Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The home side 's tireless support play ensured they were rarely troubled . |
| 2 | The computer salesman suggested they play ‘ Twenty Questions ’ or ‘ I Spy ’ , but a glance from Skinner shut him up . |
| 3 | School board superintendents complained they had to hire the buddies , allies and nephews of board members . |
| 4 | After lunch Joanna asked what kind of progress Sophie thought they were making with small animals . |
| 5 | Bradshaw and Millar found that only a quarter of lone mothers on income support said they were managing all right financially and 52 per cent said they ‘ almost always ’ worried about money . |
| 6 | Bradshaw and Millar found that 24 per cent of lone mothers who were or ever had been on income support said they had been , or would be , unwilling to give such information to the DSS . |
| 7 | Light rail supporters claim they are fast , clean , efficient and can reduce congestion . |
| 8 | According to anti-trust lawyers , independent of both sides , most successful anti-trust cases involve market shares of over sixty five percent , Irving Sher who recently acted in another aviation anti-trust case says they often last three to five years and cost millions dollars . |
| 9 | In January this year , the Legal Aid Board decided they had made a mistake , and withdrew legal aid . |
| 10 | Milton Keynes Borough Council say they will save £400,000 a year by switching to a fortnightly collection of rubbish . |
| 11 | They had strict orders not to let the Ping Tiao know they were being observed , but it was not something they could do indefinitely . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , Germany 's employer , trade and industry associations said they had formed a committee to fight xenophobia , which is now said to be putting off foreigners from investing in the country 's impoverished East . |
| 13 | College officials said they could not recall any previous speaker receiving such an enthusiastic welcome . |
| 14 | Despite that the action group says they 're determined to silence the guns |
| 15 | Graeme Stephens , John Moreland , Chris Bellis , Gordon Headley and Mike Travis played fictitious characters named Chris , Joe , Raimo , Norman and Tom , and , said Graeme , who is managing director of LASMO Colombia ; ‘ Our VIP group showed they had a fine sense of humour by entering into the fun , and no libel suits have surfaced yet ! ’ |
| 16 | Oxfam aid workers say they 've become the new targets in the war in Somalia . |
| 17 | But reality in the 1990s mean her story has a side retailers feel they ca n't ignore and that means it 's off sale . |
| 18 | A group of mobile cafe owners say they 'll fight moves to ban their vehicles from the roadside on a busy dual carriageway . |
| 19 | The cafe owners say they 've never caused an accident . |
| 20 | A group of mobile cafe owners say they 'll fight moves to ban their vehicles from the roadside on a busy dual carriageway . |
| 21 | And at the U S Air Force Academy have they got any aeroplanes ? |
| 22 | Say Happyhol Cabins confirm they 'll be over Monday to erect . |
| 23 | In the course of our case studies , we found that programmers/analysts capable of working in certain specific software/hardware areas ( for example , IBM System 38 , PICK ) were extremely scarce , in some cases so much so that " nobody is training them any more " ( since high turnover rates meant they would not have the chance to amortise the training investment ) . |
| 24 | A spokesman said : ‘ Many rang in on car phones saying they would be late . ’ |
| 25 | Some residents on a housing estate that 's undergone a six million pound refurbishment say they were better off in their old flats . |
| 26 | Opposition leaders say they want an early general election . |
| 27 | A fire brigade spokesman said they had fed the name of the compound into a computer and the print-out said it could be toxic if it caught fire . |
| 28 | Than when the ambulance men arrived they also tried to revive it . |
| 29 | When there was time , the Princess and the movie star discovered they had nothing but lust in common . |
| 30 | As Japanese banks can count 45% of unrealised gains on shareholdings as capital , Japanese banks with huge equity portfolios thought they would easily meet the deadline . |