Example sentences of "[adj] they [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In conjunction with this they produced a communications system designed to offload the text onto a host computer with the maximum possible reliability . |
| 2 | ‘ They say every man has his double and it is conceivable they made a mistake , ’ he said . |
| 3 | They provided loans and grants for artists in need from May 1870 , in 1885 they offered a pension programme and , in 1910 , a medical aid programme . |
| 4 | In 1421 they entered a contract to be loyal to each other without dissimulation or fraud . |
| 5 | Not just having a majority in parliament to govern you and that was being described at that particular time by the Tory government that their majority would be adequate they had a majority of twenty one . |
| 6 | If they feel that the committee is erring they have a duty to intervene and point out what they think is the best course . |
| 7 | In some they played a role of significance as sources of recruits for the regular army in time of war — for example in France , where a system of militia service was established by Louvois in 1688 and revived in 1726 , in Spain , in Piedmont and in England after the passage of the Militia Act of 1757 . |
| 8 | 17–6–1848 They forwarded a memorial to Lord John Russell praying that the Post Office should be caused to be shut throughout the Kingdom on the Lord 's day ; and on 19th February 1849 they petitioned the shareholders at Perth against running trains on the Sabbath . |
| 9 | In 1991 they made an operating profit of $17m on revenues of $1.54 billion . |
| 10 | In fact it 's not impossible they had an arrangement . |
| 11 | Joe was a bookbinder , a very highly skilled craftsman , so well thought of by his employers , Browns of the Canal , that when the business was sold to W.H. Smith 's in 1924 they made a condition that Joe should continue in his department until retirement . |
| 12 | ‘ It is so sad they lose a daughter . |
| 13 | No wonder the police had given Wheeler a roasting about security ; it was amazing they had a piece of altar silver to bless themselves with . |
| 14 | A gang of girls I met in Coventry hanging around with some boys who , like them , were unemployed , said that when they were younger they did a bit of vandalising : " When I got pissed I smashed the windows of posh houses , " said one of them . |
| 15 | When all of a sudden they dropped a bomb and I thought there was n't at all , you see , and no siren had gone , nothing , you see , and there was broad daylight . |
| 16 | They had Nelson Mandela giving a rally at two in the afternoon on the steps of City Hall or wherever it was , and at three they had a colour photograph of him out on the streets . |
| 17 | They duly arrived at the perimeter wire of the airfield and to their left they noticed a pair of Italian sentries manning a roadblock . |
| 18 | Do n't devise a long list of rules for the sake of having rules : make sure they serve a purpose — to enhance your child 's safety– wellbeing and steady ( not hurried ) progress towards maturity . |
| 19 | Since the reserviour was built it has become an important tourist and recreational centre but now none of the businesses can be sure they have a future . |
| 20 | Those involved are asked to make sure they have a copy . |
| 21 | Those involved are asked to make sure they have a copy . |
| 22 | As these transactions are not predictable they present a processing problem . |
| 23 | Above all they had a sort of study area . |
| 24 | In 1981 they adopted an action plan for the Caribbean and pledged $1.2 million to a trust fund to finance environmental projects . |
| 25 | Beginning in 1902 they began a series of four dams , to regulate and to some extent re-direct the flow . |
| 26 | 7–11–1885 They appointed a day ( Thursday ) of thanksgiving for the harvest . |
| 27 | If they were good they had a choice : share a banana split , or a trip to the pet shop to watch the gerbils screw . |
| 28 | This was so successful that in May 1873 they took a lease on the Small Hall at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly , and opened 26 May 1873 . |
| 29 | In 1873 they formed a partnership , born of mutual respect and trust , to manufacture soda ash near Northwich in Cheshire . |
| 30 | In 1958 they signed an agreement to form the Bureau de Liaison des Associations Guides du Luxembourg . |