the reefs of puberty and adolescence , set them up to make their way in the world , and do so without becoming just like me … |
| 18 | But we 'll trim them up to match your outfit . ’ |
| 19 | We say more about the resolutions in the explanatory notes but if you have any queries about them please telephone our Shareholder Enquiry Office where the staff will be able to help you . |
| 20 | One of them simply lifted her skirt , lay on the floor , and had a handjob . |
| 21 | There were Polish and Dutch boats as well as the Scottish , but they mostly packed their catch to take home . |
| 22 | Every six weeks an EITB officer has called in to monitor their progress and on they successfully completed their training . |
| 23 | There are , however , homœopathists who carry about with them on their visits to patients the homœopathic medicines in the fluid state , and who yet assert that they do not become more highly potentised in the course of time , but they thereby show their want of ability to observe correctly . |
| 24 | They rarely showed their hair on stage as enormous head-dresses or wigs were worn . |
| 25 | Indeed , they vigorously opposed their unionisation . |
| 26 | Alain asked quietly as they slowly made their way to the car later . |
| 27 | They acutely felt its loss ; the loss of their independence in both the public and private spheres ; the constant financial pressures ; and the frustrations of having ‘ to live every day at home in poverty ’ . |
| 28 | Well , they eventually got their chance , during a rest day at the Monte Carlo Open . |
| 29 | Though the republicans lost the war , they eventually won their case with their successful introduction of the republican constitution of 1937 . |
| 30 | They eventually narrowed their focus to three subjects : submerged aquatic vegetation , such toxic substances as chemicals and herbicides , and the bay 's ever-fluctuating supply of nutrients , nitrogen and phosphorus in particular . |