Example sentences of "and they [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were rumoured to wait until dark and them to cross into the white suburb and steal wallets from trousers draped across bedroom chairs while their white owners slept . |
| 2 | And they fought in the pub over hot toddies |
| 3 | The triples did not add significant meaning to the document and they interfered with the flow of thought . |
| 4 | Since then the personnel committee have considered the report , and they agreed to the recommendations in paragraph 7(a) , 1,3 and 4 , but the third paragraph , 7(a) ( 2 ) to . |
| 5 | But Jean Orr , Professor of Nursing , Queen 's University Belfast and one of the authors of the report , emphasised community staff still had ‘ a lot of energy ’ for students and they agreed with the principles of Project 2000 . |
| 6 | Thus , missioners knew from daily experience the fundamental importance to deaf and dumb people of fingerspelling and signing , and they agreed with the deaf community that the language of signs and gestures was their own natural language which they should be allowed to learn as children and to practise as adults . |
| 7 | They understood what the black hat meant , and they agreed with the judge . |
| 8 | They have an arrangement with the University and they have their own buildings , and they collaborate with the people here , mostly in Engineering . |
| 9 | ‘ I listened to three new versions of Yellow Submarine yesterday and they range from the sublime to the ridiculous and they were great . |
| 10 | Dr Macleod explains that these are ‘ chemical substances emitted by an animal or person and they act via the sense of smell . |
| 11 | … The judges deputed to the benchers of the societies the task of giving lectures , and examining into the sufficiency of the candidates , and of calling them to the Bar , but they are still mere voluntary societies ; and they act by the authority which the judges have delegated to them . |
| 12 | The mortally wounded Aenarion clambered into the saddle of his dying dragon and they took to the air on their last flight . |
| 13 | Two of the Moi carrying short poles followed them to a dugout canoe moored by the camp , and they paddled across the river to the plain on the other side . |
| 14 | If the trial takes place before the magistrates and they come to the conclusion that the offence under section 54(1) is not made out , they are presently unable to convict of the offence of simple assault unless there is an additional information charging the common assault . |
| 15 | A brand new set and they come with the ra with the , erm free wheel and everything all in like , just screw them on . |
| 16 | There are two reasons for this diversity : microphones have differing pick-up characteristics depending on their intended use ; and they differ in the ways in which they convert sound into electrical signals . |
| 17 | It 's all to do with marketing but then again it 's all to do with the reason for that is I suppose that 's what people want you know if they see a video er er if they watch a video on television and they listen to the song it has to add up you know , it ca n't just be a a story book of one thing and a song about another thing you know . |
| 18 | He said , and it 's really good , he said , cos I 'm , I 'm celebrating my fortieth birthday , he said , and I ring my boys , he said , and they listen to the same sort of music I do . |
| 19 | An and you take the surnames and they react to the first surname , I get race stories er calls occasionally |
| 20 | The man with the baskets tried to kick a couple of scrawny hens out of his path and they fluttered towards the edge of the road . |
| 21 | He eased his horse round and they ambled along the ridge until the ground fell steeply away and a great valley stretched below them , a silver river sketched through it . |
| 22 | Mr Koc contacted a lawyer in Istanbul and they wrote to the Public Prosecutor 's office . |
| 23 | Mr Koc contacted a lawyer in Istanbul and they wrote to the Public Prosecutor 's office . |
| 24 | The train joggled and they fell on the seat , clasped together . |
| 25 | Tamar had no alternative but to do as he said , and they rode from the yard without another word . |
| 26 | He joined Kimberley and they trudged across the field . |
| 27 | But before doing so , he contacted the solicitors who represented him in 1981 and they arranged for the crown court appearance . |
| 28 | Nothing further was said either to or by our guests , and they drove off the next day with many felicitations and expressions of gratitude . |
| 29 | Duncan , quietly amused by the whole situation , sat in the front with the driver and they drove to the hotel . |
| 30 | Later , Schellenberg called for his Mercedes and they drove to the Tiergarten and walked around the lake , feet crunching in the light powdering of snow . |