Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [v-ing] [conj] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the position did become clearer in various respects ; and the problems and disputes which arose were seldom so acute or threatening as they had sometimes been in the past . |
| 2 | Then its always worth calling the away club direct and asking if they sell visitors tickets . |
| 3 | Then its always worth calling the away club direct and asking if they sell visitors tickets . |
| 4 | Now , when you find management — the representatives of enterprise and risk capital — standing up in public and saying that they have a responsibility to keep prices stable , or lower them , that individual prices ought to be reported on by a commission , and that profits ought to attract special tax penalties if they exceed a certain level , then it is a sign that either the millennium has arrived or else something is going very seriously wrong indeed . |
| 5 | The house that always used to be warm and welcoming when they got home is now dark and cold . |
| 6 | Lachlan was still snarling and kicking when they uncovered him , and they nearly broke his fingers trying to unfasten them from Farquhar 's neck . |
| 7 | When the girl 's mother and aunt came round to his house to take her back he became so violent and threatening that they decided they might be endangering the girl 's life by staying and arguing . |
| 8 | Sometimes new uses for a well-established term are so strange and mystifying that they refuse to ‘ take ’ . |
| 9 | Gradually the patients ' new environment seems less strange and threatening as they become aware of the possibilities for communication between hospital and their familiar environment . |
| 10 | He says the enormous sums spent on advertising by political parties — in particular the Conservatives — have more to do with boosting party workers ' morale and with the fact that it would be deeply embarrassing and demoralising if they lost the election but still ended up with cash in the kitty . |
| 11 | He was close , so close : his lips warm , tender and cherishing as they moved on hers . |
| 12 | Mrs Hunt , who lives next door to Mrs Whalen 's home , said : ‘ People were all running and phoning because they took that long in coming . |