Example sentences of "[verb] they [vb base] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Plant nutrients are derived in the most part from the decomposition of plant and animal remains , during which process they reach a peat-like structure that has remarkable powers of moisture absorption and retention , and at the same time has considerable influence on the physical texture and structure of the soil .
2 Although only six per cent of 18 to 19-year-old pub goers say they prefer a congenial publican , putting the availability of real ale at the top of their list , a friendly welcome becomes markedly important as drinkers get older. ,
3 You sometimes hear people say that it is not worth eating differently , or getting to the right weight ; they say they prefer a short and happy life to a long and miserable one .
4 Now the hard working couple say they face a miserable Christmas and a bleak future .
5 No warning was given and police say they face an impossible task in fighting this kind of terrorism .
6 Opposition leaders say they want an early general election .
7 Massively-parallel systems developer Meiko World Inc of Bristol has retained ICL Plc to manufacture the Sparc-based processor boards for its next generation parallel systems at its Kidsgrove , Staffordshire plant under a contract that could reach several million pounds a year ; the two say they plan a long-term manufacturing relationship .
8 Union leaders say they expect an overwhelming call for industrial action in an imminent ballot , after employers refused to improve a 4.8 per cent offer on Monday .
9 The police and football authorities now say they have a good picture of who 's who in the hooligan world .
10 They say they have a democractic selection procedure .
11 RESIDENTS of a Middlesbrough street say they have an environmental disaster on their doorstep .
12 You shall perceive them make a mutual stand ,
13 The particular needs of London 's mobile residents , commuters , and tourists have been less well explored , but possible areas of ways of meeting them include an expanded role for primary health care in accident and emergency departments and north American style ‘ ambulatory care centres , ’ where a range of walk in services , including specialist clinics and diagnostic facilities , are available .
14 As they walk they sing a special ballad composed by the archdeacon 's niece for the occasion .
15 Denis Smith says they have a good pedigree and have proved they can do it
16 He says they have an othapedic surgeon who comes to the practice once a months , so she could be treated within eight weeks .
17 If they even look like they are going to answer they get an automatic extra twelve hours .
18 Every child is special , every child should feel they have a special role in the drama , that their presence or absence will affect what happens in the drama .
19 Our screwed up eyes imagined they say a straight line in the bottom of Central Gully .
20 Until that day arrives they remain a useful way of detecting the desktop publishing bore !
21 Australia are calling it a warm-up game for before the World Cup but I just hope they feel a little heat from my boys .
22 Like this Boston store , warehouse clubs are open to members only and though they 're pitched at businesses , individuals can join too if they can show they 've a steady income and pay their thirty dollar subscription .
23 Laws are needed to protect women 's rates of pay and ensure they get a fair day 's pay for a fair day 's work .
24 A TOP level meeting has been called in the wake of revelations that suicidal children have been told they face a 50-week delay for counselling .
25 A TOP-LEVEL meeting has been called in the wake of revelations that suicidal children have been told they face a 50-week delay for counselling .
26 But sometimes , on the darkest nights , when the waves pounded the shingle like bursts of distant gunfire , both the science and the symbol would seem to him as transitory as those drowned lives and he would find himself wondering if this great hulk would one day yield to the sea , like the wave-smashed concrete from the last war defences , and like them become a broken symbol of man 's long history on this desolate coast .
27 You know they get a small glass like a whisky glass ?
28 That rather than making a block grant for somebody because we know they do a good job , that we do more directly relate that to services they 're providing to us and output .
29 ‘ I know they have a famous stomach in the Vatican , but this is impossible , ’ said the atheist Walloon .
30 Two of our group have been widowed already , and they know they have a familiar place and a familiar setting to settle in .
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