Example sentences of "they [verb] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of them lived with a nervous expectation that it could happen to them . |
| 2 | Some of them lived in a rented house , while the Taiwan Ten took over the garage and yard . |
| 3 | No disrespect to my conveyancing brethren but I would n't let them loose on a guilty plea of going the wrong way round a keep left sign . |
| 4 | In my own section , towards the middle of the cloakroom , I saw to my horror two lines of girls staring at me and giggling , and as I came near , one of them asked in a sarcastic voice where I came from . |
| 5 | And in the fourth year I tend to do them an evaluation sheet , where I write down lots of questions about the project they have just done , and maybe get them to sit for a double lesson and write about the things they experienced and found out … |
| 6 | Most of them moved towards a similar view of the pacifist tendencies of modern capitalism to that expounded by Norman Angell . |
| 7 | I asked them to work for a loose confederation of equal republics , largely self-governing , but with certain specified powers on a federal basis . |
| 8 | It 's also good for them to come to a new school and know at least one face there . |
| 9 | The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu , K. O. P. M. Karunanidhi , was given the responsibility of talking to the various Tamil groups to persuade them to come to a peaceful settlement after the withdrawal of the IPKF . |
| 10 | These are ancient divisions of the territory , recognized for centuries past as distinct pays , but you are unlikely to find them entered on a modern map , so I should apologize for introducing what will seem like obsolete names . |
| 11 | Had Aldous Huxley introduced a sub-plot into Brave New World , where the remains of a dead man were cannibalised to save the lives of 50 strangers , only for them to succumb to a lethal virus hidden in his tissues , his readers would have been impressed by the fertility of his futuristic imagination . |
| 12 | There are a few places in the States , but there 's no federal policy to get them organised on a big-money basis and all the little local pressure groups keep them harassed and staying small . |
| 13 | Houses to accommodate them rose as a compact group south of the churchyard , and the church itself was soon ambitiously transformed to provide the setting for an elaborate cycle of daily worship . |
| 14 | ( 1981 ) also shows how positive measures to meet the needs of visually handicapped pupils can help them to flourish in a happy community atmosphere . |
| 15 | He lifted his shoulders and let them fall in a dismissive shrug . |
| 16 | Some mothers held their children tightly , letting them watch from a safe distance but not too close . |
| 17 | The acquisition of grave-clothes did not need to wait until death , and many a young bride-to-be , especially in the more remote country areas , included such items in their trousseaus , either buying them ready-made from one of the known outlets , or having them made by a local seamstress , or producing them herself . |
| 18 | One of them dropped into a formal curtsey , revealing both her cleavage and her undergarment , and he smiled grimly . |
| 19 | We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain , only to see them reimposed at a European level , with a European superstate exercising a new dominance from Brussels . |
| 20 | ‘ Labelling theory ’ claims ( and is supported by research studies such as those just mentioned ) that catching and punishing offenders ‘ labels ’ and stigmatizes them as criminals , and that this process can in various ways make it more difficult for them to conform to a law-abiding life in future . |
| 21 | It may be easier for them to talk to a fellow inmate . ’ |
| 22 | Once on the Council , I set out to persuade them to apply for a compulsory purchase order on the site , which could have been done before , of course , if anyone had been single-minded enough about it . |
| 23 | Prior to enrolment at the start of their first year , the University will send to all EC students forms to enable them to apply for a mandatory award . |
| 24 | The act of producing the video helps to impart courage , self-confidence and a sense of interdependence to the group and encourage them to focus on a clear articulation of their situation . |
| 25 | This arrangement keeps them going for a little while . |
| 26 | There are two small eyes with a single nostril between them leading to a blind sac , and on either side of the neck a row of gill slits . |
| 27 | The index-linked gilts on the market have maturities of up to 2024 and most of them stand at a substantial premium to their par value . |
| 28 | The Cavaliers occupied Burghley House , but they were heavily outnumbered , and Cromwell forced them to surrender after a bitter siege . |
| 29 | One of them shaped like a mobile telephone crashed into a high voltage power line cutting off 500 homes . |
| 30 | ‘ Do n't you dare beat me up , you nasty nasty man , I 'm a policeman ! ’ one of them shrieked in a mocking falsetto . |