Example sentences of "they [vb base] [noun] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When used with the bare infinitive , it denotes a direct experiencing of , and so contemporaneity in time with , an occurrence and can often be replaced by see — although it denotes perception in a more abstract way than the latter — or by have in its experiential sense : ( 93 ) Rather surprised to find them break fence at this season . |
| 2 | Ransom strips are so called because they change hands at high values , often up to one third of the total site value . |
| 3 | Additionally , they provide representation at Social Security Appeal Tribunals and at industrial Tribunals . |
| 4 | They wear muzzles at all times when they are together at home , and we put them in separate rooms whenever they are left on their own . |
| 5 | They meet England at Old Hill on July 21 , Scotland the following day at Walsall followed by Ireland at Wolverhampton on July 23 . |
| 6 | When we 're researching our shows we explain the whole process very carefully to each woman who agrees to be interviewed ; they get paid for talking to us , they give feedback at all stages of the writing process — it 's very much done as a contract . |
| 7 | They locked me out while they throw stuff at each other . |
| 8 | They avoid trouble at all times and only if they are cornered or pestered will they bite at their attackers . |
| 9 | They target aircraft at specific markets . |
| 10 | ‘ Someone will say : ‘ Oh , someone told me that they take drugs at that party . ’ |
| 11 | You look at Liverpool , Arsenal , Scum … and how many defenders they have back at all times . |
| 12 | Yeah , they buy gas at eighteen P and they sell it for forty three P . |