Example sentences of "and [verb] they [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Assemble a collection of long objects ( or any objects will do ) in a pile and say they represent a number , e.g. four . |
| 2 | The Family Policy Studies Centre ( address on page 146 ) calls women carers ‘ the forgotten army ’ and says they provide a service which saves the government billions of pounds a year . |
| 3 | In the second , more optimistic ending , Pip returns to the forge after working abroad for eleven years and goes to Hoe and Biddy and finds they have a son , also called Pip . |
| 4 | She writes , ‘ If anyone is visiting the South West and feel they need a knitting ‘ fix ’ , they would be very welcome to visit us . ’ |
| 5 | They did so in the face of widespread steel closures , rising unemployment , and knowledge about their poor prospects of re-employment , or they had had enough of work and felt they deserved a rest . |
| 6 | She was proud to be seen with him , and knew they made a picture when they rode up together . |
| 7 | The witness began to cry , and said they had a quilt and other little things . |