Example sentences of "[verb] in [adj] [noun sg] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | That would give the electricity supply industry the free run of the distribution network , while consumers could signal in any way they liked on their own mains wiring without bothering anyone . |
| 2 | As Philip Warner has said in The Special Air Service , the official history re-issued in an expanded edition in 1983 , the regiment ‘ has often been criticised for the high proportion of officers and N.C.O.s , as well as first-class men , which it absorbed , and the answer must invariably be that used in this way they caused far more damage to the enemy than they would have done if they had been with other units . |
| 3 | They could go on living in this flat they both loved . |
| 4 | If branches take up the suggestions made in this paper they may find themselves having to increase annual expenditure . |
| 5 | If they were not washed in this way they would be a danger to their neighbours on returning to ordinary secular activities . |
| 6 | If there are boards that seem in good shape they could be stripped , sanded and polished . |
| 7 | All the words were in place — ‘ I would not wish this on my worst enemy ’ ; ‘ Sam 's safety is my only concern ’ ; ‘ I appeal to the public to help in any way they can ’ ; ‘ I beg those who are holding her to let her go ’ — but the heart seemed strangely absent . |
| 8 | To be used in any way they see fit , even to the point of humiliation . |
| 9 | Over the wall , overlooking Kingsdale , is a tight concentration of potholes , some of great depth , but if Whernside 's summit is to be reached in good time they must be considered out of bounds . |
| 10 | The why the Pakistanis can vote in this country they 've got a British passport . |
| 11 | With a majority of 21 , they are in a position to vote in any Speaker they wish , and so may be inclined to reward one of their own party . |
| 12 | Even agreed syllabuses , drawn up for a particular locality , only suggest ideas and very general outlines ; if given in any detail they will be more or less inappropriate for this particular pupil or this actual class . |
| 13 | To , to make people feel sorry for them and they have no shame at all in breaking limbs and distorting their features and all so that kind to make themselves look as pitiful as they possible can because they 're going to live a life of a beggar and they tell us it 's very profitable being a beggar in some lands , people can make in this country they reckon up to in places like London a hundred pounds a day being a beggar that 's more than you earn a day is n't it ? |
| 14 | In my experience , the teams will throw in any ball they land their hands on — no-one really knows whether it is the playing ball or not . |
| 15 | With a brass section that cheerfully joined in any chorus they could remember complete with formation instrument swaying and excellent drums , double bass and guitar , it was easy to see that this band have been all over the world together . |
| 16 | Moreover , when words are spoken in continuous speech they often sound different from when spoken in isolation . |
| 17 | The physical implementation and application areas of microcomputers are thus different from mainstream computers , but at the instruction set level which we discuss in this book they can be treated as variations on the central Von Neumann model . |
| 18 | Given a clear run , with plenty of other values , they would almost certainly have played in 3NT , but if an adversary has overcalled in that suit they will be apprehensive of the no-trump game in case there are five immediate losers . |
| 19 | In a simple case , we might have the following key set : These thirty-four records need only 34 storage positions , but if they were stored in self-indexing form they would take up 359 storage positions , and there would be five gaps of 91 , 1 , 1 , 94 and 138 positions respectively . |
| 20 | In rare cases where components differ in some way they will be pleased to give additional support . |
| 21 | Hanne and Jens always hoped that Svend would join them on their farm , but when it became clear that his interests lay in constructional engineering they gladly supported him , despite their disappointment and the sacrifices they had to make . ’ |
| 22 | Arriving in this country they established themselves as farmers and in the early 19th century they farmed at Allington Castle and then travelled through various parts of England as farmers until arriving back in Kent . |
| 23 | Children whose parents set firm limits for them grow up with more self-esteem and confidence than those who are allowed to get away with behaving in any way they like . |
| 24 | Geoffrey Hoskins are already reports of erm an enormous number of refugees trying to get out of parts of the er Soviet Union , in Poland I think in one area they 've closed the borders having let through twenty seven thousand refugees in one day , there are now huge tailbacks of traffic at the border post . |
| 25 | Asked about BBC1 and 2 , ITV and Channel 4 , more than two-thirds of respondents in the ITC study said in each case they had not been offended by the channel in question . |
| 26 | Most would have tackled problems related to sheep on their own , but in dealing with a cow they would seek help and then assist in any way they could . |
| 27 | Pyke 's shows were also commended for their fantastic intermissions , dazzling occasions where the fashionable audience came dressed in such style they resembled Chinese peasants , industrial workers ( boiler suits ) or South American insurgents ( berets ) . |
| 28 | All this testing is on-going and if suppliers falter in any way they are quickly informed . |
| 29 | If the beetles crawl in any direction they will get to the edge . |
| 30 | Eventually , well into the afternoon , we found the route — but had to wait for a couple who pushed in front claiming they were ‘ HVS climbers ’ and would not take long . |