Example sentences of "they [vb base] with [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silver fish sighted , they brake ; down they flash with closed wings . |
| 2 | Stalling , orange feet spread , they land with gentle thuds beside their holes . |
| 3 | Within this there are three particular concerns : the practical reasoning employed by ordinary policemen and women to help them accomplish routine duties ; how they interact with various sections of the public , from ethnic minorities to road users ; and how they perceive various aspects of police work , including the area within which they function and its people , what comprises ‘ real ’ police work , and what constitutes ‘ good ’ or competent practice . |
| 4 | These indices are usually validated against utilisation rates ( see above ) or by how well they correlate with various measures of morbidity available routinely . |
| 5 | However , active sleep is confined to periods when they sleep with closed eyes . |
| 6 | You know they sleep with both eyes open and a rifle under the pillow-not to mention the fact that it 's still lambing season and most of them will be up all night ! |
| 7 | In the nymph of the dragonfly Anax imperator the giant fibres run the length of the cord ( Fielden , 1960 ) ; they synapse with efferent fibres in the segmental nerves of the thoracic and abdominal ganglia and a rapid evasion response can be elicited by stimulating the afferent nerves from the paraprocts . |
| 8 | Lenders ' information needs are concerned with the ability of the government to meet its contractual obligations , as well as information that enables them to compare the return they receive with alternative investments . |
| 9 | They eat plants and animals which they kill with poisoned arrows . |
| 10 | They speak with other tongues , which is embarrassing and distasteful to many non-members of the Pentecostal scene . |
| 11 | Then there is the merchant class — discreet and acting behind political figures whom they control with large inducements and dealing in the import of foreign luxuries , and the export of rice , both legally and illegally . |
| 12 | They contrast with such attitudes as we are content to leave as our own merely personal inclinations and which are therefore not given the dignity of expression in a statement . |
| 13 | He likes the days when nothing seems to happen , and rain runs down the windows , and through somebody else 's windows on the other side of the airwell you can see girls with piles of lacquered hair laughing and making sudden small self-conscious movements , as they flirt with young men in Italian-cut suits , silent behind the layers of glass . |
| 14 | Despite the problems they illustrate , they emerge with new feelings of community respect and call the film , South Valley Pride . |
| 15 | Again , they operate with similar typifications of who constitute the troublesome clients , based partly on experience but also heavily influenced by stereotypes of the educationally subnormal , one-parent families , families in whom historically crime runs , and so on . |
| 16 | The Direction also oversees and assists the so-called classes and controlés museums , that is the 1200 or so provincial museums either directly linked into the Ministry through their director or supervised in order to ensure that they comply with certain requirements ( see chart ) . |
| 17 | You can almost hear the old majors in charge of the sport muttering ‘ got to be properly dressed ’ , but the next two rules concern the wearing of hard hats and only ‘ recommend ’ that they comply with British Standards . |
| 18 | 4.5 For landlords , we propose a rule that when they part with their interest in the property let by a lease they will escape further responsibility for the lease obligations if , but only if , they comply with prescribed conditions . |
| 19 | They arrive with few belongings , haunted by events left behind . |
| 20 | ‘ I think the whole system is totally wrong , how they dealt with this case and how they deal with similar cases . |
| 21 | Some are important because they supply and service utilities such as gas , electricity and water ; others , even though they are small in number , because their production keeps many thousands in employment ; and still others , like doctors , nurses and paramedics , because they deal with human emergencies . |
| 22 | As the Crown acts on the advice of ministers in this matter , and as they deal with comparable matters , the distinction between the two is not substantial . |
| 23 | Hence they deal with high levels of psychiatric morbidity ( Jenkins et al . , |
| 24 | Although some may be true , they deal with constant complaints about testimonials which turn out to be from people connected with the firm . |
| 25 | Studies in this field present a number of inherent drawbacks : they deal with isolated manifestations and random clinical signs , in an area where experimental possibilities are limited ( human mutation ) . |
| 26 | We shall also see how they compare with natural minds . |
| 27 | That th that if they 're going to go they go with older children or or adults , there 's no reason why |
| 28 | In this they agree with environmental groups and a growing number of scientists and energy experts . |
| 29 | ‘ I du n no what they do with little 'uns in that ole city , ’ and he disappeared into the warmth of the kitchen . |
| 30 | I not too bothered that Scum Could get to the league cup final and FA cup final ( as long as they lose ) , I hope they do with several replays along the way . |