Example sentences of "they [vb base] [verb] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During their travels they appear to have developed a black variety which became extremely popular , perhaps because its natural nocturnal camouflage assisted it to become a more efficient mouser and ratter . |
| 2 | So what a monumental shock to find that with ‘ Ultra Violet ’ they appear to have undergone a massive personality switch and , hey presto ! |
| 3 | As for those countries who live under a non-religious dictatorship and are officially atheist , they appear to have learned a few things from the Inquisition . |
| 4 | In America a law that forces companies to measure and disclose all the toxic waste they produce has had a significant effect . |
| 5 | I have friends who are magistrates and I know they feel tempted to give a fine or bail , when they should be giving a prison sentence . |
| 6 | They claim to have discovered a close relationship between the rate of growth in Gross National Product and the type of college education favoured by Britain 's economic competitors , arguing that the nations that prosper most are those that prepare their students best for the " enterprise culture " of the late twentieth century . |
| 7 | When all allowance is made for such factors , it has to be said that as some people get older they do appear to show a marked increase in anxious self-absorption . |
| 8 | Creamy cleansers are most effective at removing makeup , regardless of your skin type ( always use two applications for a thorough cleanse ) , but they do tend to leave a greasy residue . |
| 9 | Although Feingold 's theory was not entirely right , he was correct to single out food additives for blame — they do seem to play a disproportionate role in hyperactivity , compared to other types of illness such as asthma or eczema . |
| 10 | They are distracted by the glamour and excitement of drugs and gangs ; they get little discipline at home ; they fail to connect getting a good job with finishing high school . |
| 11 | And they 've started to get a few things together have n't they ? |
| 12 | So far , they 've failed to make a serious dent in the all-important college music scene , essential if a so-called ‘ alternative ’ band wants to crack America ( and keep their US record deal ) . |
| 13 | He 's made a few of the lads sit up , and now they 've got to take a good , hard look at themselves . ’ |
| 14 | We met er , a beautiful old English sheep dog , seven months old and they 've got to find a new home for it , because they 're off to America . |
| 15 | but er , they 've got to get a new mini bus apparently , there in two years , which we new and er because like every thing else , it 's funded by the school not the authorities |
| 16 | In they 've got to have a certain |
| 17 | I ca n't understand it , they 've got to have a decent grade to go to university , but they seem to think that they can get in on D's and E's , if he gets D's and E's , he 's not going anywhere , except to work |
| 18 | All too often women say to me , basically they 've had to fake a sick line themselves because their mother or their father |
| 19 | They have begun to dance a strange dance . |
| 20 | They have threatened to form a breakaway ivory trading bloc if CITES refuses to sanction a return to trade . |
| 21 | They have vowed to take a tough line on solvents after The Northern Echo uncovered glue abuse in Darlington . |
| 22 | Yet they have helped persuade a suspicious population to accept Mr Salinas 's much-needed reforms . |
| 23 | Nato is an association of independent states whose interests coincide to the extent that they have chosen to adopt a common structure within which to cooperate . |
| 24 | They have tried to make a personal and human drama out of what was , in fact , a sequence of astonishing scientific events . |
| 25 | Some of the cards they have produced suggest a definite electronic book strand in their thinking , at least in terms of linguistic products . |
| 26 | By asking what conditions would have obtained if particular individuals had behaved differently , they have aimed to give a clearer analysis both of the defining characteristics of holism , and of its relations to individualism . |
| 27 | But they have had to overcome a surprising amount of resistance to the idea that nurses should be involved in research , chiefly from within the nursing profession itself . |
| 28 | But perhaps more importantly , do any companies get real value from the large sums they spend trying to persuade a gullible or not so gullible public that they are modern and go-ahead — or , even more to the point , how many logos that do not contain the company name ( like BP or ICI ) are recognised unprompted by the average person ? |