Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [verb] they [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How should one estimate the faults of those who offered incense without any torture , those who gave way only after cruel torture by rack and fire , and those who had not actually offered incense at all but had bribed a friendly official to sell them a certificate to say they had done so ? |
| 2 | Convincing wins The game had been close throughout with Spectrum looking good for a win after Terry Parvin had hit a basket and a free throw to give them a last minute lead by 47 points to 45 until Lockey decided to steal the limelight to give Consett a 48–47 win . |
| 3 | After leaving the sensation , visitors can spend their time touching and smelling the samples of hops , malt and barley stacked nearby , while a static display shows them how the ingredients are used in the brewing process , and a second display shows them the secret of the widget in the cans of Draught Guinness . |
| 4 | Having failed to consult the residents about their future , the report argued , the UK had a moral obligation to guarantee them the right of abode in the UK or in a third country . |
| 5 | All my young ferrets get a similar introduction to give them the necessary experience for bigger operations within major burrow systems . |
| 6 | Instead , they were taken over for institutional use , sometimes in a public-spirited move to give them a new lease of life , sometimes for exploitation as large areas of relatively cheap floor space . |
| 7 | Mmembers themselves say being part of a national union gives them a voice to fight for their rights . |
| 8 | Instead , we had the bizarre suggestion that prison order was likely to be more easily maintained if , on entering a prison , prisoners were given a little package telling them the consequences of their actions if they stepped out of line . |
| 9 | In the long run , a little relegation did them no harm . |
| 10 | ‘ Sometimes , your actions are utterly thoughtless without any knowledge of consequences , ’ he muttered , turning her to the side of the room , where a long bench gave them a chance to sit . |
| 11 | Whereas you know when mine began to cry it was a good excuse to give them a bit of a cuddle . |
| 12 | We thought it would be a good idea to give them a chance straight off to have an opinion , and we set them a nice problem , which was that they put a marble into something and another marble comes out thirty seconds later . |
| 13 | Should not we as a practical matter offer them the facilities of Burghfield and Dounreay to do something about the beryllium and other toxic compounds which are doubtless leaking from ill-maintained equipment ? |
| 14 | A once-weekly trip gave them the opportunity to earn some ‘ pin money ’ and secure a change of scene from their relatively monotonous round . |
| 15 | They , they made a big difference did they the buses you would use ? |
| 16 | Setting a blistering pace of 91pts on day one , on day two it was 92pts easing off slightly on Sunday it was for them a modest 89pts to give them a grand total of 272pts , 16pts clear of the teams in second and third places on 256pts they were Karl O'Donnell ( Newlands ) , C Burke , V Burke , C McKeone . |
| 17 | They may not have a reason to prefer one way of going about things to another , but the fact that they chose to do it in a particular way gives them a reason to prefer that way from now on . |
| 18 | Those aged above 60 have a pedestrian casualty rate per head of population which is nearly double that of the 20–39 age group , whilst their greater likelihood of dying from a particular accident gives them a fatality rate six and one half times higher . |
| 19 | Beyond this there is little agreement , and the women 's weekly magazines , for example , have argued strongly in recent years that their particular editorial qualities and high coverage of a female audience make them a superior medium even to TV for many products in , particularly , food and toiletry fields . |
| 20 | Karl waved a hand , a brown-uniformed attendant gave them a respectful salute , and they sauntered out . |
| 21 | Kevin and Sharon go to Corfe Castle , where an old man tells them a story . |
| 22 | At Corbett 's bidding an old man showed them the blood-spattered piece of ground where their priest had been found . |
| 23 | Elsewhere , the main instrument for this capture of control by the notables — an English diplomat called them the gentry — was the election of Juntas . |
| 24 | Face to face meetings with parents and others is usually the best way to communicate but meeting two hundred or so parents on an individual basis to tell them the date of sports day is n't a practical or worthwhile activity . |
| 25 | But North West teenagers receive an extra 20p making them the third highest paid in the country . |
| 26 | ELTON John and his partner Bernie Taupin joined the ranks of the greats today after an American company paid them the biggest advance in music history . |