Example sentences of "[vb base] in [adj] [noun pl] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | They lead to a formal , didactic , teacher-centred approach , they operate with devastating force upon teachers newly trained in ‘ activity methods ’ , but in the tough , bleak conditions which obtain in some schools they may well represent the only possible alternative for a struggling teacher to adopt . |
| 2 | I do n't sort of , I mean in those days they had wh apprenticeships and , and that sort of thing . |
| 3 | The toilet was er at the back of what we used to call the brew house it was n't a kitchen it was a brew house , and er the , the toilet was at the back of the brew house adjacent to the old ash pit , which was an ash pit in those days it was filled up and when it was filled , they used to come at night and empty the ash pit wheel up the entry it might be there for three or four months and you got flies , bluebottles all sorts in the hot weather you know , I could n't try my shoes on sometimes , but er it was a bit , well I suppose in those days they used to take it for granted , it was a bit primitive it was n't the best five houses in the area , but er |
| 4 | I suppose in some ways they thought I would not buckle , so they put even heavier pressure on some of the new MPs . |
| 5 | And you know , you always you er give , gave your number you see and er course some people I believe had an a I believe in later days they 'd given the older numbers out again , I do n't know wh you know , because some people that 've joined since me have got an older number , so I do n't know whether they 've given the ol they were sort of long since run out , you know . |
| 6 | Okay well I think in aesthetic terms they 're both awful . |
| 7 | And I think in some hospitals they 're not keen for the midwife and mother to know each other personally . |