Example sentences of "they [vb base] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When disturbed , they make for a crevice or hole where they can jam themselves in so tight with their powerful claws that it is almost impossible to dislodge them . |
| 2 | They pick on an accountant because an accountant needs a good name and has been partly in control of the funds anyway . |
| 3 | The age of trees can easily be calculated if they grow in an environment where there are distinct seasons . |
| 4 | Yet if they report to a GP or social worker with complaints about this , they risk being written off as neurotic middle-aged women . |
| 5 | Whether the words are printed , typed or handwritten ; whether they appear on a screen or on different types and qualities of paper ; whether a ‘ text ’ occurs as a separate item , as part of an academic journal , or in a book or an encyclopaedia ; how the page is laid out , the extent to which it is broken up by illustrations , headings , and the use of different typefaces . |
| 6 | The ordinary hyphen is used between words that are hyphenated wherever they appear in a line and when those words would be split by a line-ending at the hyphen-point : eg well-known , time-consuming , up-to-date . |
| 7 | and she helped him , cos he was n't well and they , then they send for an ambulance and at the the man , he was n't really well |
| 8 | Presumably , this is what moths are doing when they fly into a candle and are burnt to death . |
| 9 | Why ca nt they realise for a second that if he had been playing , maybe they would have won all 6 matches and pissed on all of the sides ? |
| 10 | as they cling to a hand or an arm — |
| 11 | According to Scott they occupy a ‘ contradictory class location ’ between labour and capital , but essentially they act as a service or lieutenant class for business leaders . |
| 12 | Past cases are only helpful in so far as they act as a guide and some of the main points arising from them are discussed below . |
| 13 | Used properly they act as a contraceptive and can protect you from HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases . |
| 14 | Used properly they act as a contraceptive and can protect you from HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases . |
| 15 | With push and pull toys the children experience weight in a very practical way when deciding what and how much they put into a pram or trolley to push . |
| 16 | Families are usually unable to describe how they function to an outsider and so questions that enquire about this directly are likely to be unhelpful . |
| 17 | They consist of a cabinet or tunnel in which items are placed and where they are subjected to hot spray of detergent solution followed by rinse water . |
| 18 | When working with couples , the therapist 's role is to help the partners identify the problems that they face as a couple and then to encourage them to tackle those that appear soluble using the approach that has already been described . |
| 19 | The exception is a Warwickshire shopping centre where they look at a peacock when they want to know the time . |
| 20 | if they 're saying there are no restrictions , cos they can not , they simply can not give there good clearance if there was something which is something of a restriction of competition , they must give exemption , they have no jurisdiction to do anything else , if they look at a clause and say |
| 21 | Together they look like a sugarloaf and , what with the rounded wingtips , the aircraft has a dated , but thoroughly charming appearance . |
| 22 | Cos they meet on an evening that we 're not used . |
| 23 | They walk on their knees and the front legs like this , so they stand on a knee and then those two legs , and then that knee and these two legs , so they |
| 24 | they know for a fact that there were gunmen there , as to who shoot , shot first that 's held in tribunal , he , could , he , he 'd never know |
| 25 | So they drive over a cliff and it finishes . |
| 26 | They witness to a certainty that all the diversity of living beings are a part of a transcendent unifying spiritual whole which is by definition difficult to grasp in its totality ; individual dancers can not see the pattern of the whole dance — that is perceived only from outside . |
| 27 | ‘ They get on a bus and they do n't know where they 're going to . ’ |
| 28 | If they get into a sweat and stop still too long the sweat will stop suddenly and they get a chill or a headache . |
| 29 | And I d I do n't think a lot of people actually know the rules when they get into a roundabout and . |
| 30 | First of all it 's a against the law but after that these youngsters quite often do n't know what they 're doing when they get into a car and they are lethal |