Example sentences of "[verb] they [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Boniface wrote to other bishops , he had a way of invariably reminding them that Christian authority meant service . |
| 2 | Someone will reach for a tin of fish-paste only to be brought up short by another member of the party reminding them that fish-paste is unclean , while someone else may get as far as the checkout with a year 's supply of baked beans , when , across the crowded shelves of the supermarket , comes a voice reminding them of the danger they are facing . |
| 3 | Talking of the whip I mean we 're only allowed to hit them five times over here . |
| 4 | In America they seem to hit them twenty five times |
| 5 | You 've frightened them sick — ’ |
| 6 | ‘ David Lindley plays them all the time , and they 're special because not only is the body hollow , but the neck is hollow too . |
| 7 | Not that he plays them all that well , ’ he admitted , thoughtfully watching the harried youngster trying to be as tall as his tallest and most formidable charge . |
| 8 | I hate them all … |
| 9 | I hate them all . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I hate them all , ’ I say tearfully . |
| 11 | ‘ I hate them bloody things . ’ |
| 12 | The Avignon 's captain , strolling down from the bridge in a crisp , freshly starched uniform , smiled on hearing their banter and approached to greet them both with a formal French handshake . |
| 13 | I 've heard them all . |
| 14 | You 've heard them all , have n't you ? ’ |
| 15 | I 've heard them all come merrily to bed , as if there were no misery in the world . |
| 16 | She 'd almost certainly heard them all before . |
| 17 | You should have heard them all . |
| 18 | Peggy was aware that many of her sayings were threadbare , she had heard them many times before , but as the comedian said , it was n't what as said , it was the way it was told . |
| 19 | Howard would like to put his arms about the whole team , as they crowd round the journal , smelling of shirts , and squeeze them all , and fuse them into one perfect corporate human being . |
| 20 | Ackroyd put the signals to red , rang the station down the line to tell them that he had a problem and then rang the next station above to alert them that he still had a train in his section . |
| 21 | Oh well , better go and say sorry , otherwise he 'll throw them all away . |
| 22 | I tell you what , why do n't you throw them all out and we 'll have the day off ? ’ |
| 23 | Because Britain offers them cheap labour . |
| 24 | High speed , high power , high storage , high upgrade potential — the CompuADd 325 offers them all . |
| 25 | Disturbing the Ritual : The adventurers can do this simply by stepping into the circle and attacking the Vampire and his minion , but the circle offers them some protection by the time the adventurers attack : treat Maximilian and Juliane as having 1 AP , all locations , and +10 bonuses to their I scores while within the circle . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , Japanese companies seem as willing to sell technology , or collaborate on its development , as any other firms , when doing so offers them some advantage . |
| 27 | He offers them another unsettling peacemaking idea ; they invent another excuse for turning it down . |
| 28 | You 'll be able to see them two houses from a long way away . |
| 29 | She 'd be real surprised to see them all sat round the table looking so happy . |
| 30 | It 's so lovely to see them all sitting there , juice running down their chins . ’ |