Example sentences of "[noun sg] they [verb] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Down the Boarman they 've had a three , three offers of Hamper Agency for next year . |
| 2 | They tied Maxim to a wooden chair -just like the scene they 'd watched a dozen times at the cinema — in the loading bay of a deserted warehouse . |
| 3 | By the time England won another Test they had played a further thirty , plus two that were rain-restricted and one washed out altogether . |
| 4 | Since nineteen eighty two when they took away the related earnings from the unemployment benefit they have introduced a further nine retrograde steps to the plight of the unemployed and now the proposals as has already been pointed out they now have a look , because there 's a fifty billion pound shortfall at how they can best tackle the sick and make them pay , as well as people who are struggling to keep a roof over their head . |
| 5 | It was an exchange they had had a hundred times during childhood at the end of some day 's adventure in remote fields . |
| 6 | They 'll continue their campaign to win back the security they 'd worked a whole lifetime for . |
| 7 | Mm I mean er why do n't they do it on like the square , how big your house is because that way you could I know it 's not far when people who live in a great big old house do n't have to pay as much cos if this I mean Uncle Trevor and Aunty they 've got a massive great house have n't they ? |
| 8 | The trust is based at the restored railway station at Coalbrookdale , and on the site they have constructed a traditional cruck-framed barn , in which they hold a series of leisure courses on traditional crafts . |
| 9 | In the process they 've lost a certain edge , for at the end The Cateran had the rage and the fury of a band at its peak falling apart . |
| 10 | In the process they 've lost a certain edge , for at the end The Cateran had the rage and the fury of a band at its peak falling apart . |
| 11 | Judges feel that in this process they have lost a privileged position which also helped to preserve their independence . |
| 12 | Brown had fallen miserably in love ( so he said ) with a girl named Betty Fowler , whom he 'd met one Friday evening at a hop held in the Oxford Town Hall , and already on their second meeting they had vowed a mutual , eternal love . |
| 13 | It looks as if over there stuck on the wall they 've got a rechargeable for hoover for taking crumbs off the tables . |
| 14 | Oh god they 've got a great big problem with Helena then |
| 15 | William Dement woke six subjects in this systematic way over a period of six nights , and found that on the first night they did seem to " start all over again " whenever properly woken , so that by the end of the night they had achieved a good deal of slow wave sleep and very little REM sleep . |
| 16 | In another inspired move this season they have added a new coach in Glen Ross , from New Zealand . |
| 17 | There was a game they 'd played a few times when Edith was out of the house , a rough-and-tumble sort of thing , perfectly harmless . |
| 18 | Consistent with that policy they have adopted a supervisory structure that is common in professional counselling training . |
| 19 | Throughout the interaction region subsequent to the collision they have obtained a complete set of bounded normal modes that are expressed in terms of spin-weighted spherical harmonics . |
| 20 | During the ride to Pesth they had talked a great deal . |
| 21 | Greg Downs says the club is in a better position than it 's been for eight or nine years and if they can play as well as last year they 've got a good chance |
| 22 | ‘ They told me that this year they have employed a private contractor who is supposed to cut grass at least twice a month and weed once a month but its not happening , ’ he added . |
| 23 | The why the Pakistanis can vote in this country they 've got a British passport . |
| 24 | This went on for three hours , by which time they 'd attracted a sizeable body of fans into the hotel foyer , much to the consternation of the management who had to call the police to break up the party . |
| 25 | Their 4-1 defeat by Australia here last year was the first time they had lost a one-day series at home . |
| 26 | The 3-0 defeat of England is a first for India and it is also the first time they have recorded a 3-0 win against any other country . |
| 27 | But that 's not the main office they 've got a big one . |