Example sentences of "they [vb base] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The columns of our newspapers and weekly journals are filled with book reviews or booksy gossip in which the hacks who write them seem determined before all else to carry on the one continuing tradition of their ignoble trade : ignorance . |
| 2 | The story of how the defenders withstood the might of Cromwell 's army , of how the Honours were smuggled out from the castle under the very noses of the English and hidden beneath the floor of nearby Kineff Kirk , and of how they lay buried for eight long years until returned once more to Edinburgh Castle , is one of the most well known , oft-repeated tales of Scottish history . |
| 3 | As always they lay exhausted in each other 's arms , their sated bodies languid and limp , Fernando soothing her fevered brow with tender kisses of love . |
| 4 | They remain shut to this day . |
| 5 | Three countries — Denmark , Ireland and Belgium — meanwhile indicated yesterday that they remain opposed to another key element , which forsees the abolition of all limits on tax-paid goods that can be carried across borders by private travellers . |
| 6 | All members of the company ( though not its secretary ) must be qualified solicitors , and there are special provisions to apply when a member dies or is struck off the roll or otherwise loses his qualification to practise , which in essence provide that such member 's shares become non-voting so long as they remain registered in unqualified hands , and only qualified solicitors will be able to vote as proxies . |
| 7 | INSET courses are normally conceived for practising teachers who require refresher courses from time to time : when unqualified teachers take part in them , they remain classed as untrained teachers by the end of their course . |
| 8 | Although the Tories plan to reduce manpower by an average of 20pc across the three services they remain committed to several important new orders . |
| 9 | They seem built into human nature and it is often impossible to imagine a society without them . |
| 10 | They stand accused of two sins : first , that they intrude unreasonably into people 's private lives ; second , that they are unacceptably biased and pursue that bias with scant regard for the truth . |
| 11 | Early levels are pretty dull , but as they get littered with more traps and obstacles , things get more interesting . |
| 12 | I mean they get ma , they know for six months , they get married with all the gear , the next year they got a baby , fair enough , that 's up to them . |
| 13 | Templeton went on to explain how employing women played havoc with this arrangement : When the females get their work to set up , the whole of what we term the " fat " is taken out , that is all the space is taken out and they simply get close matter to set , and they get paid for that . |
| 14 | Everything with them , you know like er , I mean , I mean they get paid for fair enough |
| 15 | Th they 're our largest exporter er there 's inter-company sales which would gen can generate quite useful profits since they get sold on both of er Penguin companies er and Longman of course has a high content of erm er of er non-U K sales and Addison Wesley also er I mean Camco was the most international , but it 's erm not er it 's not an exporter in sterling denominated terms . |
| 16 | They get picked on more than white drivers . ’ |
| 17 | The Saudis want all this equipment because they feel threatened from both sides — by Iran and by Israel . |
| 18 | The Saudis want all this equipment because they feel threatened from both sides — by Iran and by Israel . |
| 19 | They feel pinched by rising costs in repairs and housing . |
| 20 | When Insurers settle a partial loss they acquire no proprietary rights in the subject matter insured — but they become subrogated to all the rights and remedies of the Policyholder in so far as the Policyholder has been indemnified under the Policy . |
| 21 | We learn such skills from our mothers , midwives , books and from our own inner promptings , and as we use them they become absorbed into everyday life , often so much so that we no longer realize just how much we have learnt and are capable of ; in fact , we only take notice of the areas in which we feel that we fail . |
| 22 | Tiling joints can be extremely difficult to clean if they become filled with compacted grease . |
| 23 | They become schooled in that illogical negativism sometimes known as Logical Positivism , which says that statements about the world are either provable by observation or are capable of being deduced from facts supplied by reason or logic . |
| 24 | These isotopes begin to decay as soon as the meteorites enter the Earth 's atmosphere , where they become shielded from cosmic rays . |
| 25 | They become entangled in such a way that it is very rare for any to wriggle free , and while there is ample time to collect them at relative leisure they should nonetheless be collected as quickly as possible . |
| 26 | Do authorities know how many carers belonging to ethnic minorities they have in their district , how many require respite facilities , and how they fare compared with other carers ? |
| 27 | And I believe that the growing trend erm of people going to the cinema , erm cinema owners reconverting cinemas they 've cut into three back into the large auditoria , erm will continue and a night out at the cinema has something to do with the the building you 're in , erm this building if refurbished would have a restaurant , would have a bar , would have a cinema club , would be a real asset to the town . |
| 28 | They 've asked for five . |
| 29 | They 've got two thousand seven hundred pounds in the deposit account , erm , they 'll be applying to Sidmouth town council for a grant , er the reason for the grant , they 've asked for two hundred and fifty , is to sponsor as many cadets as possible to take part in activities at Haven Banks . |
| 30 | Crewe wo n't be rushing him but we 're told that Liverpool are so impressed they 've asked for first option on him . |