Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] they [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems clear that they do and that a comprehension of such differentiation and its basis is part of the apparatus of significant agents , and in particular of speculative builders , in their own active differentiation of locales . |
| 2 | In a recent survey one in five incontinent women were afraid that they smelt and one in nine believed that sexual activity was compromised . |
| 3 | ‘ Some people expect a movie to be more than entertaining if they go and just laugh all the way through , they think there 's something wrong . |
| 4 | Quate would like to see the SAM used to watch polymer chains in rubber as they stretch and bounce back . |
| 5 | ‘ They must always be careful when they adjust and react to television that they do n't change the nature of their sport . |
| 6 | Of the fact that they attracted amused glances and speculative nudges , they were totally unaware as they read and interpreted the message in each other 's eyes . |
| 7 | They do n't blend , but remain discrete and separate as they shuffle and reshuffle their way down the generations . |
| 8 | Sam was as ordinary as they come and proud of it . |
| 9 | Parents may have carried around concerns about a past event that they feel might harm the child but often it is not as serious as they think and the subject can be raised in later sessions with the child present . |
| 10 | And of course when you 're playing a lead role , everybody 's very careful that your make-up looks right and they come and powder your face and brush your hair before every shot . |
| 11 | Not that I could ever do anything with Nelly , she 's soft as they come and bone-idle . |
| 12 | The tendons to the corners of the mouth may stand out clearly like lengths of string , and the facial muscles will become more and more obvious as they tauten and contract in the normal flat plains of the horse 's head . |
| 13 | no , of course you ca n't now , but will you have enquiries made and if er , there are an existence of twelve members of parliament ledgers , any report from crisis management and any erm , any er , er minute of a board meeting er at er directors at which the contingency er , at the contingency fund was discussed or recor any recording of value , having enquiries make sure that they exist and then tell me er if , if , if you 're prepared to disclose them |
| 14 | Finally , place the ladders on the board carefully , making sure that they start and end on squares of the same colour . |
| 15 | United 's best chances came in the first half , but Barnsley gave as good as they got and went close once or twice . |
| 16 | But Derek , 33 , was quietly confident when they met and vowed : ‘ I 'm determined to give them a run for their money . ’ |
| 17 | There was silence , filled only by the glare of expression , the tension that sparked between them , just as it always had , always would as long as they lived and breathed . |
| 18 | They avoid the more complicated jobs , but within their limitations they are more able than they think and usually can be sure of being pleasantly surprised by the result of their efforts . |
| 19 | Some are important because they supply and service utilities such as gas , electricity and water ; others , even though they are small in number , because their production keeps many thousands in employment ; and still others , like doctors , nurses and paramedics , because they deal with human emergencies . |
| 20 | A winner of two handicaps this season , Azhar is as tough as they come and should be able to hold his own in this stronger company . |
| 21 | I watched smiling as they owled and pussy-catted along the beach . |
| 22 | She nodded to her image , determined , her hands smoothing her flanks , moving slowly upward until they cupped and held her breasts , her nipples rising until they stood out rigidly . |
| 23 | Thousands of boys and young men , pale , narrow-chested , hunched-up , miserable specimens , smoking endless cigarettes , numbers of them betting , all of them learning to be hysterical as they groan and cheer in panic unison with their neighbours — the worst sound of all being the hysterical scream of laughter that greets any little trip or fall of a player . |
| 24 | Our present discussions should show how false this uniqueness is , that ‘ our ’ people have more in common than they allow and that , perhaps , their values are not even dichotomous , although their political ideals may be . |
| 25 | Moi , " he knew from his reading , was an Annamese term derived from the Chinese word for " savage , " and looking at the dark-skinned , low-browed men , he could see they were of a different racial stock from the Annamese ; they wore only breechclouts that left their haunches naked and they grinned and chattered animatedly in their own language as they moved quickly about their work . |
| 26 | Er but there was er She come here with them people and the they kept that big and they forget and after they had died and they she went across the road to the the this here now . |
| 27 | We have feelers , metal strips , that are one and a half thou thick , we call it , you ca n't have them any thinner because they can make them in Sheffield at one thou thick but they suffer and bend by use . |
| 28 | Yeah , but it 's weird because they epitomise and revitalise the naff '70s . |
| 29 | The french windows of the living-room stood open while they ate and by the time they reached the coffee stage darkness had closed over the hills across the water . |
| 30 | Cranks at Dartington is going , they 're going to keep it open while they try and find a buyer for it |