Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] they [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But last night police and safety experts admitted they were worried . |
| 2 | Her family say riding hats must be improved , but riding experts insist they 're safe enough . |
| 3 | The families of five young people who were killed by a reckless driver say they 're outraged over a decision to reduce his prison sentence . |
| 4 | The figure 's three times more than Spurs were offering and Swindon say they 're delighted , although they wo n't get the full amount themselves . |
| 5 | Union leaders and business experts say they 're shocked by the sacking of a council executive who brought thousands of new jobs to an unemployment blackspot . |
| 6 | The film makers say it shows routine insensitivity to livestock , but experts say they 're wrong . |
| 7 | But opponents say they are noisy and ugly . |
| 8 | Detectives hunting the murderer of an old age pensioner say they 're convinced that someone in his tiny village community is shielding whoever is responsible . |
| 9 | The RAF say they 're sorry to leave . |
| 10 | Gloucestershire County Council will vote on the ban tomorrow — the anti-hunt groups say they 're confident of victory . |
| 11 | Rail passenger groups say they 're disgraceful . |
| 12 | The number of those less optimistic has fallen from 30 p.c. to 24 p.c. , while a significant 9 p.c. say they are uncertain about the outlook and four in 10 are uncertain about their own company 's prospects . |
| 13 | Initially both brothers found they were delighted with the arrangement . |
| 14 | The Vale of White Horse say they 're disappointed at the decision … but Oxfordshire County Council are satisfied at the 58 conditions it imposes on National Power . |
| 15 | Students at Somerville College say they 're disappointed … but not surprised . |
| 16 | The college say they 're distressed by Tracey 's death , she had every reason to anticipate a good degree . |
| 17 | Colin Calderwood says they 're delighted to win and its important to pick up 3 points because the teams around them are also winning . |
| 18 | Producer Gill Stribling Wright says they were talented . |
| 19 | They did not ever smile — but you could tell that when their empty eyes opened they were alive . |
| 20 | She felt now that her future was settled : her uncle would soon go away to sea ; Tristram would be freer to be seen in her company and perhaps , if her prayers were answered , they would be able to persuade Aunt Ann to let them be married . |
| 21 | Although these may not be the brightest of economic policies in a country with huge food subsidies and 60%-plus annual inflation , the opposition decided they were necessary to prevent social unrest and further strikes . |
| 22 | For the first time since Heaven , Ace thought of Julian , and the times they had sat in worn green leather armchairs , the hum of traffic from the A40 outside making waves in their glasses , knowing that the barman thought they were underage but also knowing that Ace intimidated him so much that he would n't say anything . |
| 23 | Light rail supporters claim they are fast , clean , efficient and can reduce congestion . |
| 24 | If hysterectomy does change bowel function it seems likely from our data that the primary problem is in the act of defecation rather than in colonic function , as there was little or no change in stool form yet half the subjects felt they were prone to constipation and a quarter strained with every recorded defecation . |
| 25 | Many paediatricians think they are unnecessary , though . |
| 26 | Yet presumably the grand unified theory has determined that the authors think they were correct . |
| 27 | ‘ Some of our fans said they were happy we did n't get a second goal because they feared more trouble , ’ said Bangor secretary Freddie Anderson . |
| 28 | Mrs Orton said they were messy things , got into everything . |
| 29 | All candidates said they were concerned that Darlington should preserve its green belt . |
| 30 | In an attempt to prove they were unaffected by this , they raised their voices as they chatted to each other , and pretended not to glance uneasily at the nearby rectangles of darker , freshly turned earth . |