Example sentences of "have they " in BNC.

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1 Twice in the last half century they have plunged us into British wars and twice have they taken our finest youth from under our beds and from behind our hams .
2 Or have they ?
3 They always have some excuse , but Russia has far worse facilities than we have and how many players have they got in the top fifty ; three men and three women ?
4 ‘ They have known that leaves will fall , and branches be blown across roads and berries go toxic , but what have they done ?
5 Loved ones from whom they have become separated , relatives who have disappeared — have they managed to get out or are they in some jail ?
6 Sure , who have they talked to but their school mates ? …
7 ‘ Where have they all disappeared to all of a sudden , Maggie ? ’
8 If a girl has a job , relatives and neighbours start saying of their family — ‘ What kind of people are they , have they no Izzat to make their daughter work ? ’
9 Have they ever gone out all together , a trio of matching flowery heads ?
10 Or have they ?
11 ‘ They have n't got holes in have they ? ’ he asked in mock horror , glancing at the sole .
12 Why have they done it ? ’
13 Have they spoiled it ? ’
14 ‘ What have they got in there ? ’
15 Have they ? ‘
16 And where have they taken Eleanor Thorne ?
17 Have they got a secret hideout ? ’
18 Have they — good heavens — got their sums wrong ?
19 Nor have they .
20 The Arts : What have they done to our cities ?
21 Have they provided prize-fights , or has it all been like all-in wrestling , where the heaves and grunts and assaults have seemed stagey and contrived ?
22 Never in the past nine elections have they come out so strongly in favour of the Conservatives .
23 What have they ever done ? ’
24 Have they any idea of what it is like to re-tune at 70-plus miles an hour ?
25 Baseball in Boston possesses the elements of Homeric tragedy ; for 73 years lofty aspirations and noble skills have brought the cup of ultimate triumph close to the lips of the Old Towne team — but not once have they downed the draught .
26 Have they indeed ? ’
27 In general , women have not benefited much in the job market from capitalist industrialisation nor have they gained much influence in society outside the family through political channels .
28 Have they been found yet ? ’
29 Have they agreed to let their baby be treated in this fashion ?
30 There 's plenty of food for the world however many people there are in it , because no one 's started farming the seas yet , have they ?
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