Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [adv] and they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This takes on an added significance when it is remembered that geriatrics and the terminally ill are regarded as the failures of the health service and are often consigned to the young and inexperienced who , as one doctor recently put it , ‘ do strive very officiously to keep people alive because they are interested scientifically and they want to use every method they can as part of their training ’ . |
| 2 | You expect that if you set a 10:10 standard on a [ large well-known company ] for a , say a pickle liquor , or something , if you did that they would comply because they 're big enough and they 've got the expertise , and so on . |
| 3 | The deceased 's sister and the neighbour who made the telephone calls were present throughout and they made statements to the police . |
| 4 | The padded collar is comfortable enough and they look more like a tough shoe than a walking boot — designed , I suspect , to appeal more to women . |
| 5 | I was well-known locally and they found no objection to the adoption . |