Example sentences of "they [verb] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They fear that responsibilities and attitudes once a prominent part of a teacher 's life may no longer be regarded as essential ; they fear an erosion of the teacher 's role and status , and see changes as signalling moves to squeeze him out of concerns that were and are rightly his . |
| 2 | They fear an end to the open outcry system and a lack of arbitrage opportunities on the new system . |
| 3 | Except that their role is more obscure to the public eye , the authorities ' influence over short-term interest rates is not very different from what it used to be when they announced an MLR each week and expected institutions to comply . |
| 4 | Early in 1991 , they announced an extension to their popular Graphical User Interface , Windows 3 which has itself sold nearly 2.5 million copies since it was launched in May 1990 . |
| 5 | They were rather better off than most , I think , and they owned an inn called New Spittal , between Bowes and Brough , over to the west . |
| 6 | They got an award of two hundred pounds . |
| 7 | Well the County made certificates for the Polytechnic phase two student hostels off John Garne Way , er that actually for phase one was about the last time they got an award at all , and er the panel were very pleased with those , they said they had a nice community feel , and yet the occupants had some privacy , they thought they , and they were pleased to see how well phase one had weathered as well . |
| 8 | They got an attack of the wobbles . |
| 9 | They got an alarm radio . |
| 10 | We saw it on telly and the er what was it Crispen or er Crispen something typical vegetarian names and she was criticizing the television Top Of The Pops and how they could do better you know and they got an art |
| 11 | These women he slept with casually when he was touring — they knew him better than she , because they got an instant , naked impact . |
| 12 | Tests of medical house doctors after a night spent on emergency admissions ( when they got an average of 1.5 hours ' sleep ) showed them to be significantly worse at a memory task designed to tap these skills than after a night off duty . |
| 13 | But they got an inkling presently . |
| 14 | They got an injunction before the court case . |
| 15 | Er but then they got an upstairs as well . |
| 16 | And go upstairs as well cos they got an upstairs . |
| 17 | In the end they got an ambulance and rushed us to hospital and they said it was a good job they did . |
| 18 | A man and woman passed and they got an ambulance . |
| 19 | They got an option . |
| 20 | It took the English eleven days to discover where they were ; they planned an attack on the encampment , but were dissuaded and the only military action was a surprise move by the Earl of Douglas against the English camp . |
| 21 | We can therefore hardly expect change from individual departments : they lack an appreciation of the curriculum as a whole and are inherently inclined to defend their own interests . |
| 22 | ‘ They became an extension of himself . |
| 23 | Instead , they became an institution , and a vested interest . |
| 24 | Why do n't they make an industry of it here ? |
| 25 | They made an order quashing the decision and made a declaration that |
| 26 | In 1991 they made an operating profit of $17m on revenues of $1.54 billion . |
| 27 | She says it was a breakdown in communication and they made an error . |
| 28 | They made an inventory of the industries in the zone and then made contact with union members in them . |
| 29 | When fried in the big iron pan they made an omelette that had a taste and a smell like nothing else in the whole world . |
| 30 | When the defendants called to collect the carpet they made an offer to contract on their terms , which the plaintiffs accepted . |