Example sentences of "[det] [subord] they [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't do things like this unless they have the full knowledge and approval of the Royal Family . ’ |
| 2 | He followed her down one quiet suburban street after another till they approached the busy main road . |
| 3 | The Wright bothers did this when they developed the first operational airplane . |
| 4 | On the golf-course behind him a foursome of players shouted to one another as they approached the fourteenth green . |
| 5 | Some people at school said look how Mother Francis never gives out to Eve , she 's the real pet ; others said the nuns had to keep her for charity and did n't like her as much as they liked the other girls whose families all contributed something to the upkeep of St Mary 's . |
| 6 | They took a long time to settle , missing more than they realised the wise , old heads of Ackford , Teague and even Richards . |
| 7 | Again , since the adoption of the 1.68 ball , European golfers have , perforce , worked the ball much more than they did the 1.62 . |
| 8 | And then they could n't be on their own because they had the elderly relatives to care for . |
| 9 | what , oh , erm , there 's something I 've just thought of though , when they wear the er camouflage things , is that when they wear the maroon belt round ? , is n't the kaki belt with the dress uniform ? |
| 10 | Eight-year-olds were beginning to acknowledge the distinction , in that when they used the causal connectives in the deductive mode they appropriately followed because with evidence and so with a conclusion . |