Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The original band of brothers in the primal horde were excluded from sexual intercourse with any women by their father , and they formed a group , based on homosexual feelings , to perform the act that no one of them could do as a sole individual , namely , to kill their father . |
| 2 | ‘ Eventually , just from listening to albums you could tell what tunings they were using , because a lot of them were n't using a regular tuning , most of them would tune to a particular chord . |
| 3 | She knew what results in work a given number of them would produce in a given space of time . |
| 4 | They dumped his body outside the Hizbollah 's offices with a note saying that the rest of them would die in a similar fashion if the three diplomats were not released . |
| 5 | Inherited disorders such as cystic fibrosis and functional anomalies such as mental retardation were excluded , but phenylketonuria , galactosaemia , and congenital hypothyroidism were included because they are routinely detected by neonatal screening in Hungary and they may manifest as a congenital abnormality ( for example , microcephaly , cataract , umbilical hernia ) . |
| 6 | They may range from a brief mention of a thirteenth-century tithe barn near the manor house , to a fully detailed true-to-scale plan of a building as it existed in earlier times , but which is now changed . |
| 7 | If another competitor catches you up , they may overtake at a safe and suitable place , and you should give way . |
| 8 | They may play in a different key and with a somewhat different emphasis but the tune can often be heard all the same . |
| 9 | Years can pass before the unwanted effects of a drug are spotted and , even then , they may occur in a tiny fraction of patients . |
| 10 | One may be a reaction to the other , or they may amount to a tacit agreement on both sides that sexual attraction has become a thing of the past . |
| 11 | Consider the sentences in ( 10 ) with their sequences of verbs followed by adverbs or adverb phrases : ( 10 ) Farjeon clumsily undressed the refugees gazed hungrily into the window the ship was drifting almost imperceptibly to leeward In the last of these three cases nobody would understand the ship itself to be " almost imperceptible " ; in the second sentence , on the other hand , it is the refugees who are hungry ; gazes , whatever they may imply to a sensitive observer , do not experience hunger . |
| 12 | They may belong to a minor αβ T-cell pathway in which DN DP transition occurs independently of TCR -β rearrangement or expression . |
| 13 | So they ought to arrive after a certain time . |
| 14 | W/Cpl Burns informs the Volkspoliqei that their request is outside the terms of the Agreement , and that if they want any details they must call for a Soviet officer , to whom the information will be given . |
| 15 | In fact , if the social sciences are really to explain the social world , would it not be wiser to retreat from the demand that they must conform to a single standard of explanation , and allow instead that they may encompass a variety of projects ? |
| 16 | Or they must work for a particular employer ( eg a local council ) , or in a similar trade or occupation ( eg taxidrivers , the police ) . |
| 17 | Although the prime responsibility for rural housing provision has rested with the rural district councils ( district councils since 1974 ) , they must work within a strategic planning framework laid down by county council planning authorities . |
| 18 | Well they had er , they had all that this morning , they should go for a little while . |
| 19 | I 've taken someone this afternoon from Highdown just until the half term when they should go to a special school . |
| 20 | They should go in a separate room for the exams though . |
| 21 | — they should meet in a neutral situation . |
| 22 | Where students esteem that there is better provision to be found in , for example , a local Tertiary College , they will vote with their feet and the argument that they should remain in a Catholic Sixth Form , solely because it is Catholic , holds little sway . |
| 23 | Where parents or children were not present for the whole conference they should receive as a minimum " written confirmation of the main findings of the conference , a note of who attended and who was absent and confirmation of the decisions and recommended plan of action " . |
| 24 | Manchester 's Assistant Chief Constable Jim Paterson , said : ‘ It is typical of the terrorists who are operating in this country that they should act with a complete and utter disregard for the civilian community . |
| 25 | They should operate on a part-time basis and attract their own television and sponsorship . |
| 26 | There were illustrations of the most outrageous holes on island greens with bunkers sculptured like jaws , and other features wholly inappropriate to golf and which looked like they should belong in a modern art gallery . |
| 27 | Well they 'll last for a long time |
| 28 | It 's great for squashing files down so they 'll fit on a floppy or so they take up less hard disk space . |
| 29 | Well I thought the English one was so they 'll come as a massive shock because they 're not on the calendar cards , but no , I do n't . |
| 30 | Steve Ivin hopes they 'll ring in a new generation of bell enthusiasts . |