Example sentences of "they [be] [verb] [verb] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Often they are seen to have three ingredients : a cognitive ingredient ( what I believe , say , about pollution ) ; an affective ingredient ( how I feel about pollution ) ; and a behavioural ingredient ( what I am prepared to do about pollution ) . |
2 | Hospital caterers have a budget of about £10 per person per week with which they are expected to provide three meals a day plus drinks . |
3 | they are required to do five hours work for you a day |
4 | They 're trying to trace two men seen in a car close to where the attack happened . |
5 | Police are urging horse owners and stables to be on their guard , and they 're trying to trace two men seen parked near Natton in a car . |
6 | They said they 're going to take ten days to make up their mind Lynda so we 'll give them the benefit of the doubt . |
7 | On the other hand each time they get a report they 're going to have ten pieces or their work on each report |
8 | People living on the Ryeford canal where they were killed believe three months is n't long enough . |
9 | It took them 289 days of bureaucratic proceedings , and they were forced to pay two bribes ( out of 10 solicited ) . |
10 | Social workers visited Celia and Danny to arrange sessions at a family centre , but the couple announced they were going to spend two weeks in Hackney with Danny 's mother . |