Example sentences of "[adv] they [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly they heard a terrible noise outside in the forest . |
| 2 | Suddenly they heard a quiet noise |
| 3 | Though they did n't read much they had a huge library and they just left me to it so I did read without direction . |
| 4 | Apparently they do a commemorative gig every year at the same pub where we were all based at the time . ’ |
| 5 | I would , therefore , expect every beginner to ferreting to obtain one of these battery-powered locator systems since they really are quite simple to use — and for a beginner especially they save an enormous amount of time . |
| 6 | Did you say somebody called but perhaps they had a key though , I wo n't say anything to her , they might have had a key . |
| 7 | Perhaps they need a little Radio tuned in to Norman out at that far post ! |
| 8 | For example , somebody might erm be homeless , but no hostel in town will take them on because perhaps they have a mental illness or a drug problem , or perhaps they are in trouble with the courts erm we can return to that hostel with the person saying ‘ Do n't worry about these other problems , just fill in the bits you can , the accommodation , and we 'll sort out the other bits ’ . |
| 9 | Now whether it made a lot of difference or no , I could n't tell you , but they believed it er the set of tools they had were the best in the yard , you know , so obviously they took a wee bit of pride in them and looked after them . |
| 10 | At 8.00am they sighted a circular reef , just below the surface of the sea . |
| 11 | ‘ Honestly , how they get away with such stuff — it 's bad enough they take a large commission , but to sit on the money as long as they do … ’ |
| 12 | So they had a big argument downstairs , this woman plod and the others and I said to John : ‘ Look . |
| 13 | Er just make it available , if somebody asks for it , they 'll go and drag somebody up to have a look at you , and they will keep er er they 've made it so they keep an independent arm , but it 's not the major part of their business . |
| 14 | So they have a wide tax base and they can generate large sums of money if they , if they choose to do so and in different states there 's a different culture , a different attitude towards public spending and taxation and so on . |
| 15 | Yeah , quite a high one so they have a big dam to give a good head water , a good height of water , and that water comes Drops down through quite a quite a height , and then they have a turbine sort of force it into a turbine with a turbine and it really spins that turbine th that 's joined top the alternator and makes the electricity . |
| 16 | So they blocked a local stream , the Lau Bunuk , and started building their own co-operative hydro-electric dam . |
| 17 | So they look a little bit different . |
| 18 | So they want a realistic conversation |
| 19 | In doing so they established a new serie B record with their eighth consecutive win , beating Lazio 's previous record . |
| 20 | American trains were classless , but none the less they had a wide range of different styles of accommodation , and the passengers paid for the luxury appropriate to their standing . |
| 21 | They had known all along they had a good , competitive car ; a single mistake had mired them for three races ; it was now solved and they could build for the future . |
| 22 | Together they cultivate a wide variety of plants including tomatoes , potatoes , asparagus : ‘ the king of vegetables ’ , artichokes , runner beans plus flowers and shrubs . |
| 23 | ( Like all the Greek gods , these two have many differing spheres of activity and areas of special interest , but taken together they present a particular contrast . |
| 24 | Together they wrote a short grant application , which Hayling pushed through the committees . |
| 25 | Together they planned a comprehensive Bill to help disabled people . |
| 26 | All of the eruptions except Krakatoa happened in the northern hemisphere , and together they show a clear pattern of behaviour . |
| 27 | Together they show a high resistance to impact , high tensile , flexural and compressive strengths and a high strengh–weight ratio , the latter associated with the lack of mineral salts . |
| 28 | Sandy 's red Jaguar was parked behind a dense hedge , the twigs so close together they formed a visual barrier from a distance . |
| 29 | The honour was historically linked with the honour of Pontefract and together they formed a single trans-Pennine power bloc . |
| 30 | The honour was historically linked with the honour of Pontefract and together they formed a single trans-Pennine power bloc . |