Example sentences of "they [vb base] to the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he had watched them walk to the main room with their arms around each other and kiss in the warm light before closing the door behind them . |
| 2 | To visit them continue to the main road and immediately turn to your right through the gates . |
| 3 | Presumably the washed-up film hoofer and the prima ballerina are thinking about each other as a preliminary to working together , falling in love and starting a bright new phase of their respective careers together ; and no doubt their movements ‘ unconsciously ’ fall into a complementary rhythm as they dance to the same music . |
| 4 | And they make to the same place to their feed . |
| 5 | Bolinger points out furthermore that the use of the to infinitive after verbs of perception when they shift to the inferential sense fits into an overall pattern with the object + infinitive construction . |
| 6 | If they report to the same boss they have an organizational bond ; if they are in different departments they have an organizational barrier . |
| 7 | If they report to the same boss they have an organizational bond ; if they are in different departments they have an organizational barrier . |
| 8 | I guess that is a form of training as well , in that we are being made more aware of teaching issues and problems as they appear to the everyday teacher . |
| 9 | Infants can also be observed to enjoy playing with their faeces , something which adults do if they regress to the anal phase when in a confined cell , in prison or hospital . |
| 10 | An and you take the surnames and they react to the first surname , I get race stories er calls occasionally |
| 11 | They spread to the Conservative Party 's own library where they were in marked contrast to the public image created by her backing of the new British Library buildings , as we shall see shortly . |
| 12 | Eschewing the willy in favour of a well-adjusted McCulloch chainsaw , they cut to the intellectual quick with a violence born of years of journalistic abuse . |
| 13 | He said , and it 's really good , he said , cos I 'm , I 'm celebrating my fortieth birthday , he said , and I ring my boys , he said , and they listen to the same sort of music I do . |
| 14 | So , many leading-edge manufacturers are searching for ways to enhance their workers ' capabilities and improve labour relations , even as they look to the new technology to cut labour costs as well . ’ |
| 15 | They look to the local officer , Juan Vargas for help and advice . |
| 16 | These reasons do not justify the righteous role which they assign to the avenging vigilante . |
| 17 | On the word ‘ go ’ they run to the other end of the room and back . |
| 18 | Because these appear at about the same level in adjacent fibrils they give to the whole fibre its characteristic cross-striated appearance . |
| 19 | It is this range of performances rather than any coherent body of theology which most social anthropologists have in mind when they refer to the magico-religious system . |
| 20 | Most speakers would agree , I think , that Mary wore a red dress and Mary wore a blue dress were contraries ( assuming , of course , that they refer to the same occasion , and that Mary , as would be normal , wore only one dress at a time ) ; the colour terms refer to the predominant colour of the dress , and there can be only one predominant colour . |
| 21 | In their broadest terms they refer to the whole issue of the supply of labour : do taxes affect the choice of occupation , the individual 's drive for promotion , the number of hours worked , the rate of productivity , labour mobility , the decision to retire from work , to emigrate , and so on ? |
| 22 | Which is why in the iron and steelmaking trade they refer to the molten iron as hot metal . |
| 23 | Perhaps for this reason Judaism and Islam , particularly when they refer to the creative power of the god whom they follow , suggest that their deity is in fact the only god who exists and not simply the only god who is to be worshipped : |
| 24 | And they cater to the deranged grin fetishes of retired colonels from the home counties . |
| 25 | The following diagram should illustrate through a simplified example : Inhabitants of Caloria Inhabitants of Frigorix Good at fishing Grow crops Reliant on fossil fuels Use solar power for all machinery When they get to the new planet , Terra Nova , they find that the fish are abundant , but the soil wo n't support crops ; although the sun shines , there are no fossil fuels — so if the groups are going to survive they will need to share their technology and skills . |
| 26 | By the time they get to the fourth form there are very few black pupils who are not mingling largely with black pupils . |
| 27 | they tend to drift away when they get to the last year anyway , you know ? |
| 28 | He said cyclists should get off their bikes and walk when they get to the High Street . |
| 29 | Pupils follow either the ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ road until they get to the next question . |
| 30 | But better than that — they appeal to the marine fishkeeper in him too . |