Example sentences of "they [vb base] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They puke with great accuracy and surprising range . |
| 2 | The economic and social position of this upper class is determined by their ownership of productive wealth , and the substantial incomes they gain through such ownership . |
| 3 | Then they launch into this routine . |
| 4 | At the very end , when the curtain comes down , they dance to that tune ‘ My Foolish Heart ’ . ’ |
| 5 | I do not know how they communicate with each other , but their organisation is formidable . |
| 6 | It was her research that showed how close we are in evolutionary terms to the apes : how they communicate with each other , use tools ( hitherto thought to be a strictly human activity ) and develop lifelong bonds of family and friendship . |
| 7 | They remain as isolated upland masses . |
| 8 | Some were taken back to the dungeons of Black Crag where they remain to this day , to the anger of Kazador . |
| 9 | The documents obtained in this way were stored in an archive in Salamanca ( where they remain to this day ) and , after the end of the war , were constantly referred to by the military courts trying suspected Republicans . |
| 10 | If it 's diagnosed as erm leaving treatment there 's a variety of splints that frames that you lie the baby on , strap them in and they remain in that position with their legs |
| 11 | If they remain in complete heart block after attempted thrombolysis and admission to the coronary care unit , a temporary pacing catheter is inserted , being aware that there is a much higher incidence of ventricular fibrillation as the tricuspid valve is crossed in patients in this very early phase . |
| 12 | In the wild this may allow them to escape as the predator may lose interest in them , but in the laboratory the length of time they remain in this state before righting themselves is a good measure of their fear level . |
| 13 | Once eggs have matured they remain in suspended animation , awaiting fertilization when the sperm triggers the wave-like surge of calcium ( Fig. 3 ) responsible for stimulating maturation-promoting factor to activate the developmental programme . |
| 14 | We might explain this by saying that whether the natives will assent or dissent to S will depend normally not only on their present situation but also on the other beliefs which they bring to that situation . |
| 15 | I mean , they do tell you , they sell on that way do n't they ? |
| 16 | Farmers whose turnover is below the registration limit , currently £36,600 a year , may use the scheme if they qualify for voluntary VAT registration . |
| 17 | Hundreds of applications have already been received by the Department from organisations which feel that they qualify for this largesse . |
| 18 | These examinations are probably a poor instrument for measuring the quality of medical education because they concentrate on factual retention . |
| 19 | For example , as Marcel drives along the winding road to Martinville , he describes the three spires of the church in terms of active movement , the spires exchange places , they come closer together , they draw further apart , they hide behind each other in turn . |
| 20 | It is interesting that although idioms consist of more than one word , they display to some extent the sort of internal cohesion that we expect of single words . |
| 21 | Many of the topics they raise during this election campaign do not interest us at all . |
| 22 | Meltingly they eat at each other , like two carnivorous ice-creams . |
| 23 | Only recently has it been discovered that they come to these special places to gather specific minerals such as kaolin which neutralise the poison they have absorbed from the seeds they eat at this season of the year . |
| 24 | ‘ There is no doubt that they rub against each other . |
| 25 | There they develop until one day the male gulps once or twice , suddenly yawns and a fully-formed froglet leaps out of his mouth . |
| 26 | As the amino acids are brought into position they connect with each other and build up a protein , which becomes detached from the messenger RNA and is used by the cell . |
| 27 | Their wet suits are dumped on the trailer and they change into warm clothing which we 've brought with us in a minibus . ’ |
| 28 | They change from one country to another and that that lets some countries down on their economy . |
| 29 | The Human Relations approach , as its name suggests , thus concentrates upon the people dimension within organisations and how they interrelate with each other . |
| 30 | As they bind to similar DNA sequences and associate with the same proteins , they are likely to be closely related . |