Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] they [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But red-faced valuers admitted they made a mistake when Mary , 41 , invited them to view it . |
| 2 | Their supporters say they supply an environmentally clean and safe power source , producing no pollutants . |
| 3 | Some schools say they have an emergency fund they can dip into if family finances are really tight . |
| 4 | Our screwed up eyes imagined they say a straight line in the bottom of Central Gully . |
| 5 | Most Scots believe they have a moral right to walk in wild places provided they are causing no harm and behave appropriately . |
| 6 | However , a letter is sent out to newly qualified drivers advising they have a qualified instructor with them for their first motorway trips . |
| 7 | The gypsies say they need a site for up to 40 caravans but there is continuing opposition to such a plan . |
| 8 | But with fighter pilots depending on them for the fuel to get home with , the tanker crews say they have a feeling their friends will look after them . |
| 9 | The directors understand they have a credibility problem with the supporters who called for the sacking of the board at the end of last week 's drawn home game with Partick Thistle . |
| 10 | My feet decided they needed a day off . |
| 11 | In reporting a national conference in February 1988 , Earley ( 1988 : 64 – 5 ) reported : As for the future of annual governors ' reports and APMs , most participants agreed they provided an opportunity for governors , teachers and parents to work together . |
| 12 | The social workers say they have a duty to prepare the seventeen year old for independent life as an adult . |
| 13 | Purity workers believed they had an obligation to reclaim their ‘ fallen ’ sisters , but the problem of prostitution was always tackled by a mixture of benevolent charity and coercive threat . |
| 14 | These rebels felt they had a cause . |
| 15 | In short , there appeared to be a cutoff at five years , such that those with responsibility time spans of less than five years felt they needed a manager with a responsibility time span of more than five years . |
| 16 | Organisers of the 1994 World Cup finals admit they face an uphill battle in winning the support of US television viewers for a sporting event that to the rest of the world is bigger than even the Olympics . |
| 17 | Not once in all those years had they seen a real smile on his face . |
| 18 | The victims ' relatives say they have a life sentence to bare , and Gooch deserved to spend longer in prison . |
| 19 | Customs and Excise officers say they intercepted a Dutch magazine addressed to the headmaster , and then found a dozen more in his study . |
| 20 | When the Unionists returned they approved a motion for the council to go into committee , which would require the gallery to be cleared . |
| 21 | After a hundred years of true blue Conservative control , the electors decided they wanted a change . |
| 22 | The Euro-sceptics think they have a small chance of ambushing the government with snap divisions on any of the hundreds of amendments already put down . |
| 23 | A spokesman said : ‘ We have advised all clubs to ensure they have a sufficient number of goalkeepers registered before the deadline . |
| 24 | At Philadelphia he had been joined by two others in what was obviously a preplanned meeting since the moment dinner was cleared away and a new round of gin and diet tonics ordered they began a miniature board meeting . |
| 25 | Business chiefs demanded they set an example and take a pay cut . |
| 26 | Doctors and lawyers say they want a change in the 1990 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act , claiming it was never intended to apply in these circumstances . |
| 27 | Opposition leaders say they want an early general election . |
| 28 | Union leaders say they expect an overwhelming call for industrial action in an imminent ballot , after employers refused to improve a 4.8 per cent offer on Monday . |
| 29 | At a meeting in Edinburgh COSLA leaders said they needed an extra seven point three per cent on top of the five point two billion pounds local councils spent last year . |
| 30 | Last night the grieving couple were still baffled by the tragedy that struck down six-year-old Elizabeth a week after doctors said they expected a full recovery from a brain tumour . |