Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Basingstoke scored a consolation try at the end , but Alresford had won a game they made difficult by failing to capitalise on their superior backs and fitness . |
| 2 | For almost a third of the clients for whom the development officers provided a service they obtained or increased cover from other services . |
| 3 | But the cook was in fine form and they seemed to be thawing a bit when I left them chattering away in Greek with Denholm sitting among them and not understanding a word they were saying . |
| 4 | Since I was becoming a scientist they encouraged me |
| 5 | His speech to representatives of the Moscow gentry in March 1856 was tame , his creation of a secret committee in 1857 was the traditional way to sweep calls for change under the carpet , the Nazimov Rescript envisaged a form of emancipation which would have severely damaged the peasantry , the relaxation of censorship in January 1858 was short-lived and the provincial tour of 1858 represented yet another futile attempt to persuade nobles to accept a measure they were bent on resisting . |
| 6 | The public will rarely buy a record they have never heard , particularly when it comes from a new or unknown artist . |
| 7 | Their great kindness has helped members enjoy a holiday they will never forget . |
| 8 | But to secure a conviction they must show prove the culprits are professional dealers . |
| 9 | But to secure a conviction they must show prove the culprits are professional dealers . |
| 10 | General Motors has two dealers in Britain — in Kingston and Manchester — and if you want a Syclone they will only lighten your wallet to the tune of £20,000 . |
| 11 | If the Japanese want a government they can be proud of , they must stop voting for permit-wielding , contract-fixing crooks . |
| 12 | You want a bet they wo n't ? |
| 13 | They want a baby they 're not concerned whether it 's going to have spina-bifida or have som , they are looking forward for a perfect baby . |
| 14 | A county council has told its entire staff that they can no longer smoke in their offices , and if they want a cigarette they must have it in their own time . |
| 15 | I was saying , ‘ If anyone wants a refund they can go right to the door and they 'll give it to you . ’ |
| 16 | Years later Emma Upcher wrote of her parents , ‘ They found a spot they thought a paradise and there they began to build their ‘ bower' ’ . ' |
| 17 | ‘ If they found a point they wished to query us on we had to give an instant , pressurised response , ’ he said . |
| 18 | They say a letter they 've received exonerating the doctors involved is an insult to their daughter 's memory . |
| 19 | Often they will want to be able to telephone solicitors when somebody in the CAB has a problem they need help with . |
| 20 | The council advises the chairman , who can not approve a proposal they reject , but can veto one they approve . |
| 21 | First , there were the Camp David accords which promised an autonomy they neither wanted nor received . |
| 22 | Thus , if team 3 , thinking of beef adds an e they have completed a word — bee — and lose a point ; but only if another team spots it and challenges them . |
| 23 | There was a long , rather embarrassed silence during which Jack sensed that neither of the Shepherds believed a word they were saying , and were probably secretly scoffing at them . |
| 24 | GAMBIAN police have named a man they want to question about the murder of a British conservation worker who was killed in a game reserve in December . |
| 25 | For they would have had either to vote for all the candidates on one list ( implying a commitment they rejected ) or they would have had to switch from one list to another during the voting . |
| 26 | Normally , once these older folk have attended a course they are keen to participate in others . |
| 27 | Yesterday relatives of Charles Prattley told a coroner they were disgusted by the way he had been treated by staff at Darlington Memorial Hospital . |
| 28 | You have here twenty six tabbed alpha dividers , er , unless it 's going to create a problem they usually go A to Z. Erm , some people use this an alphabetical filing system . |
| 29 | Some girls show a guy they 're terrific cooks — and my room-mate shows him she can make friends with his granny ! |
| 30 | On the second of October 1991 the Hawkins family left Edinburgh to visit a country they had last seen 13 years before . |