Example sentences of "[vb base] they [verb] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If all this leads the controlling group to scream for more money from the Government , and it will inevitably , I suggest they start using the money they have more sensibly and not waste it on their more extravagant schemes . |
| 2 | ‘ I expect they want to see a bit of night life , ’ said Sister Dew . |
| 3 | The institutions say they intend to raise the equity weighting in their portfolios from under 10% to perhaps 15% by the mid-1990s . |
| 4 | Oxford City Council which runs the Tourist Office say they 've withdrawn the video because of public fears . |
| 5 | They say they 've bucked the trend . |
| 6 | British Transport Police say they 've launched an investigation . |
| 7 | They say they 've enjoyed the transition from farmer to fashion designer . |
| 8 | They say they 've nursed the constituency to a point where they regard it as one of the most winnable in the country ; certainly the bookies make them favourites . |
| 9 | Managers say they 've spent a fortune on sound proofing |
| 10 | Friends of the Earth have commissioned a report into the safety of Oakley Wood , but say they 've had no reply on this from the council . |
| 11 | N H S they will re transfer your name to Bupa and Bupa will write to you and say they 've got a bed if you 'd like to have it . |
| 12 | Or as Mr Major said during an election television interview : ‘ Labour say they 've got a recovery package of £1 billion . |
| 13 | They say they 've got the balance right . |
| 14 | Yet despite the activity , police say they 've got the situation under control . |
| 15 | Yet despite the activity , police say they 've got the situation under control . |
| 16 | Police say they 've caught a terrorist red handed on his way to plant a bomb . |
| 17 | Police say they 've caught a terrorist red handed on his way to plant a bomb . |
| 18 | Thames Water , who built the plant , say they had to spend the money to stay within European law , money which is ultimately paid by their customers . |
| 19 | Police say they had to enforce the law after 1am when the clocks went forward an hour . |
| 20 | As of early February , society officials say they had received no response to their request from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs . |
| 21 | Considering the success of Flexible Friends , its a bit strange that Wild Country say they need to develop a twin wire camming device . |
| 22 | Government officials say they aim to reform the economy gradually while shielding the country 's ten million people from the pain of full-blooded ‘ shock therapy ’ as attempted in Russia and elsewhere . |
| 23 | All the members of the Forum say they want to avoid a split at this month 's conference ; but most now reckon a split is unavoidable . |
| 24 | The nursing home say they did consult the council … and have promised to carry out sensitive landscaping … along the gap . |
| 25 | For the Germans say they DID make the offer . |
| 26 | San Diego-based Brooktree Corp and TRW Inc 's LSI Products Inc say they have reached a settlement of the patent infringement lawsuit filed by Brooktree in 1991 , and that terms of the agreement are favourable to both parties ; the settlement marks the end of all Brooktree 's current patent litigation . |
| 27 | IBM Corp has a less than impressive record in turning developments in its laboratories into commercial products , but perhaps that will change when an outsider is installed at the helm , and IBM researchers say they have developed a polymer film that can capture and hold vast amounts of data in the form of hologram images at speeds 100 to 1,000 times faster than current Winchester disk drives . |
| 28 | In the health authorities we have read reports that say they have misused the money . |
| 29 | MOLECULAR biologists in Australia say they have designed a range of new molecules effective in the initial step of destroying the activity of viruses . |
| 30 | They say they have found a link between eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia and pictures of slimline models . |