Example sentences of "they [vb base] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two of them make a right pair , sending messages , leaving notes you look at this , now ! ’ |
| 2 | You shall perceive them make a mutual stand , |
| 3 | Except for Freud , whose impersonal style does not reveal him , all of them flaunt a pronounced sado-masochistic sensibility . |
| 4 | Some of them give a great deal of importance to using weak forms , but do not stress the importance of also knowing when to use the strong forms , something which I feel is very important . |
| 5 | Many of them maintain a fixed parity between their own currencies and the French franc . |
| 6 | But sometimes , on the darkest nights , when the waves pounded the shingle like bursts of distant gunfire , both the science and the symbol would seem to him as transitory as those drowned lives and he would find himself wondering if this great hulk would one day yield to the sea , like the wave-smashed concrete from the last war defences , and like them become a broken symbol of man 's long history on this desolate coast . |
| 7 | Nearly all of them use a formulaic phrase : ‘ I dug him downstairs and his belly rolled over to there . ’ |
| 8 | I have here a petition with about 22,000 signatures , principally of visitors and the staff of the royal parks who are concerned about the proposed privatisation of those parks because they fear a consequent fall from the high standards established in them . |
| 9 | In this way they are seen by others as having authority and they gain a new measure of confidence in dealing with matters on your behalf . |
| 10 | Compacts should strongly recommend that trade unionists should be released on full pay to work with teachers and students so that they gain a balanced understanding of how industry works . |
| 11 | They 've announced a new sports car to be built at Cowley and they launch a new model in April . |
| 12 | ‘ Travel firms are right on target when they launch a huge range of discounts , ’ said an Abta spokesman . |
| 13 | Chandos Herald , the Black Prince 's biographer , makes the prince reply to Charles V 's letter citing him to appear before the parlement of Paris by saying , ‘ Lords , by my faith it seems to me that the French think I am dead ; but if God gives me comfort , and I can get up from this bed , I will do them a great deal of harm even now , for God knows that they lack a good case , and they will have real cause to complain of me . ’ |
| 14 | Further , they lack a strong leader . |
| 15 | Japanese companies have chosen Australia and Switzerland because they lack a domestic industry that might protest against the import of ‘ free ’ high-performance computers . |
| 16 | Many essays suffer from exactly this problem : they lack a clear sense of what the main issues are which are being addressed . |
| 17 | Corbetts are not inferior mountains because they lack a little bit in height . |
| 18 | Armchair Investor recommended the shares at 235p and they remain a firm hold . |
| 19 | Despite the problems with groups they remain a major fact of life in all organizations . |
| 20 | Until that day arrives they remain a useful way of detecting the desktop publishing bore ! |
| 21 | Yet whether lean times or creative instinct drive customers to second-hand shops , they remain a valuable option . |
| 22 | All signals are thus essentially selective rather than instructive since they bring a minimal amount of new information to the cell , and only select from the possible responses open to the cell . |
| 23 | And because they 're condensed , they bring a thick , creamy texture to sauces — perfect for rice and pasta dishes . |
| 24 | Whilst they bring a welcome freshness and enthusiasm to worship , they may also lack a sympathetic understanding of the Church 's liturgy and tradition . |
| 25 | A feature of their new show is a hilarious This Is Your Life , where they ad-lib a potted biography of a victim in the audience to a few hints given by the subject 's so-called friends , and the Christmas Story enacted in a series of styles chosen by those there on the night-Joseph and Mary as a double glazing sales force , for example , sounds tasteless but it 's all surprisingly inoffensive and very funny . |
| 26 | Dogs , too , prey on the marine iguanas , but they eat a wide range of other animals including the rare Galapagos penguin . |
| 27 | They eat a tremendous amount in the weeks running up the race and she cooks everything fresh . |
| 28 | Though pandas ' ancestors were carnivores , they eat a high proportion of vegetable matter including bamboo and various roots , shoots , fruits and fungi ; and in the park they will sometimes be seen grazing grass . |
| 29 | In exemplary fashion , however , they enact a critical self -reflection . |
| 30 | they favour a dapper |