Example sentences of "they [vb base] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Studies of such drugs in food-intolerant patients have shown that a large proportion of them suffer from these minor enzyme deficiencies ( see p 233 ) . |
| 2 | A human touch was added to Nash 's report : ‘ I could heartily wish more respect were paid to the remains of this amiable though unfortunate Queen , and would willingly , with proper leave , have them wrapt in another sheet of lead and coffin , and decently interred in some proper place , that at least after her death her body might remain in peace ; whereas the Chapel where she now lies is used for the keeping of rabbits , which make holes and scratch very indecently about her Royal corpse . ’ |
| 3 | Some of them appear in this book , but all of them were immeasurably helpful in developing my thoughts . |
| 4 | them on the floor and watch them shatter into natural pieces , di dum di dum di dum , in the absence of such a direct technique , more indirecti more indirect alternatives must b must suffice . |
| 5 | The simplest way to program the NSA 's computers at Morwenstow and Menwith Hill is to have them watch for specific names , addresses , telephone and telex numbers , as in the case of Kinnock 's call to Turnbull . |
| 6 | First , it obviously has nothing to do with the actual gender of the words , since all of them refer to ungendered objects or substances . |
| 7 | I do n't know why some of them get like that , well of course they should n't be doctors any how . |
| 8 | She watched them disappear into one of the corridors that radiated from the chamber . |
| 9 | Aunt Tossie 's bosoms needed no aids beyond the velvet bodice holding them ; holding them separate like two great spoonfuls of cream . |
| 10 | Thus although relatively few criteria may have held them separate in linguistic terms , for community members they were distinct , focused varieties with their own names and norms . |
| 11 | Their soul driven dance mix has packed out venues everywhere and got them airplay on top dance station Kiss FM . |
| 12 | He watched them go with quiet satisfaction . |
| 13 | Although apparently some of them go to all lengths , resealing Coke cans what have you , to smuggle drink in . |
| 14 | None of them go beyond nineteen ninety six ? |
| 15 | This is the third recording of Khovanshchina to have appeared in recent years , and all three of them use in various forms the version prepared by Shostakovich on the basis of Pavel Lamm 's edition . |
| 16 | They puke with great accuracy and surprising range . |
| 17 | They like foreigners so much that they dispute with one another as to who shall have and treat a foreigner in his house . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | They 're gon na gain from that or they 're gon na be seeing that they think they gain from that and all you 've got ta get over to the members we 're gon na be a cohesive force and that we 're going , we are going to fight some day together for them . |
| 20 | Then they launch into this routine . |
| 21 | At the very end , when the curtain comes down , they dance to that tune ‘ My Foolish Heart ’ . ’ |
| 22 | I do not know how they communicate with each other , but their organisation is formidable . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | People who become ‘ mentally ill ’ develop psychological problems which affect their emotional moods and behaviour , and the way they communicate with other people . |
| 25 | Finally , in moments of vision the internal mind ‘ goes out into the external Mind ; they communicate through new kinds of sense experience — this is what the ‘ sublime ’ passages in Tintern Abbey and The Prelude are about . |
| 26 | Her story is filled with fascinating accounts of her daily observation , which reveal many extraordinary secrets of rhino behaviour : how they communicate by subtle changes in their breathing patterns , and how amicably they live together most of the time . |
| 27 | They account for 41 per cent of the entire labour force , but 54 per cent of the temporary labour force . |
| 28 | Red dwarfs are faint , cool and small , and they account for 70 per cent of the Galaxy 's stars . |
| 29 | They are also disproportionately represented amongst a particular category of temporary workers , namely those working on a seasonal , temporary or casual basis , where they make up 64 per cent of the total , and amongst agency workers , where they account for 63 per cent of the total . |
| 30 | The SMMT estimates that they account for 40 per cent of all kits sold in the UK . |