Example sentences of "[vb base] they [vb base] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interpreting in schools , colleges , courts , meetings and so on is provided by individual arrangement usually with a social worker for the deaf , though in most personal circumstances ( job interviews etc. ) deaf people say they prefer to use a relative or friend ( Kyle and Allsop , 1982b ) . |
| 2 | Both Mike and Brian say they 've gained a great deal … |
| 3 | 2 further people were arrested during the search and police say they 've recovered a substantial sum of money , eight stolen cars and a shotgun . |
| 4 | Scientists say they 've used a harmless form of plutonium , but it means regular checks on the volunteers . |
| 5 | Scientists say they 've used a harmless form of plutonium , but it means regular checks on the volunteers . |
| 6 | Police say they 've arrested a thirty eight year old man and a twenty six year old woman . |
| 7 | An and they ring up and they say they 've had a cold all week and they ca n't put up with it a minute longer |
| 8 | Talking of which , Neighbours ' twins Gillian and Gayle Blakeney ( pictured above , although which is which is anyone 's guess ) in Liverpool to prepare for this year 's Empire panto , Dick Whittington , say they hope to have a single cut by Christmas . |
| 9 | ‘ I hope they 've gone a long way , ’ said Pascoe . |
| 10 | Quarters again yeah and give them another quarter out of this so they get they 've got a whole one each and then we 've got two left over . |
| 11 | The Sharrock family know they 've had a lucky escape ; any one or all of them could have been injured , or even killed , when someone threw a brick at their car from an overhead footbridge . |
| 12 | Now I reckon they are doing everything they can to keep me there as long as possible , because when I go they know they 've got a real master-blaster like Chris coming in . ’ |
| 13 | And I mean I , I find some clients are really lucky , you know they 've got a few fiddly bits of issues and they keep getting fifty pounds here and fifty pounds there , |
| 14 | There is no doubt the uniform policemen see their one-time associates in the CID as having crossed a divide , while the detectives know they have joined a closed and somewhat élite family group , whose strengths include the inside support of other members of that society . |
| 15 | We 're gon na have to get a tyre gauge I reckon they 've got a new depth of tread one point six millimetres which is bigger than the . |
| 16 | Doctors believe they 've made a significant breakthrough in the fight against one of Britain 's fastest growing illnesses . |
| 17 | Now scientists working at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford believe they 've made a significant discovery in how asthma is passed down the family tree . |
| 18 | The homœopathic Pharmacopoeias officially advocate ten succussions as the number to use when preparing C potencies , but I believe they have missed a small point when interpreting Hahnemann 's reasons for change . |
| 19 | Irish police believe they have foiled a major IRA kidnap attempt led by Patrick Sheehy , who is wanted for questioning in connection with the discovery in December of bomb-making materials in Clapham , south London . |
| 20 | They believe they have found a cheap , practical means of preventing dolphins entangling themselves in monofilament drift fishing nets — the ‘ walls of death ’ believed to be responsible for killing large numbers of dolphins off Cornwall this year . |
| 21 | Tory rebels believe they have found a legal way of spoking the wheels of the bill 's passage by calling for a judicial review of the constitutional implications of the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill , which today enters its 18th day in the Commons . |
| 22 | So only about one in three people buying on credit feel they have had a real option of choosing between different types of credit arrangement . |
| 23 | Well I mean I ca n't say enough for the people in the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary , I mean they 've got a great burns unit there and I mean er er I think the plastic surgeons and what knot are about they must be some of the best in the world . |
| 24 | That admin course is fantastic , a re er you know I was in this r building yesterday , and I can tell you , the attendance is good I mean they have to have a real reason before they do n't come . |
| 25 | Scientists stress they 've used a harmless form of plutonium , which has been flown in from Russia . |
| 26 | Scientists stress they 've used a harmless form of plutonium , which has been flown in from Russia . |
| 27 | Parents become increasingly worried as they see their daughters putting on weight , and make suggestions about diets , and in Joanne 's case , fear they have developed a thyroid condition . |
| 28 | Doctors claim they 've found a new way of treating breast cancer which could save thousands of lives . |
| 29 | I think they 've got a bloody cheek , you know , asking for a car park fee when yo si from the you 've got |
| 30 | But I think they 've closed a few since then . |