Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] they " in BNC.
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1 | But as the continents grew they gleaned more of the carbon from the oceans and atmosphere . |
2 | Steve and his wife use it to keep the weight off and ensure their 3 young daughters get the balanced diet the experts say they need . |
3 | Oxford are sticking to their old blades and the experts reckon they 'll be sharp enough to win on Saturday . |
4 | It was always farming circulars for her father , copies of the newspaper to which he occasionally contributed articles on sheep , seldom anything for her mother beyond invitations the senders knew they were safe from her accepting , or appeals for money from charities , the Scottish Women 's Institute , funds to save a painting for the Glasgow Art Gallery . |
5 | He said : ‘ I was prepared to set aside time at a future meeting for full discussion , but the clubs felt they did n't want to even talk about the issue any further . |
6 | The institutions say they intend to raise the equity weighting in their portfolios from under 10% to perhaps 15% by the mid-1990s . |
7 | It probably was n't practical to rig up a short tape belay and , in any case , the climbers felt they were down , with the climbing virtually finished . |
8 | When the price of graphite fell in 1900 and the mines closed they returned to their villages ; one result was an increase in the number of cases of cattle stealing in the Western and Southern Provinces of fifty-six per cent over 1899 . |
9 | The surveyors said they really did see , hear and feel all the exhilarating sensations of flying . |
10 | They were soon relegated to the emigrants ' cars , and when even the emigrants complained they were forced to travel on baggage wagons or on the boarding steps . |
11 | The defenders said they had no weapons to counter artillery . |
12 | But although the deputies said they clinched an agreement on the charter on Thursday morning it began to collapse when Lebanese leaders , including the Christian army commander , Michel Aoun , and the Druze leader , Walid Jumblatt , criticised it . |
13 | But the deputies believe they 've been singled out as a obstacle to producing cheaper coal in Britain 's pits , in the run up to privatization . |
14 | The superplane — to be partly built in Britain — is under threat after the Germans signalled they would pull out on grounds of cost . |
15 | ‘ The Germans said they shot down forty-one aircraft . |
16 | Wolski survived because his brother Avram put a hand to his back and despite his father 's protests pushed him forward from the line when the Germans said they wanted shoemakers and tailors . |
17 | For the Germans say they DID make the offer . |
18 | As the riders passed they called out : high-pitched cries which startled the birds that nested in the tree-tops . |
19 | The Lions believe they were robbed by first and last-minute decisions from Australian referee Brian Kinsey which gifted New Zealand eight points in a cliffhanging match . |
20 | If the proposals leaked they would be dynamite inside the health service , and yet they had come round with only the routine ‘ confidential ’ security classification . |
21 | The Russians agreed they were legally at fault . |
22 | Talk of a pre-emptive Israeli strike against the missiles meant the Saudis felt they needed stronger air defences to guard the missiles … and so the British arms sellers moved in . |
23 | Talk of a pre-emptive Israeli strike against the missiles meant the Saudis felt they needed stronger air defences to guard the missiles … and so the British arms sellers moved in . |
24 | The Cambodians felt they would prefer to have an exhibition in Australia first , therefore we had to bring the date of the exhibition forward ’ . |
25 | The tenant should consider deleting both clauses 11.1 and 11.2 though for the reasons given they could perhaps be tolerated if necessary . |
26 | Although for the reasons stated they have thought it inappropriate to discuss in detail the reasoning of the Court of Appeal , their conclusion on this question of procedure is fortified by the fact that all four judges in the local courts were of the same opinion . |
27 | The sound of the rasping changes as the teeth become smooth and Tom again feels the teeth to ensure they are all smooth . |
28 | The researchers say they can find no evidence of occupational exposure among medical staff or farmers , with the one known case of a farmer whose cattle had BSE developing CJD being regarded as chance , rather than direct transmission . |
29 | When the reeds decay they 're colonised by bacteria which eat some of the pollutants . |
30 | And er the spoolers think they 're better than us , cos they get higher pay than us , they think it 's er they 're more skilled , it takes them to longer to train to do the job seemingly but they could n't , we have to sort their repairs again if they do anything wrong it 's us that have |