Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contact with other women the separatist becomes more and more impatient with women who to them seem stubbornly bogged down in male values . |
| 2 | They lay there covered in soil and broken branches , their breath aching in repressed pants , the post-climax moment unhurried by blind fumbling for a towel . |
| 3 | Additionally , while older sets of Groove Tubes exhibit normal loss of output power , they remain closely matched in our performance testing system , with balanced harmonics , longer sustain and prolonged usable lifespan . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , they remain strongly entrenched in both lay and professional minds . |
| 5 | And yet , separated by Aden , separated by Marxism , separated by death , they remain forever reunited in the preface and text of Aden Arabie . |
| 6 | If they remain chronically incapacitated for work they can now claim invalidity benefit at a higher rate . |
| 7 | It does not inspire Gedge on a lyrical level but Solowka and himself have maintained many of their earlier convictions , although they remain fairly concealed . |
| 8 | And , you know get reasonable money and there were there were still rented rooms of a sort , but she could find somewhere , of a sort , to live with other kids and they could do what they jolly well liked ! |
| 9 | and they jolly well learned |
| 10 | Such transmitted signals have little or no effect on lights , motors and electrical equipment but they arc easily detected by an electronic circuit . |
| 11 | They propose broadly based agitation on social and economic issues but nowhere do they contain blueprints that correspond with the objectives , structure or activities of NICRA . |
| 12 | They provide much needed colour at a time when many perennials and certainly most shrubs have finished , but without appearing overwhelmingly garish . |
| 13 | Academic studies have confirmed the obvious : events make news if they are clear , unusual , unexpected or unpredict-able ; if they fit a medium 's cycle ( a daily paper , for example , or an hourly news bulletin ) ; if they involve well known people or groups , places or countries ; if they are close to home ( literally or figuratively ) ; if they are negative ( accidents ) or reach a certain volume ( in terms of numbers hurt , for example , or goals scored ) . |
| 14 | And whether they die prematurely compared with other occupational activities ? |
| 15 | ‘ They seem more committed to the club than the county which is the way they want it but I have my own opinion on that , ’ said the highly respected Jones . |
| 16 | Rather like pathological ‘ organisation men ’ , they seem so addicted to bureaucracy that they ca n't get enough of it in their day jobs . |
| 17 | Well they seem quite tempted . |
| 18 | While a number of writers have profited from Eco 's example , they seem less exercised by the specifically creative problems with which , if we are to follow the Reflections , he was faced as a working author , not least the problems of how to say anything about anything without sounding unbearably false : |
| 19 | BBM just need to calm down a little 'cos when they do , like on the unsolved murder and injustice ballad ‘ 16 Years ’ , they sound sincerely committed . |
| 20 | I would tip Oxford because they look pretty charged up and tough . |
| 21 | You could make a regular all-over pattern , but I think that they look best spaced out or in a patch or a group . |
| 22 | " Somehow I do n't think they look right planted out in the ground when you 've only a small space to use , " explains Tricia . |
| 23 | Do nt they realise they look COMPLETELY bent , and completely sad , and completely STUPID . |
| 24 | Sometimes they stand completely isolated , surrounded by acres of fields . |
| 25 | Earth scientists should not be quick to modify geological data to accommodate model simulations ; rather , the acceptability of climate simulations should be judged on how well they reproduce independently established geological facts . |
| 26 | An open , sunny site is best as many herbs originate from the Mediterranean where they get thoroughly baked during the summer . |
| 27 | Somebody like Meiselas is like that , Gilles Peress ; they do n't work on a story unless they get emotionally connected to it — why bother ? — to them . |
| 28 | They get slightly drunk together , in a most agreeable way , and then wander round the West End , making jokes about the photographs outside the strip clubs . |
| 29 | Some find that they get better treated in there than they do outside , but for the others it 's just rubbish . |
| 30 | Im afraid its the usual pro footballer thing where they say nice things about the club they ve just joined . |