Example sentences of "they [verb] [pers pn] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He did n't know what they had been doing to him , but whatever it was he did n't like it , and he was going to let them know it in the only way he knew — by making as loud a noise as he could ! |
| 4 | Above all , she recalled the pride and happiness in Ludovico 's eyes as they met hers in the swirling crowd . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Lots of women who have fine hair hanker after long , thick hair , so they grow it in the mistaken belief that the longer it gets , the more hair they have and the fuller it will look , ’ explained Charles . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Or they place it in a busy part of the house , near the back door , where people are always walking past . |
| 9 | They found it in the simultaneous detonation of 454,000kg/ 1m lb of explosives in deep tunnels under the German front line . |
| 10 | No , they send it in a bloody big one . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | They told him in no uncertain terms that he could not take a holiday whenever he felt like it . |
| 13 | they put her in a bloody trolley and oh course she said , this woman said erm |
| 14 | They put me in an isolated pit for the first few weeks . |
| 15 | When I was running away they put me in an approved school for girls run by nuns . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | I wonder why they reduced them then , if they put them in the new catalogue , oh there 's a slight difference ai n't there , there 's no bow |
| 18 | They put us in the deep end with everything that came along , you know , you really had to learn by doing it . |
| 19 | They put us in the padded room overnight . |
| 20 | In reception they put you in a little cubicle like a wardrobe and you have to sit there for hours . |
| 21 | In sufficient numbers innovation-weary teachers can make any change a change for the worse if they implement it in a resentful , half-hearted or half-baked fashion , and under these conditions even the brightest and the best schemes are going to flop . |
| 22 | ‘ People were hugging and kissing each other as my car powered its way to the finish as they joined me in an early celebration . |
| 23 | The thin , pitiful cries were somehow unearthly when they waked him in the dark small hours . |
| 24 | So really you 're you ca n't lose they come they give you the best advice , they give it in a written form . |
| 25 | Instead they park them in a special nursery area , packed tightly together so that the loss of heat from their bare bodies is minimised . |
| 26 | Even if they locked him in a dark cell and pulled out all his teeth with rusty pliers , he must keep his promise to Sweetheart and tell them nothing . |
| 27 | The same social worker eventually , quite inappropriately , arranged Part 3 accommodation for Mrs X and they placed her in a residential old people 's home . |
| 28 | Mm , Cathy knew what they called her in the initial stage |
| 29 | Sometimes the king allowed subjects to take deer for themselves in his forests ; the warden 's duty was to see to it that they had a proper writ of warranty when they came to his forest , that they did not take more than the specified number , and that they took them in the prescribed manner . |
| 30 | Do they hold it in an unusual position-to the side rather than full-square to the eyes ? |