Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] they [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know there might ha , there might have been three hundred ya , three hundred yards of houses semis and detached and they had a bit of land , but all the back of that , that was theirs ! |
| 2 | At outcrop the sandstones are visibly porous and they provide a good aquifer in the Belfast region . |
| 3 | Such a proposition was no more acceptable to the Germans than to the British and they put an end to further talk of peace by declaring unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic . |
| 4 | Certainly the style and type of projects in the schools are different and they offer a markedly different approach to user education in schools than was prevalent before the present period of research funding . |
| 5 | Compared to the brothel prostitutes , they are dowdy and unkempt and they have a lot more problems with the police . |
| 6 | It is usually impossible to meet the needs of every person at every service , but some congregational input into the choice of music is nevertheless valuable , for the people provide the best indication of what is appropriate and they have an important part in creating and maintaining the tradition of their church . |
| 7 | The harvest was early and they had a pre-season tour . |
| 8 | The bar was crowded but they found a table in the centre , amidst noisy tourists . |
| 9 | Er , they were immediately told to go away and put that right and they chose a different supplier . |
| 10 | Most of the moneylenders and pawnbrokers were Jewish and they had a reputation for meanness . |
| 11 | Erm the other thing was that the people at senior level need to be reminded , if they do have a major problem erm that 's David and Malcolm , erm where , if they 've got a rather difficult case and it 's urgent and they want a , they do n't wan na have to put it on a , on a fax , they want , they need it there and then erm , and they do n't like the telephone call facility , I said well , well that 's primarily for consultants . |
| 12 | ‘ People come here aged maybe 50 or 60 and their blood pressure goes down to what it was in adolescence , they are no longer constipated , digestive problems seem to disappear , their sex lives improve , their eyes are shiny and they have a feeling of optimism instead of carrying a heavy load of despondency . |
| 13 | It was only discovered because somebody left a film camera running on an aquarium in which these fish were present and they noticed a blur and when the film was slowed down and analyzed it turned out that this was happening , that a little sneak was going in , instantly ejaculating , and zooming out . |
| 14 | I think it depends what members of society we 're talking about , right , if people are educated and they have a way forward to improve their understanding , then they become less and less involved with a |
| 15 | They looked combative and confident and they had an aggression which , Gooch and Such apart , England too clearly lacked . |
| 16 | Twenty years too late and they found a thousand ways to stop the rise of Hitler , it was the only way for them to keep sane , the survivors . |
| 17 | The bureau is seen by many Asian people as a government agency for white people only , and as their English is poor and they have a different cultural background , special efforts need to be made to attract these potential clients , who often have complex problems . |
| 18 | The new album is unbelievable ; they 're so adventurous and they have a habit of pulling it all off , whichever area they go into . ’ |
| 19 | Two safebreakers are on their way to open a safe and they have a fight . |
| 20 | Flat flakes of gold are more difficult to trap as their weight to surface area is small and they have a tendency to escape over the edge . |
| 21 | In the First Test , the Scottish first-time tackling had been excellent , but in Brisbane they allowed the Wallabies to run a couple of yards too far and they paid a high price . |
| 22 | And , I talked to other publishers erm , including a very large one which will be nameless and they have a pretty good spread and their experience was the same as ours . |
| 23 | The chase films swept away by this development may have been repetitive but they offered an excitement that no one can have secured from the sight of London stage actors running through potted silent versions of Shakespeare . |
| 24 | The architects were exponents of what was known as Arts and Crafts Gothic and they produced a graceful stone-built church with a nave , 105 feet long , side aisles and a hexagonal chancel with five lancet windows . |
| 25 | Television stardom ( Man About The House is soon to be released on video ) ; holidays in America ( her husband is American and they spend a lot of time over there ) ; work in Los Angeles ( last year she appeared in Alan Aykbourn 's Henceforward . |
| 26 | SYDNEY WOODERSON and Zola Budd did not have much in common but they knew a special achievement and a peculiar failure . |
| 27 | These areas retained the nineteenth-century characteristics which had already focused the reformers ' minds : they were tight-knit , high-density , congested , smoky , dirty and they presented a scene of old and obsolete buildings . |
| 28 | She was n't in love with Ryan , but he was cute and they had a good relationship . |
| 29 | That 's very true and they have a the industry itself , you know , now has to pick itself up and say right we , you know , and it 's very easy to talk oneself into recession and January and February , normally fairly dull months anyway , we are now , on March the first , Saint David 's Day , at the brink of a season which could be one of the best seasons they ever have . |