Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] they [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Her husband works shifts and they have a small baby . ) |
| 2 | Their son Dylan , who is twelve , lives with her but there are no custody conflicts and they have a wonderful rapport . |
| 3 | One man was outside , two were sitting inside , the men were completely black , so black trousers , black hats and they had a black cape over it , over their faces so you could n't see who they were , and one of them just had this gun in his hand , and fired at this Citroen here located . |
| 4 | There is usually a different exhibition every month or six weeks and they cover a wide range of subjects : contemporary and historical exhibitions of painting , sculpture , photography , tapestry and other crafts . |
| 5 | There is usually a different exhibition every month or six weeks and they cover a wide range of subjects . |
| 6 | And erm my used to tell me about er when they were serving their time , all the apprentices used to clump their work on a Monday afternoon to go to the panopticon And at that particular time , they had turns on and if they did n't like them they pelted them with tomatoes and oranges and they had a big hook for for pulling them off the stage . |
| 7 | They are not competent to make business judgments but they have a special skill in detecting and thwarting management self-dealing . |
| 8 | The old boys said it were a gift from the elder gods and they built a special shrine for it in the square . ’ |
| 9 | and they were saying about people with er , F M problems and they got a big coat hanger |
| 10 | What I was trying to say that the for the fire fighter decision about was very boo 'd upon to the professional advice of our Chief Fire Officers and they have a good for eighteen months of how we are doing this fire fighting in Hertfordshire . |
| 11 | Both use expat British officers and they have a mean reputation in the area , despite their small size . ’ |
| 12 | We have not provided any questions specifically based upon these case studies but they provide a valuable base for further questions and exercises for students . |
| 13 | They 're not exactly specialist agencies but they have a great deal of experience and they have a commitment to a certain kind of research , and they have , I mean we 've had our run-ins with them as it were , but they have listened , and they 've supported some of our work as well , and I think that they in time will provide a kind of model as it were for a number of erm perhaps less experienced agencies throughout the world , newly set-up ones , as to how it is possible to do consistently good logical rational work in the face of the chaos that a disaster produces . |
| 14 | I was helped by these witnesses and they provide a useful check on the evidence of the residents . |
| 15 | These oaths , and the bond they established , had their origin in the relation of lord and follower in the courts of the barbarian chieftains and they had a powerful religious aura , though this did not always prevent them being broken . |
| 16 | They tend to be people who are used to making regular weekly payments and they have a substantial equity in their homes because of discounts . |
| 17 | That would be about sixty , sixty one as I see , and er they were the last match of the season virtually was that they gained promotion on was Shrewsbury , which was at the game meadow and Arthur , the player manager who was a prolific goal scorer in his day , was playing at the time and er nobody expected Walsall to win but they ran out two-one winners and all down the A five that night all the pubs were full coming back with everyone celebrating , so erm , after then they had a civic dinner at the Town Hall for the players and they did a big flower display in the arboretum all set out in flowers the club badge and congratulation lads on winning promotion , and this when they kicked off the following season , in the second division , prior to that they played a friendly match against Leicester and Gordon was in goal and I took my boy with me Tim , who was only a toddler at the time , and he , I stood him on the old archway where the players used to run out , but the first league match was against Sunderland and Brian , actually played for Sunderland as centre forward and er Walsall ran out four-three winners in the end Tony , who was Walsall inside left got a hat trick and I believe Tommy , got the other goal and Brian scored for Sunderland , then the er we went on to the , the first away match which was at Derby County , and Walsall won that three-one . |
| 18 | Next day , Dot was made to lie on a high hard bed in a glittery room without windows and they pressed a black rubber bowl over her face which smelled like the inside of her gas-mask . |
| 19 | There were more Crips and they had a larger share of the market in illegal drugs . |
| 20 | These co-ordinators have been nominated by departments and they play a crucial role in communications between the Departments and the Enterprise Centre . |
| 21 | They share similar landscapes and they share a similar history of ways in which they have worked to make a living . |
| 22 | They are fine men and they play a crucial role in the creative life of this magazine . |
| 23 | These were more powerful nuclear units than the Magnoxes and they had a combined potential output of almost 6,500 HW . |
| 24 | But her industry handles only small amounts and they have a high value to cover this cost . |
| 25 | Every one is different , everyone has its own pattern of possible rat runs and they take a great deal of er er |
| 26 | B-trees are also multi-level indexes but they have a tree-structured index and perform much better ( particularly in the way they can absorb new records ) . |
| 27 | They had spent heavily on facilities and they wanted a nice , even flow of work . |
| 28 | This sometimes happens when managers must prepare for press conferences and they develop a superb presentation only to drop through the floor when an awkward press vulture homes in on the one weak link in the chain of argument . |