Example sentences of "they [verb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I guess that is a form of training as well , in that we are being made more aware of teaching issues and problems as they appear to the everyday teacher . |
| 32 | The advent of work with apprentices gave a new dimension to the Eastern District 's overall programme : alongside the expansion in trade union provision and the increase in branches and branch membership , they contributed to the growing self-assurance of the District by the later 1950s . |
| 33 | The only redeeming feature was that he and Shan Hackett had lunch in Monty 's personal mess and ran up a goodly drinks bill which they charged to the teetotal general . |
| 34 | Caddies also had to replace divots , smooth out bunkers , sell any balls they found to the Professional and clean the golfer 's clubs immediately after the game . |
| 35 | They fled to the low countries , fell among thieves , and Katharine was reduced to giving birth to her son on the steps of a church at Wesel , even the sexton refusing to give them shelter . |
| 36 | They object to the two giants being lumped together simply because they are hugely ambitious , colossally expensive and largely Texan . |
| 37 | There was no mention in the treaty , however , either of the estates in Scotland granted to English lords by Edward I and lost as Bruce gained control of the country , or of the Scottish lands held by Anglo-Scottish lords such as the Earl of Angus and forfeited when they adhered to the English cause . |
| 38 | Do these words refer to the actual expense incurred by the school in providing the benefit or do they refer to the hypothetical expense incurred by the school arrived at by the formula of dividing the total cost of running the school by the number of pupils attending it or to put it more shortly do they refer to the additional or the average cost of the provision of the benefit . |
| 39 | Do these words refer to the actual expense incurred by the school in providing the benefit or do they refer to the hypothetical expense incurred by the school arrived at by the formula of dividing the total cost of running the school by the number of pupils attending it or to put it more shortly do they refer to the additional or the average cost of the provision of the benefit . |
| 40 | None of them mentioned Richard or Hubert Molland ; nor did they refer to the last time they had all had tea together . |
| 41 | Infants can also be observed to enjoy playing with their faeces , something which adults do if they regress to the anal phase when in a confined cell , in prison or hospital . |
| 42 | An and you take the surnames and they react to the first surname , I get race stories er calls occasionally |
| 43 | They react to the latest discoveries with blasé aplomb , remaining unruffled by theological controversy . |
| 44 | For these the primary schools provided a gentle haven before they transferred to the local secondary modern school . |
| 45 | As Wesley had done , and as Rational Dissenters very frequently did , they alluded to the natural rights of all men . |
| 46 | The gothic spires of parliament shimmered in the autumnal sunlight as they drove to the far side of Parliament Square and turned right towards Victoria . |
| 47 | They drove to the little creek where they kept their fishing boat , and moaned extensively to other men with blue-knit jumpers and glowing pipes . |
| 48 | They spread to the Conservative Party 's own library where they were in marked contrast to the public image created by her backing of the new British Library buildings , as we shall see shortly . |
| 49 | They came to the following conclusions : |
| 50 | When they came to the two roads , they stopped . |
| 51 | Fellow aviculturalists ‘ do n't call them twitchers , it 's the ultimate insult , ’ said Yvonne , Harry 's daughter Robin Pickering and Peter Banks from Stanhope were called in , and after much research and consultation they came to the extraordinary conclusion that this was a Glaucous Macaw . |
| 52 | By the time they came to the sharp bend at Borlick they had caught up with the McCulloch family , old Donald limping and muttering to himself , Donald hand in hand with Jean , Mary and her friend big Mary striding on ahead , their arms pulled down by heavy baskets of pies and eggs . |
| 53 | Jim Lenehan , assistant manager at the Sheikh 's Kildangan Stud , confirmed that Royal Gait suffered a massive heart attack , and added : ‘ The sad part is that Graham said he had felt as good as ever as they came to the final flight . ’ |
| 54 | And as they came to the final furlongs it was Roc de Prince , Laura 's Beau , Sure Metal going for the line and then on the outside , up came New Mill House . |
| 55 | When at last they came to the lower end of Spring Street , Agnes stopped and , looking from one to the other , she said , ‘ This is where I live ; I 'll be all right now . |
| 56 | They came to the second door . |
| 57 | So they came to the great Roman Wall , at Birdoswald , built to keep out their Pictish ancestors a thousand years before . |
| 58 | They set to work cutting down trees and brushwood , far and near , to drag up to the terrace , to fill in the ditches — or at least , the two outer ones , for when they came to the inner ones it was promptly demonstrated that they were within range of the defending cannon . |
| 59 | Lead on said her father , and he lead the way till they came to the flowing river . |
| 60 | Dozens of times they 'd gone in single file when they came to the narrow place , made narrow by a growth of gorse . |