Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But today 's more liberal attitudes mean they have the freedom to do that . |
| 2 | They call themselves Rektum , and all signs suggest they enjoyed what you might call a safe passage . |
| 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 | Jamie and Becky Blandford made the announcement this morning , just two years after their wedding.The Marquis 's solicitors say they have entered what is described as a period of separation in their marriage.Their first child is due in August . |
| 5 | Doctors in Swindon say they 've seen three cases of a rare illness normally associated with Third World countries . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Experts say they cause unseen damage to the environment and to people . |
| 8 | Steve and his wife use it to keep the weight off and ensure their 3 young daughters get the balanced diet the experts say they need . |
| 9 | But many of the people in Skerne Park say they need the buses . |
| 10 | For the Germans say they DID make the offer . |
| 11 | Borland International Inc and Wordperfect Corp say they 've not yet sorted out marketing of their Borland Office for Windows $600 Wordperfect Paradox Quattro bundle outside the US , but are working on it . |
| 12 | A Government programme of help for single mothers has not yet been drawn up , although church groups say they have centres ready to take in anyone needing help . |
| 13 | Chelsea have not confirmed their approach to him and the Swindon board say they 've been told nothing . |
| 14 | Most blokes say they do n't give a |
| 15 | Reports of sea serpents say they look like smooth snakes , but they are many times larger than the biggest snakes on earth : the longest seem to be about 200 metres . |
| 16 | The last Hercules crash was more than 20 years ago and the base say they remain confident in the safety of the transporter plane . |
| 17 | For his part , Mr Gaunt claims that 38 of the 50 members who have signed the exemption order saving them from the full rigour of the CFTC 's rules say they do not like the agreement . |
| 18 | Because it took anthropomorphism to the nth degree , Mr Lendrem 's conclusions may be summarised as follows : ( 1 ) When ducks sleep they close their eyes . |
| 19 | An advertising writer , he 's energetic , articulate and presumably just the sort of person Labour say they want to recruit . |
| 20 | Labour say they believe it 's unlikely the decision will be overturned in the Commons . |
| 21 | The makers of Lamisil , Sandoz Pharmaceuticals of Surrey say they tested the drug for 5 years before using it on humans . |
| 22 | Officers investigating the murder say they 've had more than a hundred calls from the public offering information . |
| 23 | One year after its inception , the members of the Precision RISC Organisation supporters ' club say they have successfully built and delivered a new business model for industry consortia , Hewlett-Packard Co reports . |
| 24 | Hysterectomy ca n't be too bad : 96% of a group of Australian women who have had the operation say they are pleased to have had it , while 55% say they wish that they had had it sooner ! |
| 25 | I know authors say they prefer to let their work speak for them , but I hardly think it would harm the integrity of the book to know a little something about the man , such as that he is forty-two , married to American academic Antonia Phillips , with two children , Louis and Jacob , and that he has what he calls a ‘ middle-aged obsession ’ with competitive games , particularly tennis . |
| 26 | The report 's authors say they want the best for everyone |
| 27 | Date Number of homes Number of beds 1987 169 5000 1988 200 7000 Approximately half of those homes say they offer some provision for the elderly with mental impairment . |
| 28 | A BOY of 17 and two men in their twenties face execution in Burma for planting a bomb , but others involved in the crime say they took no part in it . |
| 29 | The governor 's strategists say they became confident that the reform would get through when the state 's biggest business lobby , Associated Industries of Florida , agreed to support it . |
| 30 | Their supporters say they supply an environmentally clean and safe power source , producing no pollutants . |