Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | they remain constant though do n't they ? |
| 2 | Some elderly people who have always been very flexible like being ‘ popped in on ’ without prior warning , but most people as they grow older much prefer all the events in their lives to be regular and predictable . |
| 3 | Sexually mature males are driven out of this group once they grow big enough to constitute a threat to the dominant male ( although occasionally an ageing dominant male will allow a younger male to take over his harem and will be tolerated by his successor for a while ) . |
| 4 | It should be fairly clear to the adventurers that this library is n't exactly packed with exciting Grimoires and forgotten lore , despite the find of Lermontov 's Grimoire , and that if they want some really impressive magical reading matter they will have to look elsewhere . |
| 5 | Oh they want another then they want another two pound off us for that now for postage |
| 6 | They smell gorgeous too . |
| 7 | If they appear new then the electrical wiring is possibly up to scratch , since no professional electrician would install new power points without checking the wiring first . |
| 8 | These blobs are called sunspots , and they appear dark only because the rest of the Sun is so incandescent : the matter ( or plasma , as it should more correctly be called ) inside a sunspot , if transported to Earth , would give off greater brilliance than any arc-lamp . |
| 9 | In non-comedies , such as those melodramas where a top female star plays twins , one good , one evil ( Olivia de Havilland in The Dark Mirror , 1946 ; Bette Davis in A Stolen Life , 1946 , and again in Dead Ringer , 1964 ) , the director will tend to reduce , if possible , not so much the scenes the two characters play opposite each other as the shots in which they appear on-screen simultaneously . |
| 10 | They hope this unusually direct approach to the bench gets their message across . |
| 11 | they put that there when they built that new school |
| 12 | They demonstrate this partially by their support for the two nationalist parties , Sinn Fein and the Social Democratic and Labour Party , though support for the latter does not necessarily imply nationalism . |
| 13 | They seem low enough to be part of the North Downs . |
| 14 | They seem happier here than some of the staff . |
| 15 | If they face this honestly it is somehow less offensive than if they pretend that they are having their pets mutilated for ‘ the cat 's own good ’ . |
| 16 | They sound anxious tonight and fierce , troubled by the full moon and the drums . |
| 17 | They look healthy enough and there 's lots of nutritional information on the packs but I suspect some probably contain a hefty dollop of sugar and additives . ’ |
| 18 | They look innocent enough . |
| 19 | yeah , no they 're a little bit big so , yeah they look nice though , he likes a bath |
| 20 | I think they look nice actually |
| 21 | If these conflicts dominated the past , they look set equally to overshadow the future . |
| 22 | This season they appear to have everyone fit , most particularly their bowlers who include Ellison , Igglesden , Penn , Ealham , McCague and Fleming , and they look powerful enough to trouble most sides in the competition . |
| 23 | Lily said , ‘ They look pleasant enough — ‘ |
| 24 | They 're worth £20 each and not only will they keep you warm but they look great too ! |
| 25 | But it must be the first time MEN have had to make sure they look good just to answer the phone . |
| 26 | They look good anyway . |
| 27 | They look good actually . |
| 28 | Brightly coloured and bottled in pretty jars , not only do they taste good but they look good too ! |
| 29 | Oh if you do n't think they look well then they obviously need it if they look better after they 've been watered , that 's what the paper says . |
| 30 | The champions have tremendous belief in their own ability , and while it 's premature to compare them with the great Kilkenny sides they look well enough equipped to retain their title . |