Example sentences of "[verb] they be [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I have already mentioned , the best way to deal with these if your opponent has a predilection for using them is to prime a couple of heroes with the appropriate magic items . |
| 2 | One way of disguising them is to launder the sum through different accounts at the club , showing in one set of accounts as a private loan to the lotteries account , in the next under the Supporters ' Club account … the list can go on and on . |
| 3 | It was n't as if they did n't know they were taking a risk — during the fifties and sixties debates raged in the press about highrise housing , with its defenders calling opposition simply prejudice . |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't know they were making a tortoise , did I ? |
| 5 | So the grey-faced All Blacks , the man who had forgotten they were playing a game , went to Dublin and played with the verve of men on their way to the gallows . |
| 6 | They must have had long journies , so I expect they 're having a lie in , I know I would . |
| 7 | Many of them she admired , particularly the older students , and was astounded to find they were studying the Bible and not finding it boring . |
| 8 | A little while ago children were expected to be down in the mines and underneath textile machinery , so they were n't actually treated as children , they were erm wager earners at a very low age , as soon as they could be walking they were doing a job , so I feel that we 're all children in fact , there is no great division between being a child and being an adult , and we in fact ca n't always cope with what 's happening and the shocks infect . |
| 9 | My friend in Holborn rang a friend who rang the Chelsea police and found they were taking the accusation very seriously . |
| 10 | But though they no longer imported some categories of finished products , many Third World manufacturers found they were importing the components , materials and technology for these products instead . |
| 11 | Former employees of Maxwell companies say they 're hoping the MPs new initiative could lead to them receiving some compensation . |
| 12 | And they say they 're lobbying the government for more cash to build new premises . |
| 13 | Police say they 're determined the catch the latest attacker . |
| 14 | The company that sent in the bailiffs , Bristow and Sutor , say they 're conducting an enquiry ; Mr Hoad 's arm was broken when he tried to prevent the bailiffs taking away a car . |
| 15 | Plum growers say they 're expecting a bumper harvest this year . |
| 16 | Small businesses which have been losing trade to a new supermarket say they 're dreading the opening of a second one nearby , this autumn . |
| 17 | Trading standards officers say they 're losing the battle against computer game pirates who cost the industry twenty million pounds a year . |
| 18 | Trading standards officers say they 're losing the battle against computer game pirates who cost the industry twenty million pounds a year . |
| 19 | British Gas say they 're investigating the possibility that a fire had been left on , and unlit , all night . |
| 20 | They sell goods direct from communities in developing countries and say they 're selling the briquetters to encourage Eric Lamont-Gregory in his quest to export his invention to the third world . |
| 21 | Detective say they 're treating the death as suspicious . |
| 22 | Halcrows say they are stabilising the soil by pinning down the hillsides . |
| 23 | Oracle Corp and Ingres say they are supporting the product . |
| 24 | They are a mixed workforce , recruited from local Catholics and Protestants who live in the community , and they say they are afforded no protection whatsoever by the security forces . |
| 25 | The RUC say they are investigating a number of complaints . |
| 26 | Connecticut police say they are investigating a complaint . |
| 27 | The three say they were issued the cash by a bank and did n't know it was phoney . |
| 28 | To visit them is to gain an insight into what many of our own wetlands must have been like . |
| 29 | The point of meeting them is to understand the ruthlessness of international economic policies which drive the poorer nations of the world to environmental disaster in an attempt to repay their debts . |
| 30 | He says they are examining the drugs angle . |