Example sentences of "they [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , chalet holidays , and in particular upmarket ones : are they worth the extra cost ? |
| 2 | Other signalmen had similar stories to tell and some refused to work the box , so frightened were they of the strange events . |
| 3 | What were they like the two the maids , were they young girls ? |
| 4 | How satisfied are they with the various parts of the criminal justice process ( policing , trial , and sentence ) and why do they feel this way ? |
| 5 | and er he said that when they took it up three years ago of course they from the first six months I think it is and we got on to them and they they did agree |
| 6 | When would that have been about this were they in the second division then or |
| 7 | Basically the same poeple who wank on about Man Utd all the time being the biggest and best at everything — biggest Stadium ( aka sewer ) , biggest world support ( but where were they in the 1991–1992 season ? ) , best youth team ( I do n't think ) . |
| 8 | They 'll restock wo n't they in the new year ? |
| 9 | How different were they in the seventeenth century from today ? |
| 10 | These Rotaflex ones that you spoke of , were they in the fifties or the early sixties ? |
| 11 | Were they in the fifties , sixties or the seventies ? |
| 12 | It is also members of this group who have the strongest personal motivation for thinking about and working on the educational system , for they in the main are the teachers with young children of their own , at the beginning of their school careers . |
| 13 | Shifting this sense of entitlement , making distinctions between parents suspected of abuse and parents who are not , are crucial issues for feminists — be they in the voluntary or statutory sectors . |
| 14 | Are they in the top oven ? |
| 15 | Penny Kiley discovers some unusual Fab Four tracks one of which is barking mad Exotic Beatles but are they in the wrong groove ? … |
| 16 | Co fall out the bucket you see on the when they over the top tumbler that 'd splash on into the chute , there used to be a chute , take it right into the harbour . |
| 17 | Donna chewed her lip contemplatively as she read , forced to run her index finger beneath the words , so jumbled and irregularly formed were they on the faded page . |
| 18 | ‘ Were they on the same side of the path as the moor gate ? ’ 'Yes . |
| 19 | Are they on the next aisle ? |