Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] they [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know there might ha , there might have been three hundred ya , three hundred yards of houses semis and detached and they had a bit of land , but all the back of that , that was theirs ! |
| 2 | Compared to the brothel prostitutes , they are dowdy and unkempt and they have a lot more problems with the police . |
| 3 | The bar was crowded but they found a table in the centre , amidst noisy tourists . |
| 4 | Most of the moneylenders and pawnbrokers were Jewish and they had a reputation for meanness . |
| 5 | ‘ People come here aged maybe 50 or 60 and their blood pressure goes down to what it was in adolescence , they are no longer constipated , digestive problems seem to disappear , their sex lives improve , their eyes are shiny and they have a feeling of optimism instead of carrying a heavy load of despondency . |
| 6 | It was only discovered because somebody left a film camera running on an aquarium in which these fish were present and they noticed a blur and when the film was slowed down and analyzed it turned out that this was happening , that a little sneak was going in , instantly ejaculating , and zooming out . |
| 7 | I think it depends what members of society we 're talking about , right , if people are educated and they have a way forward to improve their understanding , then they become less and less involved with a |
| 8 | The new album is unbelievable ; they 're so adventurous and they have a habit of pulling it all off , whichever area they go into . ’ |
| 9 | Two safebreakers are on their way to open a safe and they have a fight . |
| 10 | Flat flakes of gold are more difficult to trap as their weight to surface area is small and they have a tendency to escape over the edge . |
| 11 | Television stardom ( Man About The House is soon to be released on video ) ; holidays in America ( her husband is American and they spend a lot of time over there ) ; work in Los Angeles ( last year she appeared in Alan Aykbourn 's Henceforward . |
| 12 | These areas retained the nineteenth-century characteristics which had already focused the reformers ' minds : they were tight-knit , high-density , congested , smoky , dirty and they presented a scene of old and obsolete buildings . |