Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of Britain 's 18,000 dentists say they will refuse to take any more NHS patients if the Government cuts subsidies . |
| 2 | Many of Britain 's 18,000 dentists say they will simply refuse to see any new NHS patients . |
| 3 | In a coded telephone warning on Tuesday , Scotland Yard were told four bombs had been planted in the area and given just 30 minutes to find them . |
| 4 | One large dome and two smaller ones with twisted columned drums are set over the narthex which has 12 columns to support them inside . |
| 5 | DETECTIVES were trying to find out yesterday why scientists took 49 days to tell them a supposed murder victim was killed by drugs . |
| 6 | At a meeting on Sunday , the 300 strikers indicated they were prepared to agree to management plans to resolve a dispute over lay-offs , but would return to work under protest at part of the package which included a wage freeze for 1993 and a cut in fringe benefits . |
| 7 | David Booth took 30 seconds to give them the lead , taking advantage of a defender 's clearance which deflected freakishly off an onrushing forward and into his path . |
| 8 | Thirteen housewives say they ‘ like ’ washing , fourteen ‘ do n't mind ’ it and thirteen ‘ dislike ’ or ‘ hate ’ it . |
| 9 | ‘ It tends to adjourn the case for six months to allow them to get themselves together again . ’ |
| 10 | We take them out at about six months to get them used to travelling on buses and trains , as well as teaching them to stop at kerbs , listening for traffic and avoiding any obstacles . |
| 11 | Certainly we must hope that the government in its final response will take the arguments put forward by Alvey somewhat further ; after all it has had the best part of six months to consider them . |
| 12 | Four of the six schools said they would be prepared to take positive steps towards ‘ searching them out ’ . |
| 13 | Almost seven out of 10 directors say they have procedures for social workers who handle clients ' money . |
| 14 | One of the sweetest successes was against the Australians , when Surrey became , in 1956 , the first county for 44 years to beat them . |
| 15 | However , recently they can be issued for maturities for as little as 7 days to enable them to compete with the sterling commercial paper market . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's taken me 10 years to grow them this long so I do n't like hiding them completely under a hat . ’ |
| 17 | Then begin the real gaieties of Harrogate , then the money flies , and what the landlords of those two establishments take in six weeks keeps them during the rest of the year . ’ |
| 18 | When Sunderland came to the Manor in the league in December less than 2,000 Weirsiders saw them lose 3-0 . |
| 19 | Only after ‘ tedious battering the top thereof with pick-axes ’ did they eventually undermine two of its six sides bringing them down and leaving the tower in the state in which it is today . |
| 20 | The first thirteen babies to claim them have won the first of their competitions . |
| 21 | Matheson 's defeat by Witt was disappointing following his first round victory over 13th seed Jakob Hlasek but hardly surprising given the 372 places separating them in the world rankings . |
| 22 | Matheson 's defeat by Witt was disappointing following his first round victory over 13th seed Jakob Hlasek but hardly surprising given the 372 places separating them in the world rankings . |
| 23 | After losing Piers behind a seven foot canvas and unable to negotiate an easy exit between pots , palettes , paints and general pandemonium , the three artists concluded they no longer has enough space . |
| 24 | It 's where they 'll be expecting the Levenmouth army to arrive in two or three hours to support them . |
| 25 | It took the jury at Nottingham Crown Court less than three hours to convict them after a two-week trial . |
| 26 | It took three hours to dig them out , and it was no fun . |
| 27 | Although there is much in these three books to put them in the category of Ruritanian adventure , Scott may be a stronger influence . |
| 28 | Two out of three dentists said they had extracted teeth that they might have filled before the contract was introduced . |
| 29 | In Years I and II , students take three units introducing them to political and socio-economic aspects of the countries of the EC and they also consider the mass media in Europe . |
| 30 | If elected , the three dissidents say they will continue to sit in the opposition as independents . |