Example sentences of "[adv prt] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not t to drop it straight on them but to say . |
| 2 | You go smack , straight on them . |
| 3 | Come on them , let's get to slag at all you lot . |
| 4 | When the manures rot down they add organic matter to the soil , which turns into humus . |
| 5 | When the rods ( stems ) were first taken down they were scraped and painted with sulphur mixed with paraffin and soft soap . |
| 6 | When the girls came down they found the room already warm , the fire lit , the kettle steaming . |
| 7 | Situated in the space between the constraints of childhood and having a career , these are people who dream for a while of wanting a vague something more from life , yet are saddened by these dreams because they know deep down they 'll probably relinquish them , buckle down to a life of mediocrity . |
| 8 | If England had held any one of the three catches they put down they would have won , since the three top-scoring West Indies batsmen all had a ‘ life ’ . |
| 9 | In the pits they did n't shut down they put their own breed of managers , under-managers and deputies … . |
| 10 | Down they disappeared with a whoosh . |
| 11 | Now you 've let me down they 'll just say , we told you so , Sam and Foggerty and all . |
| 12 | If the brake blocks are worn down they must be replaced . |
| 13 | By the time we were halfway down they were applauding like mad . |
| 14 | In other words , the body 's detoxification enzymes have evolved to deal with a certain range of naturally occurring chemicals — they can go to work on synthetic ones , but on the way to breaking them down they may produce intermediates that are harmful . |
| 15 | ‘ Deep down they 're all fucking cowards . ’ |
| 16 | This enables the bat to cool down as it flies , so if pterosaurs needed to cool down they must have worked their wings as they flew , and probably were endothermic . |
| 17 | Down they came , her two big sons , dark like their father , square and looking as if they had been manufactured by a toy firm to look like younger versions of a father in a game . |
| 18 | If it has gone down they are improving . |
| 19 | As they slow down they are captured by protons in the water and in the process emit a gamma ray , which can be detected by crystals of sodium iodide , NaI — standard procedure for detecting and measuring the energies of gamma radiation . |
| 20 | When I sit down they billow up in front of me and I look as if I 've got a water melon under there . |
| 21 | The golden boys , those who never give the bad news , who make sure that when the plant breaks down they are not available to inform anybody , and have made absolutely certain they were n't around during the run-up to such a disaster , are rewarded . |
| 22 | Many clients tell us that deep down they know a panic attack , or any particular acute symptom of anxiety , is not harmful but they are still unable to overcome their fears . |
| 23 | If the dishwasher breaks down they 'll get stuck in and wash up by hand . ’ |
| 24 | Down they went into the Underground . |
| 25 | Up and down they flitted — one male defending its territorial patch against the other — spiralling round and round , butterfly bickering . |
| 26 | Silver fish sighted , they brake ; down they flash with closed wings . |
| 27 | So then you we can tighten in on the site to not only a place actually on the site but how far down they came from as well . |
| 28 | And down they went into the village . |
| 29 | The screws made up promises , like if we took the barricade down they 'd leave us alone , they would n't punish us . |
| 30 | After I 'd quietened down they left me alone . |