Example sentences of "they [vb base] [pron] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They bring plenty of energy to the quick outer movements and rightly relax somewhat in the more lyrical passages ( repeats are observed , too ) . |
| 2 | Looking at the poor , we can see that they eat plenty of roughage , but their diet lacks essential vitamins and protein . |
| 3 | No they do n't , they eat lots of mushrooms . |
| 4 | With regard to methodology , audio-lingual techniques ( A-LM ) seem to meet this situation as they provide plenty of opportunity for the student to use foreign language responses in the classroom situation and to receive the reinforcement of acceptance and comprehension . |
| 5 | b ) They provide plenty of material for phonological and grammatical analysis at all levels . |
| 6 | They like barns because they provide lots of cover and camouflage — they are n't as resilient as tawny owls , and need more protection from the elements . |
| 7 | ‘ You 've got to be careful : they cause lots of trouble , ’ said Manoel , glancing nervously at the groups of patrolling military police and the slate-grey truck used to cart away vagrant minors who spend their days here sniffing glue , bathing in fountains , picking pockets and sleeping rough . |
| 8 | Stories are recorded not simply because they happened , but because they reveal something of God and his activity in the world . |
| 9 | They starve him of funds even for paying his soldiers . |
| 10 | They may be deprived of skills and they may receive less stimulation than , say , middle-class English children , but inside the Asian family they get plenty of security and love . |
| 11 | mind they get more sun here than they do in erm , or in , or even though the ones in the front garden are , they 're dead , and they get lots of sun , the ones in me tubs and cauldrons and |
| 12 | So how do farmers produce more in that situation , well they apply lots of technology . |
| 13 | They remind me of Liquorice All Sorts |
| 14 | They remind me of death . ’ |
| 15 | They remind him of people . |
| 16 | But then again you see they go out they think nothing of spending forty quid up there at the place on Friday night , Saturday night |
| 17 | They accuse you of crimes against Lilliput , crimes punishable by death ! ’ |
| 18 | Well it 's , they 've plenty of people here |
| 19 | They think my weight loss may be glandular and they take lots of blood samples . |
| 20 | It is , of course , a good thing that Extreme dislike war and racism , print addresses for Greenpeace and Amnesty on the sleeve and so forth , but they have nothing of interest to say on the topics ( Nuno wishes that ‘ we were all colourblind , so we could live together peacefully ’ , which is bad news for traffic light designers ) and blow up their tiny philosophical points and questions to elephant size , but in the end , orchestras , big productions and songs in three parts can not disguise lame tunes and lack of anything to say . |
| 21 | This can make your fish very shy and retiring , as they have plenty of cover . |
| 22 | The Russians seem equally keen — unsurprisingly , since they have plenty of expertise ( including experience in operating space stations ) , lots of proven launchers and other hardware , and not much money . |
| 23 | Leave the Mandarins for a while until the tank is established and they have plenty of micro-organisms to feed on . |
| 24 | If they decide they do n't like what she does , they have plenty of time over tea to say so before the painting begins . |
| 25 | So they have plenty of time to grow to a respectable size and are merely carried passively up to the surface with the rest of the magma when it is erupted , and are distributed uniformly throughout it . |
| 26 | They have plenty of time . |
| 27 | The unmistakeable inference was that , Jess and McLaren apart , the young will be left to take advantage of the fact that they have plenty of time . |
| 28 | Actually , they have plenty of ammunition already . |
| 29 | Rock-climbers make sure they have lots of metal implements swinging from them at all times . |
| 30 | You said that in our newsletter , because our checkout manager said that she 's found life extremely difficult with all the changes of shifts , and that in her department they have lots of problems , so she 's got like a pro forma checkout news , and she asks them for things that go into this , that they , you know , that they want bringing up , and specific things that they 're having difficulty with . |