Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [adv] [vb pp] [adv] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I see what they mean when they say the Mediterranean countries have never missed out on a female god . |
| 2 | Although Ernest Bevin 's Transport Workers had not come out on strike the real opprobrium of the Labour movement was held for Jimmy Thomas , the railwaymen 's leader , whose opposition to sympathetic strike action had been vital to the collapse of the Triple Alliance . |
| 3 | And a similar state of affairs had meanwhile come about on the other side of the lines . |
| 4 | Some of those problems had already shown up on the print-outs , let alone from the drivers . |
| 5 | Police numbers had doubled , two ambulances had somehow squeezed up on the hill , and the drivers and passengers were out of their Glories , milling around in confusion . |
| 6 | In her family , the men had never walked out on their colonial responsibilities . |
| 7 | Many of the older personality theorists have also written extensively on their ideas . |
| 8 | If you and your children have always talked together on all kinds of subjects , you may find it easier to sit down and talk reasonably and quietly about some of the hard decisions that have to be made . |
| 9 | Savers have also missed out on an equity market which delivered average annual returns , including reinvested dividends , of 20 per cent during the Thatcher years . |
| 10 | At this time Klaus announced that he would stand for the post of Czech ( rather than federal ) Prime Minister , a move described by the Independent of June 19 as the " clearest possible sign that the Czechs have finally given up on the federation which they had fought for " . |
| 11 | Business analysts have recently reported favourably on both sides of the business because of the efficiency measures which are being taken . |