Example sentences of "and they [vb base] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | This sometimes happens when managers must prepare for press conferences and they develop a superb presentation only to drop through the floor when an awkward press vulture homes in on the one weak link in the chain of argument . |
2 | They 've announced a new sports car to be built at Cowley and they launch a new model in April . |
3 | They are planning a new national NHS information service for patients , and they claim a new system will allow complaints to be answered . |
4 | There is a clear and thorough introductory account of generative phonology in Clark and Yallop ( 1990 ) , chapter 6 , and they present a brief account of the generative treatment of stress on pp. 300–3 . |
5 | The dialogue and the songs are all in English , and they tell a touching and simple story . |
6 | Mr George Ryde , TGWU national secretary for civil aviation , said : ‘ Our members are involved in almost every aspect of airport work , and they tell a different story to the public relations myth that nothing is spared in providing passengers with maximum security . |
7 | When bees have been trained to approach horizontal rather than vertical stripes , they prefer the horizontal pattern over a uniform grey one and they prefer a grey stimulus over vertical stripes . |
8 | The writers of fabliaux commonly draw attention to themselves by naming themselves , signing their work at beginning or end , and they don a limited number of disguises as their narratorial personae — as in the case of Boivin de Provins described above . |
9 | Every one is different , everyone has its own pattern of possible rat runs and they take a great deal of er er |
10 | There 's a lot of adrenalin flowing , and erm they realise that there are pink bodies on the line , and they take a great deal of care in preparing the outfit before they go . |
11 | They play a large part in the provision of welfare services , especially in running clubs and recreational activities and helping with the provision of meals , and they make a substantial contribution to the demand for residential care . |
12 | The point is that they think differently from us ; and we and they make a great team . |
13 | Their expenses ’ are paid and they make a magnificent contribution to the service , enabling group tutors to increase the flexibility of their classes and ensuring individual help whenever it is needed . |
14 | Mother Earth are a proper band with proper instruments ( if that matter to you ) and they make a proper noise . |
15 | Her actions are unquestionably deedy ; they bear no theoretical burden , unlike Kirillov 's suicide ; they run deeper — while she is on the job — than the paper person in her , and they make a rigid , final opposing of the profane midwife and the God-seeking husband academic and quite inadequate to the novel . |
16 | And they make an attractive alternative to fencing for the boundaries of their confined plot , while a narrow , curving lawn helps to lead the eye down its length to the summerhouse , bog garden and pools at the bottom . |
17 | Their data show that German engineers are more likely to be in key management positions than their British counterparts ( who are relatively poorly paid even in UK terms ) , and they draw a general contrast between the ‘ profit-centred ’ approach which they find in Britain , and the ‘ product-centred ’ one they find in Germany : |
18 | There is usually a different exhibition every month or six weeks and they cover a wide range of subjects : contemporary and historical exhibitions of painting , sculpture , photography , tapestry and other crafts . |
19 | There is usually a different exhibition every month or six weeks and they cover a wide range of subjects . |
20 | A whole system of informal work practices is able to exist alongside those of the police management and they form a vital part of the labour process in the station . |
21 | The town of Swindon expanded around the works and they form an integral part of the towns history , Bill Jeffries is Ken Ryders works manager . |
22 | Armchair Investor recommended the shares at 235p and they remain a firm hold . |
23 | These books are my tools of the trade and they mean a tremedous amount to me . |
24 | Whether they are in a particular building in one place or another , actually I could n't give a monkey 's as a parent , and I do n't care where the school is as long as I can get my kids there and they get a good deal . |
25 | And they get hooked , it acts like a bearing , a ball bearing and they get a little bit on the edge |
26 | Yeah he give give me a booklet and they get a little booklet with it . |
27 | If both cooperate ( with each other , not with the authorities ) by refusing to speak , there is not enough evidence to convict either of them of the main crime , and they receive a small sentence for a lesser offence , the Reward for mutual cooperation . |
28 | Their driving is tested thoroughly , and they receive a full medical examination . |
29 | Yes , now I can not see the logic of allowing all this leisure to catch people to come into Standlake for leisure and they put a gipsy site next door to a residential — well , no , not residential , it 's a holiday park . |
30 | In this way they are seen by others as having authority and they gain a new measure of confidence in dealing with matters on your behalf . |