Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [conj] they [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Improvements are recommended in all of these studies such as shutting doors quietly ( and oiling them when necessary ) ; handling equipment carefully to reduce noise ; muting the alarm systems and telephones ; wearing soft-soled shoes ; providing soundproof covers for computer printout machines ; reducing conversations between staff and talking quietly ; providing earplugs if requested ; isolating ‘ noisy ’ patients from general wards when practicable so that they create the least possible disturbance to other patients — and , as Soutar & Wilson point out , most of these suggestions are simple and inexpensive remedies . |
| 2 | Mine eyes are dim now that they see the truth , |
| 3 | Erm well they have n't got it networked yet but they have the C D ROM players there already . |
| 4 | But once some set of rules has been established in this way , we might well think it more important that these rules be publicly regarded as settled , so that people can plan accordingly , than that they be the best rules that could have been found ; this provides a reason why courts should leave the rule untouched even when they think the wrong choice was made in the first instance . " |
| 5 | really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ? |
| 6 | He had been feeling sick ever since they left the main junction and climbed into the joggling , jolting line train for the last lap of their journey , but the sudden whistle had finished him . |
| 7 | And remember , Roger , the thread had been removed , the fuse destroys itself , and people coming in and out of the room , once the bed was on fire , would scarcely think it suspicious even if they saw the odd burn mark on the floor . |
| 8 | It sounded well enough until they saw the size of the rations . |
| 9 | A JURY sat spellbound yesterday as they heard the ‘ chilling ’ account of estate agent Stephanie Slater 's terrifying eight-day kidnap ordeal at the hands of alleged killer Michael Sams . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , in a group of neurotic patients , a placebo was effective even when they knew the pills they were taking were inert . |
| 11 | The NSA had naturally taken enormous trouble to keep Minaret and Shamrock secret since they were quite illegal even though they had the tacit approval of President Nixon , another Henry II Syndrome casualty ( see Chapter 3 ) . |
| 12 | But it 's confusing now because they put the news on and you can watch the evening news on the first feed at five o'clock in the afternoon now in San Francisco . |
| 13 | ‘ It 'll be safe enough if they sandbag the whole of the promenade , though , wo n't it ? ’ |
| 14 | THE leading yachts on the second leg of the Whitbread Round the World Race were almost in line abreast yesterday as they approached the finish at Fremantle . |
| 15 | THE leading yachts on the second leg of the Whitbread Round the World Race were almost in line abreast yesterday as they approached the finish here . |
| 16 | The huge drops were so close together that they reflected the light , and the rain billowed and rippled like a silver-white curtain . |
| 17 | The precise details of the methods used by Murdoch to reform Fleet Street are not directly relevant here although they illustrate the bitterness and enmity that pervades the industry . |
| 18 | The improved neutron detector was finally ready ‘ later in the year ’ and ‘ within a few weeks ’ the results were positive enough that they formed the basis of the paper that was sent for publication on 23 March 1989 , the paper that should have been sibling to that of Fleischmann and Pons . |