Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [conj] they [adv] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chefs are very easy to identify because they actually make a statement via their food . |
| 2 | In the minds of many people the word ‘ punishment ’ is equated with physical punishment : smacking , caning , slapping and the like Not surprisingly those parents who are against physical punishment in principle are quite likely to assert that they never punish their offspring . |
| 3 | According to my sample of Hull University students , the dreams of Joseph , the Magi , and so on may have been literally true ( according to over half of those questioned ) , but it seems that it would be naive to conclude that they really believe that communications of this sort are still " possible " — that is , presumably they happened in the Bible by some unique divine intervention which will never be repeated . |
| 4 | Farm workers are apt to complain that they now feel like strangers in their own village . |
| 5 | No , well there were n't much to see if your hopper was full , you ai n't got far to go cos they only come about a foot off side , you see you could just kneel down there and catch 'em . |
| 6 | Fortunately , his family was able to come here later and I am pleased to say that they now live here safely . |
| 7 | Montag is astonished to find that they too burn books , however they destroy only the cases which contain the words , the ideas can never be destroyed while they live on inside the people , to be written out once more to give joy after the ‘ Dark Age ’ has passed . |
| 8 | are far more fu , fun to watch because they always fly in from miles out |
| 9 | THOSE OF you who are old , sad , or obsessive enough to remember Social Distortion from their days as an early '80s San Francisco hardcore band might be surprised to learn that they now shift units by the truckload in America . |