Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] they [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The opportunity to buy two outstanding adjoining properties in that location was extremely rare and the Perots had the opportunity to acquire them both as a family compound . |
| 2 | The courts of law , they argued , are procedurally ill-equipped for this task since their formality , cost , speed , and complexity made them inaccessible to , or intimidating for , the ordinary citizen . |
| 3 | Glossy , stylish covers and series titles such as Point Horror make them attractive , and the well-sketched characters and pacey action make them terribly readable — for those that have the stomach for them . |
| 4 | Everyone was so kind and helpful when Copper had his accident , although they all thought I was mad , and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them all , especially Cooper 's vet . |
| 5 | Polished parquet and a narrow scarlet runner made them all look the same . |
| 6 | Since , on principle , they could not say that lesbianism made them nervous and that the complex new demands made on them scared them , they found more underhand and aggressive ways of expressing their resentments . |
| 7 | If you decide to go for a low-voltage set-up , work out how many lights you need and where they will be sited , so you can buy enough cable to connect them all up . |
| 8 | Although he has a large enough income to support them both , he puts most of it into a building society and also invests money in shares . |
| 9 | The bark starts them all off and they howl at the moon for a few minutes . |
| 10 | Because many prefabs have now been bulldozed English Heritage wants them listed and protected from redevelopment . |
| 11 | It is well acted and well directed by Patrick Dromgoole and if you want three acts of vicious infighting , grisly humour , sadism , transvestism and incest this play contains them all . |
| 12 | She went for the doorway , her speed catching them unprepared . |
| 13 | The Opposition commend them all , and I hope that the Minister will say that she will implement them . |
| 14 | A sound from the doorway made them both turn . |
| 15 | Short squat whelks are also the ones most at risk from predators ( see p. 302 ) , their small size and rounded shape making them easily swallowed by gulls and eiders whilst their wide mouth renders them vulnerable to oystercatchers and crabs . |
| 16 | The Monster has them all . |
| 17 | The Guidance has them both . |
| 18 | RANGERS are to spend £500,000 on a new pitch in time for next season — assuming an abbreviated summer break allows them enough time to restore the worst playing surface Walter Smith can remember in his time at Ibrox , writes Hugh Keevins . |
| 19 | It 's very hard to explain , but these people are all on the extreme left and were seeking a poet to give them some sort of standing . |
| 20 | When fear keeps them awake at night , parents would do well to remember that thousands of teenagers try things and then move on , that people of all ages make regular use of drugs as part of their happy , productive lives and , above all , that we are not the hapless victims of some depraved international conspiracy . |
| 21 | MORE than 1,000 Maxwell pensioners and print workers yesterday staged a rally and lobby of Parliament to step up their campaign for Government action to give them long-term security for their pensions . |
| 22 | We owe it to gastronomy to keep them alive . |
| 23 | Normally anyone who receives an award in an Honours List attends on a particular day at the Palace when Her Majesty confers them wholesale . |
| 24 | Lord Denning explained that ‘ There are some things which may be required to be disclosed in the public interest , in which event no confidence can be prayed in aid to keep them secret . ’ |
| 25 | Apart from the counties a number of urban areas had grown up and many of these had been granted Charters of Incorporation giving them varying powers of local administration . |
| 26 | Anyway , one morning the Commandant called them all together on the parade ground . |
| 27 | These fumble about in the sand or mud , particles adhere to them and the sea cucumber slowly curls them back into its mouth to suck them clean with its fleshy lips . |
| 28 | And it was er They used to great pride in their in their er stacks because they had to make them as neat as they could and er well built , so that if the So that w that was good for the To keep the the wind keep them dry . |
| 29 | Schools , shut on April 9 after rioting rendered them unmanageable [ see p. 38135 ] , were ordered to reopen on May 6 but , in Lomé ( the capital ) at least , pupils boycotted classes . |
| 30 | The confrontation convinced them that , on the contrary , they were so dogmatic and sure of themselves that it was obvious that they had no intention of being deterred . |