Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they make up for a curtailed visual field by being able to rotate their heads through 180° . |
| 2 | Harrods probably has one they send out in a little green van . |
| 3 | The various decay products in the uranium chain are not present as they are not soluble in water , but they build up in a defined way , according to the decay rates of the individual isotopes in the chain . |
| 4 | It has been said that they show up as a striking pair with powers of × 12 or more . |
| 5 | With this ghastly thought in mind , he gently suggested to Sheila that they walk over to a nice patch of grass at the base of the earth bank . |
| 6 | If Snotlings find themselves themselves further than 12″ away from a unit of Orcs or Goblins , and if they can not move to within 12″ of a unit during that movement phase , then they mill around in a confused mass . |
| 7 | Informative , revealing , funny , they add up to a comprehensive picture of a momentous year . |
| 8 | Where fantasy is involved , as in a film like The Wizard of Oz ( 1940 ) , non-realistic , simple colours are acceptable , provided they add up to a coherent scheme that works within the special world of that film . |
| 9 | Gayle , sent off during Birmingham 's Anglo-Italian Cup clash with Lucchese on Wednesday , has called on the players to toughen up as they face up to a New Year relegation battle . |
| 10 | from their first confrontation , when Titania appears wilfully aloof as Oberon tries to exert his authority , to their final reconciliation , they stand out as a true Fairy King and Queen , who are not beyond suffering the moods and emotions of ‘ We mortals here ’ . |
| 11 | And , I 've just as a basic figure , I mean , they give up to a certain figure o before their hours you put a bit of tax and after that , but er we 've allocated him to work , in the afternoons when I 'm out , they allocate to her , the warehouse , because I ca n't afford any , er , as I say , they repairs a machine , it goes out faulty , and the onus is on me and the company |
| 12 | In kiddies ' adventure stories they always wonder Where am I ? when they wake up in a strange place . |
| 13 | Early on an August Saturday morning they set off at a great pace on the west side of the reservoir with the intention of following the ten mile bridleway right round the reservoir to a pub , where they planned to arrive two hours after opening time . |
| 14 | Heads down , they set off at a fast trot which lasted until Loretta twisted her ankle . |
| 15 | Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps . |
| 16 | In Siam , Thomson teamed up with a journalist called Kennedy , and , together with a large entourage , they set off on a perilous journey to Cambodia . |
| 17 | They drive down into a dry watercourse and are surrounded by hundreds of cattle returning from their grazing , driven by children and young warriors . |
| 18 | Yeah but what they do , they 've got all the artwork , so all they do is they go over with a black pen on the artwork . |
| 19 | I do n't care if they go out with a different girl every day of the week as well as me , but suddenly they want to be the one and only . ’ |
| 20 | With almost half the present team threatening to retire at the end of the season — and who can blame them if it means that they go out on a high note — this was excellent news . |
| 21 | To this day they live on as a nomadic people wandering in the wildernesses of northern Ulthuan and ranging across Cothique , Tiranoc and Chrace in small , fierce bands . |
| 22 | To this day they live on as a nomadic people wandering in the wildernesses of northern Ulthuan and ranging across Cothique , Tiranoc and Chrace in small , fierce bands . |
| 23 | They regularly assert that the significance of an observed action is symbolic ( rather than functional ) and they start off with a basic assumption that emotions and attitudes are just as much observable characteristics as colours or structures . |
| 24 | They shuffle out to a soft rhythmic crunching underfoot , reminiscent of how the boots of Napoleon 's legions must have sounded trudging back through the Russian snows . |
| 25 | They shuffle about in a rapt way to these radiant arches of sound , punctuated by the thunder of dub-style percussion . |
| 26 | When this is the case the churches can ask to provide their material to add to the pack , and then ensure that they follow up with a personal call . |
| 27 | But we would probably sell them the name if they come up with a reasonable offer . ’ |
| 28 | Let's talk about horse racing , but before we do so , one last question about football pools and that is that some people have systems — they come up with a whole range of numbers and combinations of things — does that make any sense at all ? |
| 29 | ‘ I definitely wo n't be playing for Rovers on Sunday unless they come up with a satisfactory offer and there 's no chance of that . ’ |
| 30 | They come in as a net fare operator |