Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] they the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their retail branches are a fixed cost , so the more business they put through them the better . |
| 2 | The new recruits to Labour did not , however , bring with them the institutional structures of Nonconformity which played so important a part in both Liberal and peace politics before 1914 . |
| 3 | If our young girls are to learn the profession , let them serve a seven years apprenticeship and when they have completed it , I ask for them the same wages as are paid for journeymen … |
| 4 | I don " t speak Czech ( p. 72 ) ) reverse the Politeness Principle by emphasising his disagreement and carry with them the clear implication that he believes the captain to be lying . |
| 5 | Returning to our canine theme , dogs still carry with them the same instincts possessed by their wild ancestors , still remaining members of that same species — the wild wolf — even after so many generations of breeding have made them what must be the most diverse species upon Earth . |
| 6 | Historians still have before them the difficult task of charting the area before they can properly explore its hidden riches . |
| 7 | The documents he mentions are those which now have in them the forged primatial passages , and the only question which arises is : were these passages already in them when Lanfranc wrote these words , or were they added later ? |