Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may pay a high price for their few years of glory with injury problems in later life and will probably never enjoy the relative prosperity of their first working years again . |
| 2 | Old people are frightened to open their doors because they know they may face a menacing crowd , all demanding sweets or money . |
| 3 | Dysentery like diarrhoea with awful tenesmus ; they may pass a little blood or green slime . |
| 4 | Alternatively they may effect a leveraged buy-out of a number of businesses with a view to later reconstruction to realise " hidden " reserves which will effectively finance the acquisition of the core business they wish to retain , and enable the borrowings to be redeemed . |
| 5 | The actual heights of the nick points are of little significance , because during their recession up various streams they may reach a wide variety of altitudes . |
| 6 | Johnny , Ponyboy 's best friend , hopes his parents will stop arguing and fighting , so that they may lead a normal life together . |
| 7 | Lord , we know that you guide the ways of all your servants , but we want especially to commend these people to you , that they may experience a special measure of your support and may know that the Holy Spirit is building the unity of the church in the places to which you have called them . |
| 8 | The costs involved in civil litigation are of the utmost importance to the parties — they may prevent an action ever being brought , they may render a victory in court Pyrrhic when damages are swallowed up in costs , they may prevent a meritorious appeal and they will always be a factor in the risk of litigation . |
| 9 | Here at home there are denominations which , while they may boast a doctrinal comprehensiveness , manifest a cultural exclusiveness . |
| 10 | They may hold a current account with you . |
| 11 | Detectives believe they may hold a vital clue to the killer . |
| 12 | Studies assessing the value of various risk factors and scoring systems in patients with acute variceal haemorrhage are important as they may offer a useful mean of selection for entry into clinica trials or they may identify a group of patients with a very high mortality . |
| 13 | However , while charities can benefit from cards sold by stationers , they may retain a substantial amount of money . |
| 14 | So be able to produce er a press release of some description , or some information , that is reasonably literate , then , and it 's reasonable pertinent to the area that they 're th associated with , then they may lift a good deal of it , perhaps not all of it , and plop it into the newspaper . |
| 15 | They may form a continuous series with the oral papillae as in the genus Ophiopristis . |
| 16 | They may provide a comprehensive guide to the reference literature , but they generally do not attempt to guide the user through the literature either selectively or critically . |
| 17 | They may take a toasted sandwich to eat outside . |
| 18 | Here it will be quite easy to clear up after them but do exclude them if you are cooking — otherwise they may cause a serious accident . |
| 19 | They may well have elderly parents who need to be cared for , whether physically or materially , and they may cause a good deal of pressure . |
| 20 | Everyone experiences disturbing life events from time to time , and although they may cause a good deal of psychological distress , they can not on the whole be considered to have a deleterious effect on health . |
| 21 | The problem with using them is that they may produce a self-fulfilling prophecy . |
| 22 | Fortunately , referees are often able to tell when this has happened , and instead of disallowing the score they may impose a serious penalty for feigning injury ! |
| 23 | So I ask you to be open minded they may seem a little bit off the wall to start with , but everything that we do is done for a purpose to achieve er what we 're wanting to achieve and what I do want to achieve is by the end of tomorrow is to have given you a system . |
| 24 | Once a person is infected they may recover naturally or they may become a chronic carrier of the virus . |
| 25 | Although these cheeses are very popular in Europe ( it is said that the average German eats 5kg/11lb of quark a year , accounting for half their cheese intake ) they may become a passing fad of the era of nouvelle cuisine in the UK . |
| 26 | They may need a good deal of support because of these conflicts , yet this is rarely available . |
| 27 | They may relate new information to what has already been given in terms of causes ( so , consequently , because , for this reason ) or in time ( formerly , then , in the end , next ) or they may indicate a new departure or a summary ( by the way , well , to sum up , anyway ) . |
| 28 | Instead , they may receive a reduced pension or one based on their husband 's contributions ; or one topping up the other . |
| 29 | They may have a strong urge to provide care which they can not translate into reality , and they may be acutely uneasy as a result . |
| 30 | They may have a weak digestion and be intolerant of many foods yet crave pungent , bitter , spicy things , tonics or milk . |