Example sentences of "they [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or are they mere voices of the bureaucracy ( which , in this third debate , is the ‘ system ’ ) ? |
| 2 | Are they distinct forms of the verb or simply variants of a single verb form — the infinitive ? |
| 3 | For several months , under the command of William le Clerc , a defrocked priest and a well-known captain of mercenaries , they wrought havoc in the Limousin . |
| 4 | It worked out as she hoped ; Tommaso was hanging about outside in the square with a group of other young men , smoking and strolling around to join the girls drawing the evening water at the fountain ; he came near her ; to her surprise , she saw he was n't smiling , not like the others , who were laughing and exchanging remarks , between themselves , grinning strenuously as they play-acted contempt for the young women they wooed . |
| 5 | Plato , after all , might never have thought of Atlantis ; and similarly Homer might never have thought of Achilles ; although this does not necessarily mean that if they did exist , they pre-existed thought in an absolute sense . |
| 6 | The shoes they invariable look to are racing flats . |
| 7 | You know , and they long conversation with each other were they get used to it . |
| 8 | Not only are they dramatic representations of personal and social events , they are also outward expressions of inner emotional feelings . |
| 9 | Experience with an earlier version of comprehensive 16+ examination north of the border where the cutting edge of educational policy has already elevated modular accreditation into a major component of post-16 certification ( SED , 1983 ) suggests that the GCSE , like the Scottish Standard Grade , may already be obsolete , and that they hybrid offspring of the conjoining of the norm and criterion referencing pedigree that the search for subject and grade criteria represents will satisfy no one ( Munro , 1985 ) . |
| 10 | This figure is far smaller than that which they would make under the terms of ‘ own resources ’ were they full members of the EEC . |
| 11 | Are they rational decision-makers of the kind proposed in microeconomics and Game Theory ? |
| 12 | Everyone suffers from them — and for many people they mean days of agonising pain . |
| 13 | They occasional quack of ‘ Alright mate ? ’ floats up from the down gully . |
| 14 | Because they cant hold onto a lead ! ! |
| 15 | Because they cant hold onto a lead . |
| 16 | They other kind of soldier was black with little white florets growing out from the head . |
| 17 | Are they recent arrivals from Norway , or birds which have been around since the autumn migration ? |