Example sentences of "[vb -s] they [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frost ai n't good for plants , it turns them black and kills them off if you ai n't careful , but I reckon grass must be OK . |
| 2 | This renders them sterile and has resulted in their virtual elimination from the Southampton and Solent coastal waters . |
| 3 | I am sorry to observe so little Care taken of the Education of our Youth designed for the Sea , even such as have a Prospect of commanding Ships either in the Government or Merchant Service : The element in which they live renders them rough and boisterous which makes a little Education more necessary to give them an early Byass . |
| 4 | The Scotch Whisky Industry recognises that there are people whose drinking causes them medical or social harm . |
| 5 | He wants them small and blonde but also to know their mullet from a mallet . |
| 6 | Because many prefabs have now been bulldozed English Heritage wants them listed and protected from redevelopment . |
| 7 | One drop of Methylene Blue to each pint of jar water helps to prevent fungus attacking the eggs or fry , and strong aeration keeps them clean and healthy , simulating the fanning of the parents ' fins . |
| 8 | Sends them dozy and open the door and put them back in again . |
| 9 | He spins out a sketch , builds anticipation , until finally , with a well-timed line and a choice epithet , he sets them free and they howl with laughter , heads rocking backwards and forward , forward and back … |
| 10 | There are people who know that they have experienced deep within themselves a reality which gives them simple and overwhelming certainties about the real goals of human existence and which transforms their lives . |
| 11 | ‘ She likes them well-worn but lovable . |
| 12 | He likes them fresh but they 've got to be like virgins — you know , untouched . |
| 13 | And some of the connections are quite revealing , and the actions of the Italians in getting very very frustrated and angry now , and having the Christian Democrats and the Mafia and the and the establishment ruling them for many many years , I think does them proud and er maybe a little bit of anger here , about the same issues , would go down quite well . |
| 14 | He believed that women are to be adored for their naturalness , but because this makes them vulnerable and subject to extremes of temperament , they should also be under the control of their husbands . |
| 15 | The fact that any extra emotional effort makes them anxious and exhausted is often too painful to admit , even to themselves , and their pride prevents them from beating a perfectly acceptable retreat to their own room for ‘ a rest ’ when visitors are expected . |
| 16 | I begin to suggest that sometimes it is n't useful for such ideas to come through pop stars : it makes them trendy and … |
| 17 | Imamu and Boo are not similar in the way that they are both the same age or the same colour , but what makes them similar and comparable is that they are both outsiders in society . |
| 18 | That makes them effective when the policies are right ; but to run a stable economy one needs not only strong character but the right ideas . |
| 19 | That is , their meanings are not ‘ given ’ by some set of facts , but rather by the way in which these facts are interpreted by observers in a form that makes them recognisable as crimes , mental illnesses or cases of child abuse . |
| 20 | It makes them greedy and lazy . |
| 21 | I. Lastly , if use-values which do embody surplus-value are used by unproductive workers they can not be productive of further surplus-value , even though the material form makes them suitable as capital . |
| 22 | However , today 's enlightened experts realize that there is little point in discovering important diet guidelines unless these can be presented to the public in a form which makes them realistic and easy to incorporate into daily eating . |
| 23 | A tablespoon of lemon juice added to the cooking liquid stops the beans discolouring , but I find this sometimes makes them tough and I prefer to add lemon juice at the end with the oil . |
| 24 | PARTICLE accelerators are designed to push as much energy into as small a volume as possible , which makes them big and costly . |
| 25 | ‘ Plenty of exercise makes them big and strong . ’ |
| 26 | It is this status which makes them popular and marketable . |
| 27 | As such , it was able to produce ‘ a more wonderful miracle than the greatest achievement of science ’ , for ‘ it enables millions who have never set eyes on one another to act together in peaceful and mutual co-operation and makes them glad and proud to do so ’ ( p. 8 ) . |
| 28 | Three conditions apply : the claimant must be in paid working employment for 16 hours or more a week , suffer from an illness or disability which leaves them disadvantaged when applying for a job and must have recently been getting benefit such as income support , housing or community charge benefit . |
| 29 | Many women report the total surprise caused by the swiftness of random attack leaves them paralysed and unable to fight back . |