Example sentences of "they usually [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They usually resent any guidance from Central Office , and sometimes deliberately pick as their candidate someone reckoned by headquarters to be a dead loss . |
| 2 | Parents reported whether their children had suffered from attacks of asthma or bronchitis during the past 12 months , whether they usually coughed first thing in the morning or at any other time , whether their chest ever sounded wheezy or whistling , and , if so , whether this symptom was present on most days or nights . |
| 3 | These meetings took place every year until 1965 , they usually took one day and the French participants used to call them ‘ Cashmere meetings ’ because , after voicing their disinclination to cooperate , they would leave and go to buy Scottish pullovers . |
| 4 | In reality , they usually make two dividend payments per year , an interim and a final dividend . |
| 5 | We talk later in this chapter about the use of other people 's words , making the point that one problem with other people 's words is that they usually make more sense where they come from than where you put them in your essay . |
| 6 | They usually function one evening a week in a local church hall or community centre and can undoubtedly play a most valuable role . |
| 7 | On the contrary , they usually give strong support to social institutions such as trade unions , radical political parties or government agencies whose activities they approve . |
| 8 | They usually incorporate internal steel members for extra strength , and because of the relatively large cross-section of the various stiles and rails they can make an appropriate replacement for many older-style houses with timber windows . |
| 9 | They usually incorporate internal steel members for extra strength , and because of the relatively large cross-section of the various stiles and rails , they make an appropriate replacement for many existing timber windows . |
| 10 | That is , ’ he added morosely , ‘ until the ravens start pecking them , though they usually leave that bit for the last . |
| 11 | Their advantages are : they are generally made to measure , so awkward sizes are n't a problem ; they need minimal maintenance ; and they usually have integral weatherstripping . |
| 12 | They usually have integral weather-stripping . |
| 13 | Erm at school they usually have one teacher for each |
| 14 | Too close and you get swept over the edge except that they usually have some sort of wire-mesh barrier to stop you at the last moment . |