Example sentences of "they have [vb pp] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Separate studies by the Roper Organisation , a research group , and DDB Needham , an ad agency , have found that the proportion of shoppers seeking out particular brands and willing to pay more for them has fallen sharply since the late 1980s .
2 When they 'd gone through into the lecture hall , I noticed the professor staring after them with a very odd look on his face — a stunned , frozen look .
3 She wondered if the others were playing a joke on her : perhaps they 'd gone out for a walk ; perhaps , at this very moment , they were laughing at the thought of her waiting for a killer who would never come .
4 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 .
5 Then they 'd gone in for a look .
6 The floorboards had n't snapped , as I 'd originally thought : they 'd gone down into the dock with Harry .
7 He 'd forgotten to shut up his dogs ; they 'd waited patiently outside the front door .
8 They 'd moved away from the office district and she was now in an area of sandwich shops , electrical stores and ticket agencies where the traffic was heavier and the pavement crowds more dense .
9 When they 'd landed back on the plate , he leaned forward , studying the pattern they 'd formed .
10 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
11 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 .
12 McGowan vanished with a couple they 'd brought home in the car .
13 They 'd laid in for a siege with dozens of eggs , cans of luncheon meat , and tea .
14 Donna sat in the sitting-room , glancing endlessly at the sheets of paper they 'd picked up from the bank that day and also at the notes Ward had left .
15 They 'd talked little on the way back , Delaney desperately trying to find another reason , however unlikely , for Connors not briefing him fully .
16 Here 's an imag-inary line-up Leeds might be fielding now if they 'd held on to the stars they rejected .
17 The police explained why they 'd held on to the vehicles which were being kept near Malvern , not at Worcester .
18 Other jobs they 'd pulled off over the years that we can nail them for . ’
19 And you could bet that the moment he 'd left they 'd sat down in the shade .
20 ‘ I was frantic that they 'd found out about the flat , where she lived .
21 Reality had become nightmare for them and they 'd opted out into a world where meals came , drugs were given , and all the doors were locked except for the bathroom .
22 On Nathan 's last morning they 'd driven down to the supermarket together .
23 As they staggered out of their tepees and another faultless day came smooching in from the Pacific , they would sniff the honeyed air and ask one another what they 'd got up to the previous night .
24 Now , of course , we we know that that you know , that that that that er , that even then , part of that settlement has has gone because they 've cut off on the of the Western by-pass , I mean , you 've still got er , er
25 They 've cut back on the number of trainees ; they 've cut back on the number of occasionally used specialists ; they 're really down to the bedrock now .
26 They 've cut back on the number of trainees ; they 've cut back on the number of occasionally used specialists ; they 're really down to the bedrock now .
27 Do you think perhap , erm , because it 's not so busy , do you think perhaps they 've cut back in the restaurant , and that 's why you 're doing a bit more work for the restaurant , you know , doing the floaters and things .
28 If anyone feels they 've missed out on the award and that they know someone they fell ought to have been nominated , then they should do so next year .
29 They 've run over to the sheep !
30 Last year of course they did superbly , they beat Southend who were then in the fourth division , and look what 's happened to them , they 've gone up to the third division .
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