Example sentences of "[noun sg] they [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is the speed that people sip/guzzle beer or other intoxicating liquor and therefore the speed they get pissed directly proportional to their desire/need to press on in their resolving of life 's problems ? — which could mean a nice early death ! |
| 2 | They are able to run quickly and confidently across that 6-foot ( 1.8-metre ) ride and because of their speed they become entangled . |
| 3 | The islands have never been joined to South America and because of their isolation they contain large numbers of endemic organisms . |
| 4 | The glance they exchanged acknowledged as much . |
| 5 | Seen end on , their sharp , rocky summits point like arrows to the sky , while from the side they become narrow , crenellated ridges offering pleasant ways up to the tops , especially in winter . |
| 6 | Then side by side they lay still , heads pillowed on the pile of dressing-up clothes , bodies slack . |
| 7 | This meant that while from our side they appeared cautious and reactionary , for the Board they provided a cheerful dawn chorus to which it could always confidently wake up . |
| 8 | The gold variegated holly , Ilex x altaclarensis ‘ Golden King ’ for example , and the strongly coloured Cornus florida ‘ Rainbow ’ are both magnificent on their own , but side by side they look awful . |
| 9 | As a result they show subtle differences , some being positioned on the upper fin , some on the rear of the main trunk and some on the tail-stem . |
| 10 | As a result they suffered many casualties . |
| 11 | As a result they have considerable doubts about the validity of the case for the control of mergers . |
| 12 | As a result they pay sky-high premiums . |
| 13 | In future they look certain to have to abide by the electronic device which can record false starts . |
| 14 | The counsel told the court : ‘ In Patel 's car they had loud music on and there was a certain amount of laughing going on . |
| 15 | Although together these elements comprise only about 22 ppm of the Earth 's crust they have many industrial uses , particularly as homogenous catalysts , as well as in less obvious areas such as cancer chemotherapy and in car exhaust systems . |
| 16 | In their most recent study they compared these distant from the tumour with those from histologically normal samples taken within a 1 cm radius of the tumour and founr that regardless of the colonic segment being considered , the proliferative activity in tumour adjacent tissues was generally dampened with respect to that of the more distant specimens . |
| 17 | In this guise they embody fundamental truths which are permanent throughout time and space . |
| 18 | In yesterday 's opening ceremony they wore one of the most striking two-piece outfits which put them in the running for the ‘ elegance ’ award for the best dressed team . |
| 19 | Eleven pound they got ten |
| 20 | She was remembering long and hot arguments with Milly and Helen in Liverpool where she , Alice , had said that their attitude amounted to a contempt for men so total that in effect they suppressed all serious thought about them . |
| 21 | One from Tim Smith the other from Neil Matthews and at half-time they led 6-5 . |
| 22 | ESSAY 7 — ; ‘ Their motives for social reform were far from benevolent , but in practice they created embryonic welfare states . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ They have the same basic EQ as a humbucker , so you can get that really crunchy sort of distortion , but we also found that when you linked them up to a Fender-style five-way switch they had this amazing ability to clean up , like a Strat , in the in-between positions . |
| 24 | Japan this cou did this country er good , even though they bombed er Pearl Harbour they did this country a good a good what 's it shall we say |
| 25 | At eight hours after the last injection they found 17.0 ml emptying , which was not significantly different from postprandial gall bladder contraction without treatment . |
| 26 | Where bureau heads are mobile within the structure of state administration they have less of an egoistic interest in maximizing budgets . |
| 27 | Although the PAC and Azanian People 's Organization ( Azapo ) refused to sign the accord they gave separate undertakings to work for peace . |
| 28 | Pitched tail into the wind they offer good stability as long as the side walls are not too high |
| 29 | When Insurers settle a total loss they acquire two types of rights — the entitlement to take over the Policyholder 's interest in the subject matter insured , and all the Policyholder 's rights and remedies in respect of the casualty which caused the loss . |
| 30 | In winter they earn next to nothing , few of them having in their youth learnt to knit and spin ; and if in summer they are able to go to harvest work , they must pay some person a shilling a week out of their earnings for looking after their children . |