Example sentences of "[subord] they have [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was one early proposal about archaeology which became a series called The Blood of the British , where they had come in with the idea of the series . |
| 2 | And where they have to come out onto the road before the Shilton dip , where they actually come from Scrubs Lane onto the road , it 's on a right angle bend and , you know , we 've had several mishaps down there . |
| 3 | You have probably already … . ’ — she looked viciously at her son , for a moment , making him flinch from her temper-'Women do not need more men than they have to put up with . ’ |
| 4 | The capitalists left elegant buildings in Baku , the communists promoted literacy and education , but they have taken more out than they have put back in . |
| 5 | It was on another run , we got another coach come back so they had to go out to where the one it was |
| 6 | At the same time they had on Mondays and Tuesday we used to sell weekly tickets , so they had to go out in another box on Mondays and Tuesdays . |
| 7 | But once they had stepped out into the cool air , paradoxically , the noise seemed muted , the sea no more than a distant roar . |
| 8 | It was almost as small as the circle of names and acquaintances of the average senior civil servant , and was reduced further by the fact that once they had got on to a board , many businessmen rapidly came to resent the amount of time the job demanded . |
| 9 | And they 're going to give up before that if they 've run out of arrows and powder . ’ |
| 10 | The Experience consists of four young men who look , talk and act as if they 've grown up in good families , graduated from decent schools , and dress as if they shop at just the right places — Paul Smith , say , or Emporio Armani . |
| 11 | When they turn up at the office next day looking as if they 've missed out on their sleep , however , they could get more than teasing comments from their colleagues . |
| 12 | And er , we 'll see that if they 've , if they 've come through with the goods all right . |
| 13 | I think we owe it to people like or at least to give them another crack at the whip to see if they 've come on in that interim period cos it 's a good six months since we interviewed |
| 14 | If they 've taken off for a fire two days or something ? |
| 15 | Around the inner walls the Annamese soldiers of the imperial guard , who looked as if they 'd stepped out of the pages of one of his adventure-story books , stood sentinel with their muskets . |
| 16 | Without exception they were splattered in paint as if they 'd gone in for action art . |
| 17 | I assaulted this position from every angle , ranging from thoughtful analyses of the male mid-life crisis , its nature and origins , to sweeping ad absurdum dismissals in which I demonstrated that by the same token Trish and Brian were equally culpable , because if they 'd gone out for the day I would have stayed at home and we would never have met in the first place . |
| 18 | For their tickets , and I said at the area council if they had turned up like they turned up to pay them thirty pound and eight pound , if they 'd turned up at the same time with a petition form what a difference it would |
| 19 | Here 's an imag-inary line-up Leeds might be fielding now if they 'd held on to the stars they rejected . |
| 20 | They did n't show when the lectern was down , but imagine the audience 's laughter if they had popped up with the lectern and the speaker . |
| 21 | Apart from being baked hard by the heat of the lava , these sediments were quite undisturbed , and had been carried bodily as smoothly as if they had gone up in a lift . |
| 22 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that there would not be nearly so many such companies if they had to put up with the economic and industrial policies of the Labour party ? |
| 23 | For one unbelievable moment their eyes met and once again it was as if they had stepped back into their own circle of magic . |
| 24 | In the meantime the Health Board advised people to take precautions against overexposure to the dust , such as wearing masks if they had to go out in it . |
| 25 | The Tories looked as if they had run out of steam and needed to rethink their priorities away from the cares of office . |
| 26 | The poor must tighten their belts and if they had run out of notches , it was just too bad . |
| 27 | ‘ You have to wonder how some of the big names would have coped if they had taken over at Tranmere — or at this place four years ago . ’ |
| 28 | If they had found out about it , Jeffrey would have been kicked out . |
| 29 | Old Joseph was glad he kept the Christmas cards from his son and daughter in 1987 , for every year since then he has taken them out and displayed them as if they had come in with the post . |
| 30 | He was glad that he did n't throw out the Christmas cards from his son and daughter in 1987 , for every year since he had taken them out of the suitcase on top of the wardrobe and displayed them in his own room as if they had come in with the morning post . |