Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [subord] they [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Madeleine was still very young , Harry told himself as they drove the next ten miles in silence . |
| 2 | What is surprising is that their refusal to read black texts — a refusal that makes no disturbance in their intellectual life — repeats itself when they reread the traditional , established works of literature worthy of their attention . |
| 3 | Besides , she was ultimately responsible to Liz for the twins ' welfare , Laura firmly reminded herself as they mounted the wide steps up to the front door of Lady Wyndham 's house . |
| 4 | Clearly , some of the needs now met by social services departments would be better met by the old people themselves if they had the financial means to preserve their own independence . |
| 5 | Indeed the silk that we ourselves spin and weave into the most luxurious of all our fabrics is unwound from the cocoon that silk-moth caterpillars weave around themselves before they start the complex process of changing into adults . |
| 6 | The industry 's corporate leaders must have laughed demonically to themselves when they saw the full weight of the law coming down on people manufacturing and distributing comparatively harmless drugs , such as marijuana . |