Example sentences of "they [verb] [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Eventually , one of them attacked it with a large branch , striking it a damaging blow . |
2 | They go in for the emotional point of view , and I thought it would help them see me in a fatherly light , giving him my own name . |
3 | Having made a sequence of images , ask them to put them into a different running order . |
4 | The three bassets were already in residence , draped snoring on the fireside rug , but they seemed to be used to Debbie because two of them sniffed her in a bored manner and the third merely cocked a sleepy eye at her before flopping back on the rich pile . |
5 | The orchestra was not playing it in time , so I made them rehearse it at a slower tempo . |
6 | If he is in a bargaining mood , he might like to ask them to furnish him with a new typewriter . |
7 | Each one of them tells us about a different aspect of the creature . |
8 | Lionan , the dandy , was talking behind his hand to the brutal Mullach , who was gulping his beer moodily and staring at the serving maids as they passed him in a bustling procession . |
9 | I gave my orders and they led me to a private room and brought me some writing paper and a pen . |
10 | Yet that person with AD may be ‘ positioned ’ differently , both by themselves and others , if they avoid the games because they perceive them as a mindless waste of time and prefer to go for a walk instead . |
11 | Now that is a large part of our culture , which in a sense gets sucked into the educational establishment and sucked into teaching relationships , and because it 's such a consistent part of the way in which women are seen , I think they perceive it as a greater problem . |
12 | It was a royal monopoly , and an earlier King Arkesilas is depicted on a Spartan vase of the mid-sixth century supervising his officials as they weighed it on a man-size balance ( Chamoux , Cyrene , plate vi . |
13 | When we have a little technical problem they transform it into a big one . ’ |
14 | They approached him at a steady pace as though unconcerned by his presence , but they went in single file , Allen with his hand lying lightly on the knife at his belt and Marian carrying her bow , strung , and with an arrow ready notched , lightly and inconspicuously in her left hand . |
15 | Even Daley Thompson , who insisted he had very little interference from teachers , said they helped him in a non-involved way : ‘ They were all right ; they left me alone and let me get on with what suited me . |
16 | Two fifteenth-century archbishops of Canterbury , Chichele and Bourchier , write of ‘ the Church of England ’ in terms which show that they regarded it as a distinctive entity within the Church Universal , and one in which they could take considerable national pride . |
17 | Or they place it in a busy part of the house , near the back door , where people are always walking past . |
18 | No , they send it in a bloody big one . |
19 | They provide you with a short summary of the context to help you assess the tone of the extract . |
20 | They provide us with a first-hand and unique record of cooking as it was understood and practised in the kitchens and still-rooms of aristocratic houses of the first half of the seventeenth century . |
21 | Oh there was this interview with Mick Jagger yeah but like it must have been written about cos they described him as a neanderthal rocker . |
22 | Both leaders admitted that several issues remained unresolved by the treaty , but they described it as a good basis for the development of future bilateral relations . |
23 | Erm I would imagine Tukuse that the the difference that you put in difference that you would get between the reportage , to use a French expression , of Princess Diana 's abdication from public life was probably quite pronounced between say for example the Sun newspaper and the Independent newspaper I would imagine that the Independent newspaper probably did n't play in any great significance , it was probably on the front page , perhaps not with a picture but erm there was a couple of columns of report erm the Independent is famous as being the newspaper which when Prince Charles and Lady Diana got married many years ago , they reported it with a single paragraph saying Prince Charles and Diana , the whole world went made at the Royal Wedding and the Independent had one paragraph , which many people , including myself , said right on . |
24 | They reported it as a negligent discharge during a change of the guard . |
25 | These become almost like rituals as the cat grows older — little routines that reward the animal because they involve it in a social interaction with its owners or their guests . |
26 | Just in case they hold me to a four week |
27 | ‘ They drove us to a lonely creek , ’ she said . |
28 | They they deserve it to a certain extent . |
29 | they put her in a bloody trolley and oh course she said , this woman said erm |
30 | as most Easter eggs go to kids , they put them in a breakable cup , while they do n't put them in a plastic one or a melamine one |