Example sentences of "they [vb base] it [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 ! |
2 | ‘ 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 . |
3 | They do it through the Social Services , erm they do it through the various schools erm they will probably give some places to the media so that they can run competitions which would encompass all the youngsters . |
4 | They do it through the Social Services , erm they do it through the various schools erm they will probably give some places to the media so that they can run competitions which would encompass all the youngsters . |
5 | ‘ There are a hundred ways a firm can get rid of pollution into the river , ’ said an experienced officer , ‘ so long as they do it at the right time . ’ |
6 | They do it in the Labour Club , you can go in there |
7 | ‘ Well , they do it in the normal way usually . |
8 | At least that 's what they call it in the remote and rugged Star Mountains of Papua New Guinea . |
9 | They play it in the Soviet Union . |
10 | far beyond their income and when they get the money they spend it in the wrong direction |
11 | They see it as the ultimate proof that there must originally have been a designer , not a blind watchmaker but a far-sighted supernatural watchmaker . |
12 | They see it in the high standards he and his people consistently achieve . |
13 | ‘ Maybe they buy it for the wrong reason ; they can get a lot of research they would otherwise not carry out . |
14 | ‘ Maybe they buy it for the wrong reason ; they can get a lot of research they would otherwise not carry out . |