Example sentences of "[noun pl] [unc] [noun sg] [conj] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DROMORE High lifted their third successive High Schools ' Cup when they defeated perennial opponents Limavady High in yesterday 's final shoot-out at Ravenhill . |
| 2 | Something of the MLs ' agony as they fought their way towards the quays can be seen in the diagram on page 41 . |
| 3 | I can put up with missing pizzicato detailing at bar 383 of the first movement — one of Beethoven 's happiest small orchestral fancies , beautifully brought out by Böhm and the VPO on DG — but the second violins ' inaudibility as they pick up the shepherd 's song of thanksgiving leaves a gruesome hole in the texture . |
| 4 | On many occasions in our study we found a sharp contrast between the professionals ' perception that a high degree of consensus had been reached and the parents ' perception that they had agreed to a course of action because they saw no other real choice , particularly if the urgent needs of the child and other family members were to be quickly met . |
| 5 | The only carpet was in the best room , or the visitors ' room as they called it . |
| 6 | The tide of ideas on the Left was flowing in the Communists ' favour and they did not have to resort to the often artificial tactics of " penetration " used since the early 1920s . |
| 7 | You have to put the the regional accents acc accent if they have one . |
| 8 | Shrewd passes from Spurdle underlined Ants ' confidence as they progressed to a big win . |
| 9 | Although both sides became frustrated , it says much for the social workers ' determination that they turned up to meetings and attempted to understand me . |
| 10 | Management organized a Black workers ' meeting because they needed our response to a report on ethnic minorities . |
| 11 | THE ROW over the closure of Strathclyde outdoor centres worsened yesterday when an education official admitted that teachers at one centre had been given only eight days ' warning that they faced losing their posts . |
| 12 | Work out how many woodlice you will have in 10 years ' time if they continue to multiply at this rate . |
| 13 | While the three-quarters enjoyed the glory , there were hard-working displays from back-row forwards Ben Clarke and Richard Webster while lock Damien Cronin took most of the Lions ' line-out as they shaded this department 18–16 . |
| 14 | The most striking instance was the 1976 Soweto uprising which was sparked off by secondary school pupils ' opposition to the authorities ' insistence that they learn certain subjects in Afrikaans , viewed by most black people as the language of the oppressor . |
| 15 | Shop-stewards can fail to support black workers or can participate in employers ' discrimination because they know the prejudiced opinions of their members and feel that they can not afford to lose their support . |
| 16 | If not taken , it would pose a grievous threat to the Germans ' right when they made — as Falkenhayn planned — a second attempt to outflank the Allied left . |
| 17 | The boys had gone out to play on the forestry tracks with their new bikes on what had proved a bright but cold day ; Mary had got three hours ' sleep before they came back , noisily demanding to be fed . |
| 18 | That might help undo memories of living in or around Lucca in a displaced persons ' camp when they left Trieste ; a little cosseted security makes up for the times when there were seventeen families in one room . |
| 19 | Despite the firm figures in the community care plan ( see table ) , and social services managers ' confidence that they know the level of need in the city , he thinks they know little . |
| 20 | Though slow motion can be comic , it usually is not ; rather , it increases viewers ' concentration as they try to determine what is being emphasized . |
| 21 | HOUNSLOW will be defending an unbeaten record in the European Cup-Winners ' Cup when they set off for Holland today to compete in this season 's final stages . |
| 22 | The judge would not have erred had he drawn attention to the circumstances ( which were in fact plain for all to see ) , but their Lordships reject the adoption of any rule which would impose new obligations on trial judges in their approach to the consideration of witnesses ' evidence and they refer to the judgment delivered by Ackner L.J . |
| 23 | overlap with auction house chatter in that aristos are always selling the contents of the servants ' hall if they 've fallen on super-taxed times , or buying things if their grandfathers went offshore . |
| 24 | Secondly , we can turn to Berger and Mohr 's account of migrants ' experience as they travel from an economically peripheral society to a thriving industrial economy in Western Europe . |
| 25 | The prize at stake is immense , but Leeds have five players walking a disciplinary tightrope and they risk missing out in the champions ' league if they collect a second caution . |
| 26 | The EP was ‘ brought in ’ in response to the teachers ' perception that they lacked the skills to manage George 's behaviour . |
| 27 | Gale force winds could not blow away the players ' enthusiasm but they did make it very hard work . |
| 28 | Those who during the week at Lake Nona took the opportunity to ask questions about the running of America 's LPGA circuit , are convinced that it is to the players ' advantage that they leave the running of the association to its staff while they themselves concentrate on their golf . |
| 29 | [ See p. 36963 for security forces ' admission that they had " exceeded their authority " . ] |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm not the slightest bit interested in you — or what you wear ! ’ she hissed at him beneath the sound of the children 's laughter as they jumped off the bed , and scampered about the room . |