Example sentences of "[vb pp] and they [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | And we 've got a very big computerized telephone system , so that if it does n't answer sit there with a stopwatch timing each phone I presume , it 's all automatically done and they get a print out at the end of every month giving the average time of the , the phone the , the , the phone takes to be answered . |
2 | He said last night : ‘ I 've had a spot of bother for the past four or five years with my knee so I had these X-rays done and they found a bone growth about the size of a pea . |
3 | In 1986 the local authority became concerned about injuries which D had sustained and they obtained a place of safety order . |
4 | There were several little alleyways that he might have used and they had a man watching each one ; but then in the end he approached from the other side , not through the bazaar at all but along through the streets , the way they themselves had come on that previous visit . |
5 | The master 's books were inspected and they showed a balance of about £50 ( which was more than enough to pay the wages ) . |
6 | Partnerships , small scale as well as large , need a clear sense of purpose made explicit in objectives , they need a strategic plan for achieving these objectives which is communicated to and understood by those involved and they need a review and evaluation process built into the whole to determine what is being achieved . |
7 | Teams of bull dancers were evidently involved and they rehearsed a repertoire of spectacular and dangerous-looking feats for the benefit of a host of onlookers : there is little doubt that the crowd of spectators shown in the Grandstand Fresco is watching a display of bull-leaping , and the Tripartite Shrine fixes the location as the Central Court of the temple . |
8 | The refuge just told me to stay put and they sent a car round for me . |