Example sentences of "[subord] they [vb base] [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've sent someone out to meet them , because they 've taken rather a long time . |
| 2 | We 've sent someone out to meet them , because they 've taken rather a long time . |
| 3 | The Bill 's interesting , I think , because they do have quite a few isolated episodes , like that issue of wife battering , which can be quite progressive . |
| 4 | Bees clamber into its throat and sip a nectar so intoxicating that after they have taken only a little they begin to stagger about . |
| 5 | When the band have achieved considerable chart success ( when they have sold approximately a million copies of their albums ) , they should consider whether a royalty examination should be done . |
| 6 | How dare the hon. Gentleman and the Labour party claim to be concerned about jobs when they have put forward a package of proposals that would decimate employment in this country and confine millions of people to the dole queues . |
| 7 | Luckily the office below is not used as they have produced quite a smelly mess with droppings and remains of prey falling out from the ceiling ! |