Example sentences of "they [vb base] it [prep] [art] [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 | When we have a little technical problem they transform it into a big one . ’ |
| 4 | Or they place it in a busy part of the house , near the back door , where people are always walking past . |
| 5 | No , they send it in a bloody big one . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They they deserve it to a certain extent . |
| 8 | They project it through a special lens . |
| 9 | It is of course difficult to ‘ police ’ this objection , and there is a certain ambivalence in the attitude of some countries ; recognising the usefulness of postal service , they welcome it as a supplementary method designed to back up the ‘ official ’ service effected in other ways , but are unhappy to see the postal channel treated as appropriate or sufficient in itself . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They describe it as a terrifying ordeal and although it was around two o'clock in the morning , they say a number of people were in the area and could help their search for the rapist . |
| 12 | So really you 're you ca n't lose they come they give you the best advice , they give it in a written form . |
| 13 | Auto-exposure systems work by measuring the average brightness of the incoming picture , and they control it to a standard level by varying the lens iris opening and the ‘ gain ’ of the camcorder 's video amplifier . |
| 14 | she goes to part-time so they get it at a reduced rate . |
| 15 | When workers which have been out foraging return with crops full of honeydew and nectar , they feed it to a replete , which swells until its abdomen , once no bigger than a grain of sand , has swollen to the size of a large pea . |
| 16 | When Christians in this tradition talk of reason , on the other hand , they dismiss it as a human work , tainted therefore by sin and liable to mislead . |
| 17 | Ultraviolet light is so important to insects that they use it as a main component of their colour vision . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The dealers do n't get a penny ; they do it as a public service . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 22 | The Olympic athletes , the cricketers and the tennis seeds are just playing games , although one can hope that they do it in a sporting fashion . |
| 23 | They do it in the Labour Club , you can go in there |
| 24 | ‘ Well , they do it in the normal way usually . |
| 25 | When Queens have to they do it by a cerebral process passed down in the blood … |
| 26 | At least that 's what they call it in the remote and rugged Star Mountains of Papua New Guinea . |
| 27 | My own brother , Leonard , died from Bright 's disease — that 's a kidney complaint but I think they call it by a different name these days . |
| 28 | They play it in the Soviet Union . |
| 29 | Although this type of divination is clearly readily subject to manipulation , Zande are naturally disinclined to admit this ; they regard it as a mystical process on a par with other oracular procedures where human bias is less obvious . |
| 30 | It not only conflicts with their self-conscious professionalism but they regard it as an increasing anachronism in the agriculture of the 1970s . |