Example sentences of "they [vb base] [vb pp] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is detailed alright but as I said what they 've written is detailed enough but they 've missed out erm various things that we needed to know |
| 2 | Well , I consider that letting someone know why they 've lost is natural justice . |
| 3 | Now they want an empire , and they drove eight hundred thousand people , farmers , small farmers , out of their rightful land , languishing in the Jordan valley in the Dead Sea area , which is one of the hottest places on earth ; I 've been there and lived there , with no hope of getting back , and the only hope they 've got is driving Israel out of their occupied countries . |
| 4 | The image they 've got is different from other drugs . |
| 5 | But some residents think the field they 've chosen is inappropriate : |
| 6 | But some residents think the field they 've chosen is inappropriate : |
| 7 | The news they 've released is vague and incomplete but all very , very bad . |
| 8 | It has never been doubted that if directors discover that the accounts that they have presented are defective they can , and should , correct them . |
| 9 | Regardless of what returns Japanese investors are thought to require , the returns they have received were spectacular in 1980–89 . |
| 10 | The speed at which they have moved is commendable , especially as the time in which an appeal can be made is ticking away . |
| 11 | ‘ The deck shapes they have achieved are excellent . ’ |
| 12 | What we and they have witnessed is certain types of ideas mishandled in certain characteristic ways , not the impotence of reflection and cognition themselves . |
| 13 | They intend to build a socialist state , and the revolution which they have begun is irreversible . |
| 14 | The programme they have created is fascinating . |
| 15 | While they maintain there are no plans to change the status quo , they also admit they have invested heavily in the next stage of managerial succession and feel confident the culture they have created is strong enough to survive beyond their actual involvement . |
| 16 | ‘ having observed carefully both Mr. Morgan and Miss Calagarri give their evidence I am quite satisfied that in relation to the question of execution the description of events which they have given is correct . |
| 17 | But despite the imperfection of the mental process by which the belief is arrived at it may still be " honest " " , that is , a positive belief that the conclusions they have reached are true . |
| 18 | The strain of living up to the lofty concept of marriage that they have invented is tiring , at times , and she is a busy woman . |