Example sentences of "they [vb base] [pers pn] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | I wonder why they reduced them then , if they put them in the new catalogue , oh there 's a slight difference ai n't there , there 's no bow |
| 3 | They put us in the deep end with everything that came along , you know , you really had to learn by doing it . |
| 4 | They put us in the padded room overnight . |
| 5 | They do it in the Labour Club , you can go in there |
| 6 | ‘ Well , they do it in the normal way usually . |
| 7 | At least that 's what they call it in the remote and rugged Star Mountains of Papua New Guinea . |
| 8 | They play it in the Soviet Union . |
| 9 | They catch any gay guy with AZT , they throw him in the federal penitentiary like Jimmy fucking Cagney , and then they throw us out of the country . |
| 10 | far beyond their income and when they get the money they spend it in the wrong direction |
| 11 | They see it in the high standards he and his people consistently achieve . |