Example sentences of "and they [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This sometimes happens when managers must prepare for press conferences and they develop a superb presentation only to drop through the floor when an awkward press vulture homes in on the one weak link in the chain of argument . |
| 2 | They 've announced a new sports car to be built at Cowley and they launch a new model in April . |
| 3 | The Madonna and Child , whose wooden effigies were carved in 1615 , were said to have put an end to the great plague of 1634–41 and to have performed other miracles ever since , and they attracted a constant stream of worshippers throughout the year . |
| 4 | But they won a fair fight and they took a tremendous lot of trouble and they really did a very good campaign , there 's no question about that at all . |
| 5 | And they took a long time making it . |
| 6 | And they took a long time serving it . |
| 7 | And they took a whole level off , they 've dropped it by a storey . |
| 8 | She went to sit on the sofa , and there she dreamed of Johnny , tenderly and with affection ; she thought of the words that he had said , and they made a warm spot , infinitely sweet , deep inside her where it could not be touched ; for just an hour or two , she began to believe that she truly loved him . |
| 9 | I mean the mixer 's just as bad but really we 've got on to them Brian did and they made a good job , they squared it up . |
| 10 | Neither of them was competent to do that type of business and they made an expensive mistake . |
| 11 | A pig and a chicken were walking together and they saw a huge sign advertising scrambled eggs and bacon . |
| 12 | When they did use credit , it tended to be HP ( again borne out by the small number of West Indians interviewed for the main survey ) , and they knew a fair amount about their rights in an HP transaction , though they felt that the language of the agreements should be simpler to understand . |
| 13 | Er , they were immediately told to go away and put that right and they chose a different supplier . |
| 14 | They are planning a new national NHS information service for patients , and they claim a new system will allow complaints to be answered . |
| 15 | There is a clear and thorough introductory account of generative phonology in Clark and Yallop ( 1990 ) , chapter 6 , and they present a brief account of the generative treatment of stress on pp. 300–3 . |
| 16 | She said : ‘ The Tates were there and they sent a big wreath ; we ought to have invited them back with us . ’ |
| 17 | And they 've a few tips for drivers . |
| 18 | ‘ OK , ’ she said and they managed a shaky hug at the door . |
| 19 | Mr George Ryde , TGWU national secretary for civil aviation , said : ‘ Our members are involved in almost every aspect of airport work , and they tell a different story to the public relations myth that nothing is spared in providing passengers with maximum security . |
| 20 | When Ronald Gregory , the ex-chief constable of West Yorkshire , said little or nothing new about the ‘ Yorkshire Ripper case ’ in a series of newspaper articles , he was castigated in Police Review ( 1 July 1983 ) and they republished a 1979 photograph of him when ‘ his loyalty was unquestioned ’ . |
| 21 | Their discipline markedly improved during 1944 and they became an efficient fighting force which , from the autumn of 1944 , scored some successes against Bulgarian and Soviet troops . |
| 22 | When bees have been trained to approach horizontal rather than vertical stripes , they prefer the horizontal pattern over a uniform grey one and they prefer a grey stimulus over vertical stripes . |
| 23 | For example , the sailing ship Thomas Bell , which left Funchal on 8 November 1887 and arrived in Hawaii on 14 April 1888 ( 156 days via Cape Horn ) , had 400 emigrants on board and they suffered a great deal from sea-sickness and hunger . |
| 24 | Wales will be anxious to make up for a disappointing start to the season — their opening home game against Herefordshire was a total wash-out and they suffered a one run defeat against Shropshire . |
| 25 | The writers of fabliaux commonly draw attention to themselves by naming themselves , signing their work at beginning or end , and they don a limited number of disguises as their narratorial personae — as in the case of Boivin de Provins described above . |
| 26 | She wondered why John had not been more open with her but now she felt that she understood his situation better and they spent a blissful week together before he left . |
| 27 | She sought out Alix , to tell her of her plans to remarry , and they spent a long evening , over spaghetti and Hirondelle , talking of what already seemed to them the distant past . |
| 28 | The cost of the service was nearer £85 than £75 and they spent a further £50 on food and drink . |
| 29 | Mother and Father had retired hurt , along with my younger brother , Fergus , and they spent an unhappy night wrestling with the toils of sea-sickness . |
| 30 | For the final tape a small production team of seven from the two schools was formed and they spent an extra day on this activity . |