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 | But you can see why if you 're selling inappropriately , if you sell someone for example , a savings plan , and they cash it in the first four years , and they do n't even get what they paid in it , how they 're going to be very annoyed , because from what they could see , they were getting a savings plan . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | And then , when you find they say it in the fourth year , they mean it and you begin to look at yourself and realize what colour you are . |
| 5 | And then you find that when they say it in the fourth year , they mean it and you begin to realize . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | They do it in the Labour Club , you can go in there |
| 10 | ‘ Well , they do it in the normal way usually . |
| 11 | it 's not a reflex action that the Labour Party somehow engages in , but there are things that we need to rave raise revenue for , such as investment in the economy , like our social policies , and that the way that we will raise revenue is that we we will have a fair taxation system , that is very straightforward , and agreed by the Party , unlike the Conservatives who firstly do n't recognize there is any purpose in investment in the economy , public investment , or investment in social policies they do n't agree with , and secondly , when they do have to raise money they do it in the unfairest possible way , penalizing most those who can least |
| 12 | At least that 's what they call it in the remote and rugged Star Mountains of Papua New Guinea . |
| 13 | They play it in the Soviet Union . |
| 14 | and erm , you know , they spend it on the six of them pocket money for sixteen years it all of them have left school now |
| 15 | far beyond their income and when they get the money they spend it in the wrong direction |
| 16 | They see it as the first stage in widening contacts with Western Europe . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | They see it in the high standards he and his people consistently achieve . |
| 19 | ‘ Maybe they buy it for the wrong reason ; they can get a lot of research they would otherwise not carry out . |
| 20 | ‘ Maybe they buy it for the wrong reason ; they can get a lot of research they would otherwise not carry out . |