Example sentences of "they [vb base] [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet that person with AD may be ‘ positioned ’ differently , both by themselves and others , if they avoid the games because they perceive them as a mindless waste of time and prefer to go for a walk instead . |
| 2 | When we have a little technical problem they transform it into a big one . ’ |
| 3 | Or they place it in a busy part of the house , near the back door , where people are always walking past . |
| 4 | No , they send it in a bloody big one . |
| 5 | They provide you with a short summary of the context to help you assess the tone of the extract . |
| 6 | They provide us with a first-hand and unique record of cooking as it was understood and practised in the kitchens and still-rooms of aristocratic houses of the first half of the seventeenth century . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | They they deserve it to a certain extent . |
| 9 | they put her in a bloody trolley and oh course she said , this woman said erm |
| 10 | as most Easter eggs go to kids , they put them in a breakable cup , while they do n't put them in a plastic one or a melamine one |
| 11 | When you die there they put you on a wooden platform below the sky and the vultures come and eat the body . |
| 12 | In reception they put you in a little cubicle like a wardrobe and you have to sit there for hours . |
| 13 | ‘ Even if they stop you on a busy shopping morning and ask you to sign petitions ? ’ |
| 14 | They project it through a special lens . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | They drop them from a light plane into snowdrifts . ’ |
| 18 | … the people of Burma are friendly hospitable folk ; they meet you on a friendly equal basis , without cringing or self-assertion . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | So really you 're you ca n't lose they come they give you the best advice , they give it in a written form . |
| 21 | Instead they park them in a special nursery area , packed tightly together so that the loss of heat from their bare bodies is minimised . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | They portray him as a confused mixture of honesty and cantankerousness : a big heart governed by a stroppy mind . |
| 24 | she goes to part-time so they get it at a reduced rate . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Ultraviolet light is so important to insects that they use it as a main component of their colour vision . |
| 28 | Well , I suppose , if somebody 's going around with an opinion pole , and they ask you about a certain , what you think about a certain thing , that , that , presume what their asking about , may affect everybody in different way |
| 29 | The dealers do n't get a penny ; they do it as a public service . |
| 30 | 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 . |