Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] they [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless the essential social situation remains they same — they are marginal and disposable as workers , they are isolated , even more than women with young children who do n't work , for they do n't have time to meet others in parks and playgrounds , and they have the stress of simultaneously minding children and working . |
| 2 | No ordinary person wants them any more , though they will for years to come provide talking points for the chattering classes . |
| 3 | The two acts which Oedipus committed , killing his father and having sexual intercourse with his mother , are forbidden in human societies because there is a strong desire to perform them both . |
| 4 | Almost at once the National Anthem summoned them both to their feet , but Mark responded sluggishly . |
| 5 | Here , they find the light they need in the spring , but as the sun gets hotter the growth of surrounding vegetation gives them some welcome shade . |
| 6 | But Horsley did not seem to see things like that , and he had cheered them up mightily with a little speech congratulating them all and insisting ‘ the team ’ must stay together . |
| 7 | In the second-half of the Second Test they recaptured their World Cup form and it will take a very good side to beat them this summer . |
| 8 | The sound of heavy boots sliding down he crumbling bank made them all glance up . |
| 9 | These three objectives reflect aspects of the production problem and , ideally , the manufacturer would like a feasible solution maximising them all . |
| 10 | The thunderous retort deafened them both momentarily . |
| 11 | The unexpected news affected them all in some way , but it would have the greatest impact upon Seb 's life . |
| 12 | So many Tory politicians have mysteriously ‘ retired ’ over the past 13 years that there must be one massive , undisclosed scandal linking them all , and involving BT shares , Jack Ruby 's death , Marilyn Monroe , and the fleshy globes of a Bermondsey boy scout called Hilda . |
| 13 | A cracked shout arrested them both . |
| 14 | She giggled with sheer delight to handle them all , so little , so pretty , the cats so catlike , the kangaroos ( with a baby in the mother 's pouch ) so expressive of the basically humorous nature of kangaroos . |
| 15 | And , as a fitting tribute to the white heat of technology ( and slaying dragons ) we proudly present a Red-Hot Computer-style Offer to end them all . |
| 16 | ‘ The point I was making was that the parity of fear within the Catholic and Protestant communities might help in a perverse way to make them both recognise the importance of living beside each other and for the killings to stop . ’ |
| 17 | The episode shows , as Whyte says , ‘ not a clash between Church and State but a shifting consensus involving them both , ( 1980:399 ) . |
| 18 | Sheer surprise brought them both down , winding them temporarily . |
| 19 | Red Hand sees them all ! |
| 20 | Thirty years since Asterix came to life , sales of the books — 28 so far — have topped 180 million ( Asterix 's magic potion for superhuman strength enables them all to speak in 29 languages ) . |
| 21 | The best way to treat special damages is to deal with each item of special damage in a separate paragraph and to have a final paragraph totalling them all up and giving a global figure . |
| 22 | Do the sponsors feel that this tawdry display does them any good ? |
| 23 | I left the cinema with a rush of questions , mainly about blood , and a wise response answered them all : ‘ It 's only a film . ’ |
| 24 | Polished parquet and a narrow scarlet runner made them all look the same . |
| 25 | The senior doctor addressed them all in a memorial service . |
| 26 | The flying grey deserves them all in return for the joy and thrills he has given thousands while humping 12 stone in weight around on his back . |