Example sentences of "they [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The acquisition of grave-clothes did not need to wait until death , and many a young bride-to-be , especially in the more remote country areas , included such items in their trousseaus , either buying them ready-made from one of the known outlets , or having them made by a local seamstress , or producing them herself . |
| 32 | Stranded in the middle of a threatening black neighbourhood , he is rescued by a tow-truck driver , Danny Glover , and the two of them embark on a tentative , rather sweet black-white buddy relationship . |
| 33 | One of them dropped into a formal curtsey , revealing both her cleavage and her undergarment , and he smiled grimly . |
| 34 | We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain , only to see them reimposed at a European level , with a European superstate exercising a new dominance from Brussels . |
| 35 | ‘ Labelling theory ’ claims ( and is supported by research studies such as those just mentioned ) that catching and punishing offenders ‘ labels ’ and stigmatizes them as criminals , and that this process can in various ways make it more difficult for them to conform to a law-abiding life in future . |
| 36 | Just before they reach the flowering stage — earlier if you need the land for another crop — chop them down , allow them to wilt for a few hours then plough or dig them in . |
| 37 | All these strategies have the potential to involve all pupils in mathematical challenge , enabling them to engage in a broader curriculum . |
| 38 | It may be easier for them to talk to a fellow inmate . ’ |
| 39 | Most of them believed in an immaterial reality too . |
| 40 | Reports are coming in , some of them confirmed by an independent observer , of large-scale destruction in Bosnia , not only of mosques and monuments ( see The Art Newspaper No. 19 , June 1992 , p.1 ) but also of places of learning , together with the books , archives and manuscripts contained therein . |
| 41 | Once on the Council , I set out to persuade them to apply for a compulsory purchase order on the site , which could have been done before , of course , if anyone had been single-minded enough about it . |
| 42 | Prior to enrolment at the start of their first year , the University will send to all EC students forms to enable them to apply for a mandatory award . |
| 43 | As the name suggests , the tomatoes are dried in the sun to make them dehydrated like a dried fruit . |
| 44 | The act of producing the video helps to impart courage , self-confidence and a sense of interdependence to the group and encourage them to focus on a clear articulation of their situation . |
| 45 | This arrangement keeps them going for a little while . |
| 46 | There are two small eyes with a single nostril between them leading to a blind sac , and on either side of the neck a row of gill slits . |
| 47 | The index-linked gilts on the market have maturities of up to 2024 and most of them stand at a substantial premium to their par value . |
| 48 | The Cavaliers occupied Burghley House , but they were heavily outnumbered , and Cromwell forced them to surrender after a bitter siege . |
| 49 | One of them shaped like a mobile telephone crashed into a high voltage power line cutting off 500 homes . |
| 50 | ‘ A Goddamn ! ’ one of them replied in a thick , Scottish accent . |
| 51 | ‘ Do n't you dare beat me up , you nasty nasty man , I 'm a policeman ! ’ one of them shrieked in a mocking falsetto . |
| 52 | Increases in the volume of shipping are usually accommodated for some time by existing docks and harbours before the pressure on them leads to a heavy capital investment in fresh and usually lengthy building . |
| 53 | To oblige them to belong to a national group was as likely to imprison them in an identity from which they wanted to escape as to liberate them . |
| 54 | ‘ I found them wrapped in a brown-paper parcel with ‘ Dirty Books ’ scrawled on the outside with a purple pencil . ’ |
| 55 | One way of preventing piglets picking things up is to have them born into a sterile bubble , and reared in squeaky-clean rooms . |
| 56 | This may be connected to the fact that the youngsters came bottom as far as hugs were concerned , as 57pc said their parents hugged them compared with a national average of 70pc . |
| 57 | Within a comprehensive school it is perfectly possible for children to be ambitious and competitive , for them to submit to a proper discipline , one imposed both by their teachers , and by the rigours of the subject itself that they are studying . |
| 58 | He had them bound into a small handbook , which he carried around with him at all times , like a passport . |
| 59 | We attended between us five workshops and found all of them lacking in a clear overall framework/direction which would at least set an agenda for future constructive discussion ( let alone action ) . |
| 60 | The technique also enables them to opt for a 4 ohms working impedance ( as opposed to the norm of 8 ohms ) in the knowledge that this figure is much more consistent than the nominal figure given for almost all other loudspeakers ( in one or two notable designs the impedance dips almost to a short-circuit at certain frequencies , making them un-usuable with many amplifiers ) . |