Example sentences of "[verb] they [verb] [vb pp] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Leave them alone until someone who understands them has examined the site . |
| 2 | Adam pops his head in to ask ‘ Did you know they 've removed the word ‘ gullible ’ from the English dictionary ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Do you know they 've got a Jew in the partnership now ? |
| 4 | The few who maintained they had had no benefit from their training were all apprentices . |
| 5 | But the marketing agencies of all three countries have recently unveiled multi-million pound promotional campaigns for the British market within recent weeks , which would appear to indicate they have researched the market and consumer response within it and found it worthwhile . |
| 6 | But when it became clear that the disagreement was becoming a hot issue , they gave way … only to find they 'd misinterpreted the producer 's fractured English . |
| 7 | The police soon traced the couple 's movements and found they had made a number of telephone calls to Paris . |
| 8 | Oxford City Council which runs the Tourist Office say they 've withdrawn the video because of public fears . |
| 9 | They say they 've bucked the trend . |
| 10 | British Transport Police say they 've launched an investigation . |
| 11 | They say they 've enjoyed the transition from farmer to fashion designer . |
| 12 | They say they 've nursed the constituency to a point where they regard it as one of the most winnable in the country ; certainly the bookies make them favourites . |
| 13 | Managers say they 've spent a fortune on sound proofing |
| 14 | Friends of the Earth have commissioned a report into the safety of Oakley Wood , but say they 've had no reply on this from the council . |
| 15 | N H S they will re transfer your name to Bupa and Bupa will write to you and say they 've got a bed if you 'd like to have it . |
| 16 | Or as Mr Major said during an election television interview : ‘ Labour say they 've got a recovery package of £1 billion . |
| 17 | They say they 've got the balance right . |
| 18 | Yet despite the activity , police say they 've got the situation under control . |
| 19 | Yet despite the activity , police say they 've got the situation under control . |
| 20 | Police say they 've caught a terrorist red handed on his way to plant a bomb . |
| 21 | Police say they 've caught a terrorist red handed on his way to plant a bomb . |
| 22 | As of early February , society officials say they had received no response to their request from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs . |
| 23 | San Diego-based Brooktree Corp and TRW Inc 's LSI Products Inc say they have reached a settlement of the patent infringement lawsuit filed by Brooktree in 1991 , and that terms of the agreement are favourable to both parties ; the settlement marks the end of all Brooktree 's current patent litigation . |
| 24 | IBM Corp has a less than impressive record in turning developments in its laboratories into commercial products , but perhaps that will change when an outsider is installed at the helm , and IBM researchers say they have developed a polymer film that can capture and hold vast amounts of data in the form of hologram images at speeds 100 to 1,000 times faster than current Winchester disk drives . |
| 25 | In the health authorities we have read reports that say they have misused the money . |
| 26 | MOLECULAR biologists in Australia say they have designed a range of new molecules effective in the initial step of destroying the activity of viruses . |
| 27 | They say they have found a link between eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia and pictures of slimline models . |
| 28 | IBM Canada Ltd and Apple Canada Ltd say they have won an education technology supply contract from the New Brunswick government : the province is to invest $12.7m in education technology in the next three years with the first phase starting immediately with $2m investment . |
| 29 | In the Masai the British believed they had found an audience capable of appreciating their own greatness of soul . |
| 30 | Gary Wills says they 've done a lot of work on the swing and all he does now is aim the golf club him . |