Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one way or another they ‘ infected ’ the youthful planet with living organisms — perhaps , before their departure , they emptied out their chemical toilets , leaving a thriving population of bacteria . |
| 2 | And they declare anew their continuous loyalty to the United Free Church in the present crisis . " |
| 3 | And they they failed then you see with cutting the crop with a scythe and they hired then a tractor and binder to cut the crop . |
| 4 | They met whenever she had a free evening and he had a free evening , and it was n't often . |
| 5 | Every time , therefore , they met together their aggregate expenses amounted to at least £12 to £15 , or even more " . |
| 6 | As they got nearer they could see it was some-one , head and shoulders clearly visible . |
| 7 | The advance guard of men on mules and horses came up in regular lines but as soon as they got near they dashed up at full gallop , shouting and brandishing their weapons , each man shrieking out how many men he had killed ; and then they wheeled round to make room for others . |
| 8 | The next morning when they got together everyone had got a model . |
| 9 | mother was a er a the cook in the rectory so they got together you see , that 's how they got . |
| 10 | er when they sited these boats they got out their cargo derricks |
| 11 | When they got out they were taken inside a building and made to sit on a stone floor that was gritty and unswept . |
| 12 | When they got out they saw a Vauxhall Astra , its front badly damaged , directly behind in the inside lane . |
| 13 | But as soon as they got out I realized I was wrong . |
| 14 | er after they got so you had n't got no more life in them we used to weld short bits onto . |
| 15 | The aim was to toss bombs into them as they drove past , but when they got there they discovered that the sentries were being changed . |
| 16 | What the cracks were like and how they got there he did not say , but he did show that , if they existed , which was not unreasonable , they would account for the weakness of ordinary glass . |
| 17 | They walked out to his car together in a contented silence , and when they got there he came round to the passenger side to hold back the low tendrils of an overhanging jasmine vine so she could slide easily into the seat . |
| 18 | By the time they got there he was already talking to the watchman . |
| 19 | he said erm of course er when they got there he said it was full up and there was nowhere to go he says , she says well it always is full at Christmas is n't it . |
| 20 | And when they got back they had ants in their pants , |
| 21 | And when they got back he put on his working jacket with a sigh of relief and said , ‘ Well , that 's over . ’ |
| 22 | A little man turned up Friday afternoon , after they got home you know how we 're very susceptible to these market research types ? |
| 23 | So they travelled home , about time they got home it were too late to be ringing . |
| 24 | Faye said nothing more about it , but when they got home she announced that she would take her blood-sugar level and evening insulin dose in her room and then lie down on her bed until dinner . |
| 25 | And so every night when they got home there was all kinds of people , I mean you know say miners and anybody as well , they all surrounded this house and when the police brought him in , of course they were booing and all this business you see . |
| 26 | Together they would go to the Tivoli and Grand Theatres in Manchester , and when they got home he would get her to imitate the dances she had seen . |
| 27 | Tizard ( 1977 ) , whilst rightly arguing that new families need to be totally in control of the way they bring up their adopted children , is also prepared to concede that ‘ just as there are some couples willing to adopt handicapped children , others , especially if given the support of other adoptive parents , may be willing to adopt children who retain links with their natural families ’ . |
| 28 | The National Children 's Bureau 's parent education and support project identified a number of trends affecting parents in the 1980s ; for example , the pressure on parents as a result of our increasing knowledge of child development and society 's high expectations of the parental role ; the tendency for professionals to undermine parents ' self-confidence with their expertise ; the isolation felt by many parents with young children ; the need for information and knowledge , for social and practice skills , and for self-awareness and understanding of how their values affect the way in which they bring up their children ( Pugh and De'Ath , 1984 ) . |
| 29 | They bring up their kids to hate |
| 30 | Well , is it , you mean technology has n't affected your job to such an extent that you feel that you know you could get laid off at any minute if they bring in something new ? |