Example sentences of "[vb base] they [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Tories acknowledge they have a fight on their hands against Nigel Jones for the Liberal Democrats . |
| 2 | They forget they got a pound in there . |
| 3 | Some say they formed a complex of sites for religious rituals . |
| 4 | The gypsies say they need a site for up to 40 caravans but there is continuing opposition to such a plan . |
| 5 | Assemble a collection of long objects ( or any objects will do ) in a pile and say they represent a number , e.g. four . |
| 6 | Doctors and lawyers say they want a change in the 1990 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act , claiming it was never intended to apply in these circumstances . |
| 7 | Police say they found a hammer in the house and are not looking for any other weapon . |
| 8 | His killer ran off towards Banbury railway station where police say they found a weapon hidden in the men 's toilet . |
| 9 | They have spoken to witnesses who say they recognise an artist 's impression of the man . |
| 10 | The victims ' relatives say they have a life sentence to bare , and Gooch deserved to spend longer in prison . |
| 11 | The prison staff say they have a difficulty with dealing with troublesome prisoners being sent from other jails . |
| 12 | National Grid , Britain 's high-voltage supply company , and London Electricity say they have a code of practice for workers handling the gas . |
| 13 | The social workers say they have a duty to prepare the seventeen year old for independent life as an adult . |
| 14 | But with fighter pilots depending on them for the fuel to get home with , the tanker crews say they have a feeling their friends will look after them . |
| 15 | Some schools say they have an emergency fund they can dip into if family finances are really tight . |
| 16 | Request they buy a copy if they do not have one ! |
| 17 | I would tell other girls who suspect they have an exercise problem similar to mine to ask themselves the following questions : Do I take more exercise than is necessary for health and fitness ? |
| 18 | The other element is that the county 's are so dangerous , and that 's actually quite unusual , they 're so dangerous that we consider they present a risk and it has to be me that considers it presents a risk to life , and I can either restrict the use of premises , but I can prohibit the use entirely . |
| 19 | He was cremated and buried up at Creeting in my parents ' grave and that 's what 's going to happen to me , you see I will be cremated because erm , you know they make a sort of well and take off the top stone and the pebbles and things and er and then the ashes go in the and so in a casket do n't they and you see and so we shall |
| 20 | I only y well you see the Romans did have a word you know they had a phrase , have you heard about that Roman phrase ? |
| 21 | You know they had an exhibition room at the . |
| 22 | You know they got a machine down there , Dad , that sells chips . |
| 23 | I know they cost a fortune , but oh . |
| 24 | I mean it 's just perfect for that , but I know they do a display unit and things like |
| 25 | And then they want someone else 's help or whatever else and er I can see that they 're concerned that you know they have a concern or want something from me then and I pass on I some action to take place you know for you know I 've on to somebody or someone said to him , I always give my name . |
| 26 | I know they say a picture 's worth a thousand words ( and James would no doubt agree with you ) , but I think we 'll keep things as they are for the moment . |
| 27 | The rest of the team try to throw the ball to their catcher and if they succeed they get a point . |
| 28 | As the PAL:YPE recalls , this impression was based on a combination of physical environment , staff vision , and an existing commitment to an infrastructure including a permanent part-time library assistant : School A I was impressed with , because they too had already started to talk about resource-based learning and they already had as far as I remember … ( now my memory is fairly vague now because it is quite a long time ago ) … but as far as I remember they had a Headmaster , who was extremely interested , very keen indeed , and they had a committee already set up , I think to look into this . |
| 29 | And er the foreman and bosses that knew people and they knew the circumstances and I suppose they put a word in and erm you know men were sort of stopped because er I mean , if a man had a house full of children or something , he 'd probably be the very last you know before he was sort of forced to g you know sacked or wh And I mean they were n't sacked in a sense , they was always ready there was a place ready for them to come back to there . |
| 30 | I suppose they had a lot in common . ’ |