Example sentences of "[adj -er] [subord] they [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And got heavier as they left the small station and straggled down a steep , cinder path . |
| 2 | These flaps gradually grew larger until they met the nasal and became a single sheet of metal , with slits to allow vision and holes for breathing . |
| 3 | But then think of Benny coming back from Dublin after a day in the university : would n't it be better if they saved the main meal for her return ? |
| 4 | The surface was badly pockmarked and the car bumped and bounced over the uneven thoroughfare , its journey only becoming smoother as they reached the main road that would lead them into Chichester itself . |
| 5 | It is this rise in the average level of prices above the level people are expecting , P , which stimulates the rise in output : on the typical island suppliers are tending to find a price higher than they guess the average price level to be and are responding by increasing their output and , since this is happening typically and not merely on one island , aggregate output is stimulated . |
| 6 | The big lift took them up higher and higher until they reached the top floor when it stopped with a little bump . |