Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] they [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She warned her successors ‘ to be jolly careful they do n't give government too many extra powers and undo what I 've done ’ . |
| 2 | Many retired people expect to slow down , expect their health to deteriorate ; in fact , their expectations are so low they do little to make their lives full and interesting . |
| 3 | Trouble is if they get so much they do n't use it . |
| 4 | Everything looked so propitious it took a few minutes nibbling to realise that the lamb had been cooked to the point of anonymity and the prawns , although big and fat , were so bland they tasted more like good bread rolls than fish . |
| 5 | However , it is axiomatic that if such successful strategies have been so developed they have not been published and therefore can not be commented upon here or in any other similar text . |
| 6 | ‘ Amazin' how much bigger they look out of the water , ’ commented Billy . |
| 7 | Her feet and hands were so cold they did n't seem to belong to her , but that was nothing to the coldness inside . |
| 8 | A crowd of farm workers had seen the fire and run into the field to help save the wheat , but they were so confused they did not know what to do . |
| 9 | Members are so angry they throw out chairman Tom Walkinshaw . |
| 10 | It seems their relationship was so informal they did n't even bother to exchange surnames , ’ she added bitterly , before thrusting a slip of paper into Gina 's hands and continuing bleakly , ‘ Wendy wrote down the address of the flat for me . |
| 11 | They do n't pop , they do n't break they 're so cool they swim up the streets of Pontefract ! |
| 12 | Obviously both so drunk they did n't even understand correctly spoken English . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm so pleased they have n't put the cottage on the market because that would leave it empty . |
| 14 | The authorities there are so obsessed they 've already got toilet detectives ready to pounce on and arrest anyone who does n't treat public conveniences with respect . |
| 15 | Holes in the floor outside , and inside , the orphanage served as toilets , and water had to be drawn from a single well in the grounds , so first they set about unblocking the drains and opening sewers . |
| 16 | His office is in London 's Mayfair district , where the cars are so big they take up two parking lots . |
| 17 | Because they are highly volatile they do not leave a permanent mark on paper , and unlike fatty vegetable oils , essences have the consistency of water or alcohol and are not greasy . |
| 18 | I still could n't hear properly , I realised , unless it was the walls being so thick they kept out even the sound of the storm ; it was still going on out there ; from time to time the cloverleaf aperture lit up steely blue . |
| 19 | CONTESTANTS on TV 's Bullseye are so thick they do n't have IQs they have Low Qs . |
| 20 | The B team are so determined they gave up holiday time and daily allowances to assemble for two days of intensive preparation this week in Cardiff . |
| 21 | At half-past eleven the house was so quiet they decided not to wait until midnight . |
| 22 | Although prep schools are likely to be fiercely competitive they co-operate together through ISIS for joint marketing and public relations exercises . |
| 23 | But she admits her first experience of birth has n't put her off — she 's just glad they live so close to the hospital otherwise she 'd probably have given birth in the car ! |
| 24 | The truth was that they were just jealous they had not thought of it before and made all of that money . |
| 25 | Erm , but the , they were totally honest they did n't feel |
| 26 | I 'm still convinced they got away at the end of the movie . |
| 27 | However , despite some change in secondary selection , it remains the case , most remarkably , that though wartime and free education made the arguments of economy , fairness and impartiality more applicable they did not make them universally acceptable . |
| 28 | There are various publications of etchings after this date — many of buildings and views around Keswick and Ambleside — but although the drawing is more accomplished they do not , for me , have the poetry or imagination of the aquatints of 1815 . |
| 29 | As they get steadily more drunk they sing loudly so that their voices fill the tunnels of the Worlds Edge Mountains and echo through the Dwarf strongholds . |
| 30 | You complain about your friends never coming to see you , but when they do come , you give them such a hard time it 's hardly surprising they stay away . |