Example sentences of "they [vb base] [pron] [is] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE New York marathon turned out to be exactly what they say it is the greatest sporting spectacle in the world . |
| 2 | ‘ I have no rich things to give but I will take my black bread for they say it is the best in the whole world . ’ |
| 3 | Marry , so there have been diverse good plots devised and wise counsels cast already about reformation of that realm , but they say it is the fatal destiny of that land that no purposes whatsoever are meant for her good will prosper or take good effect , which whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil , or the influence of the stars , or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation , or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still , for some secret scourge which shall by her come unto England , it is hard to be known but yet much to be feared . |
| 4 | ‘ Where they have dug the hole is a main junction , they say it is the worst place for the leak , where the water is separated . |
| 5 | You can she said to me G T A have only just started doing they say it 's a new model she said , is it the new shape ? |
| 6 | They say it 's a yellow sapphire that 's time . |
| 7 | They say it 's the one lollipop goes up . |
| 8 | They say it 's the only way to save nearly forty jobs . |
| 9 | They say it 's the final straw in a two month saga of staff sickness and lack of supply teachers which has meant vital gaps in their children 's schooling . |
| 10 | They say it 's the wrong place and will pose a threat to their children . |
| 11 | It 's because they ca n't afford to keep them in , but they say it 's the latest therapy technique . |
| 12 | If they say she 's a one |
| 13 | ‘ They say she 's the youngest prima ballerina ever to dance at the Coliseum . ’ |
| 14 | They say he 's a hard bastard , like his dad . |
| 15 | But they say he 's the greatest photographer of all time . ’ |
| 16 | Useless for Boswell to point out that notwithstanding the title ‘ Doctor ’ , physick did not belong in Johnson 's otherwise comprehensive repertoire , and here it was that the landlord made a distinction which so pleased Johnson : ‘ They say he is the greatest man in England , except Lord Mansfield . ’ |
| 17 | They say there 's a small garden there and a ten-foot high crucifix , they say that last Lent Sister Martha spent five hours in front of it every day . |
| 18 | You know , they say there 's a full range of facilities and I 'm just looking A is central , bedroom , I 'll tell you , I 'll , I 'll , I 'll , we 'll whiz through them . |
| 19 | They say there 's a big army tank with a monster on its roof bearing down on them . ’ |
| 20 | Secondly , they say there is no scientific evidence that whales are near extinction . |
| 21 | They say there is no white man that can be trusted . |
| 22 | Training Ffestiniog slate men one of these days they say there is no more Ffestiniog slate and that 's it its gone bankrupt and er But I mean that can be easily arranged sort of thing . |
| 23 | ANC leaders decided to take on Gqozo because they figure he is the easiest to topple . |
| 24 | He says we have to say parents have been very sensible , they appreciate there 's a slighltly increased risk in the community . |
| 25 | But now Taylor , who worked with Ward at Watford and Aston Villa , has written to City chairman Douglas Craig asking if Ward can help England this summer and Craig and the City board have immediately agreed as they believe it is a great honour for the club . |
| 26 | Many black people find the term derogatory and racist because they feel it is a conscious and hypocritical way of denying the reality of a child 's blackness . |
| 27 | They reckon it 's no bad thing to be going from one big game to another . |
| 28 | They reckon it 's no bad thing to be going from one big game to another . |
| 29 | they saw our house Friday , and they rang me up , and I said look , you know , I 've got , I 've got my exams today and I really do n't want to come up unless you see something , if you do , I will come up because they reckon it 's a joint effort , if we 're gon na live together , we 've all got to see it and make a contribution to looking at the house . |
| 30 | People say Microsoft Corp is making sure there 's a back door in the Alamo : in case Windows NT ca n't cut it , they claim there 's an internal research and development effort up in Bellevue making sure the company has a 32-bit multi-tasking version of MS-DOS to fall back on . |