Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] they [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chukar-type partridges Alectoris are longer , more upright and slightly more pheasant-like than smaller Perdix , and readily distinguished where they overlap it in W and S Europe by black and white eyestripes , white chin and throat , broad black band extending from eye down neck to form breast-band , conspicuous black and white barring on flanks , and red bill and legs . |
| 2 | They made it clear that they saw it as the core of a European army . |
| 3 | Essentially , it was a calculative attitude and it was clear that they managed themselves in the sense that they saw work as being a means to their personal ends , which might be owning a boarding house , for example . |
| 4 | They are patronising and they insult us by not understanding — and ignoring — the real requirements of our time . |
| 5 | The design team under Hugh Lasson and Misha Black ( both later knighted ) were right in believing that there was hunger for visual stimulation among the British and they got it in the form of sculpture , murals and mobiles by Moore , Hepworth , Piper , Sutherland , Topolski and Epstein as well as a pedestrian precinct which was all grilles and screens and balls and decks and terraces and fountains and colour . |
| 6 | Prior to 1979 , most local authorities were Conservative-controlled and they considered themselves to be local authorities , not Governments . |
| 7 | West Ham look a good outfit , they pass the ball around well in the midfield but are crap when they get it in the box . |
| 8 | They felt he was bored so they took him to training classes and Tricia said he 's an absolute natural . |
| 9 | she goes to part-time so they get it at a reduced rate . |
| 10 | Apparently they use to keep a little thing alive and they took it on the boat coming home |
| 11 | They were a decent lot and I was glad that they accepted me despite my anomalous position . |
| 12 | Once you have chosen your bureau make sure that they know everything about your system and the way that documents will be presented . |
| 13 | or they 're so serious about it that they 'll probably be watching everything , you know , just to sort of make sure that they know everything about |
| 14 | I mean Preston is about twenty miles south of er where we are but I know that there are gardens north of where we are that do grow good peaches but what they do they cover the er plants during the early spring round about February time and they cover it with very fine ne net , that 's all they need to do with it just cover it up when the flowers are out , make sure that they lift it off every now and again to do the pollinating , get them set and then when the frosts have gone take the net off . |
| 15 | But the reds and browns are not sure if they want him on their side . |
| 16 | Surely the hears , minds and souls of people who love the hills are potent forces for good because they see themselves as guardians of these beautiful places ? |
| 17 | At first she had complained to Aggie , saying they were stupid because they taught nothing but the abc and counting , and that most of the time was spent singing hymns and listening to stories from the Bible . |
| 18 | There was just enough time for Bobbie to make herself tidy before they called her into the front room . |
| 19 | ‘ As long as they get me past the post . ’ |
| 20 | For myself , I wish to say to men that as long as they associate me with an idea of ‘ woman ’ drawn from the past , or suppose that a model for gender relations is to be found in that past , they have failed to see me for the person who I am , or to envisage what equality might mean . |
| 21 | When they are in their pyjamas , or dressing-gown if they wear nothing in bed , the electrodes are applied to their faces and heads . |
| 22 | They come along with something sharp and heavy and they swat you with it . |
| 23 | He may have shown indifference with his remark that Christians need not be ashamed if they knew nothing of the number and properties of the elements . |
| 24 | Even an optimist like Alix found people depressing when they revealed themselves in this manner . |
| 25 | She crouched as the great flock screamed past her , wings humming ; some of them tangled in the trees , a few panicked as they shattered themselves against the stone of the fortress , or flew frantically in the confined space of the room ; but most of them circled above her head , then streamed away to the south , lost against the fading luminescence of the sky . |
| 26 | The thin , pitiful cries were somehow unearthly when they waked him in the dark small hours . |
| 27 | JIM LEIGHTON ( above ) , the goalkeeper Manchester United once dropped from an FA Cup final , was yesterday put on Wembley alert by semi-finalists Sheffield United when they signed him on loan from Dundee . |
| 28 | They think my weight loss may be glandular and they take lots of blood samples . |
| 29 | Ultimately , the fragmentary nature of the Habsburg empire led to its fall , leaving the Spanish in control of Italy , a position they would maintain until the early part of the eighteenth-century when they lost it with the War of the Spanish Succession . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't blame them for trying to make a bit of cash , but it gets ridiculous when they insult you for refusing to pay for something you did n't want doing , ’ fumes Mel , 39 . |