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 | A pig and a chicken were walking together and they saw a huge sign advertising scrambled eggs and bacon . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Er , they were immediately told to go away and put that right and they chose a different supplier . |
| 13 | They are planning a new national NHS information service for patients , and they claim a new system will allow complaints to be answered . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She said : ‘ The Tates were there and they sent a big wreath ; we ought to have invited them back with us . ’ |
| 16 | And they 've a few tips for drivers . |
| 17 | ‘ OK , ’ she said and they managed a shaky hug at the door . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ’ . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The cost of the service was nearer £85 than £75 and they spent a further £50 on food and drink . |
| 27 | But it was an improvement on William 's taste in art and they served a good pint of bitter , and Preston might almost have settled back to enjoy it if he 'd been able to forget their reason for being there and if Emily had n't kept on at him about William and the Black Death . |
| 28 | Although there were many Moor villages where rice cultivation was the principal economic activity , Moors were often pictured as traders and shopkeepers , and they had a strong presence in towns . |
| 29 | changing headmasters at his school and they had a terrible reputation one time . |
| 30 | And then he gave orders to Punch for tea to be prepared and they had a terrible time finding any china that was n't cracked or broken and then she went on working in the pantry as quiet as a mouse and she could hear you both talking as clear as clear . |