Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] have [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Although the very thought of court action had brought him out in a cold sweat , the same grittiness which had enabled his father to jump ship and seek a new life now came to his rescue . |
| 32 | This discourse of ‘ as good as a man ’ was to recur frequently in interviews with the women ; certainly there were some schools which had taught their pupils to think in those terms . |
| 33 | The first time he returned with the door against which he had knocked his shin ; on the second trip he fetched a dented wheel which had lost its tyre . |
| 34 | The casual or predatory affections and competitive ambition which had characterised her acquaintances at Cambridge were of another and lesser world . |
| 35 | Numerous tales appeared , the most illustrious being the incident when Lambert fearlessly struck Bruin , a performing bear which had attacked his dog . |
| 36 | Anyway , she knew , and perhaps Tom knew too , that it was not just this theft which had made her cry , not only this isolated setback . |
| 37 | But many districts which had secured their freedom from the Forest law during Edward II 's reign were once more made subject to it . |
| 38 | The cafe which had provided her supper had coffee and Danish pastries on offer . |
| 39 | After thirty years , he could come face to face with the soldier who had spared his life . |
| 40 | A horse who has had his problems , Royal Athlete was off for two seasons , but in 1990 he won over the Mildmay fences at Liverpool after having fallen when backed favourite at Cheltenham . |
| 41 | If that run continues against a Rangers side who have won their last 15 games , re-confirmed Skol Cup winners and supercharged by the prolific McCoist , then not even the attacking flair which destroyed Stuttgart 4-1 at Elland Road five weeks ago may be enough . |
| 42 | There can not have been any English fans who had expected their team to win the series , but the manner in which they were just being steam-rollered seemly scarcely credible . |
| 43 | To the football fans who have followed his exploits Nicholas is ‘ Champagne Charlie ’ , the John Travolta of Scotland and the uncrowned king of the late licence . |
| 44 | Candida was all very well , but since returning to Portugal she had found her relations and was settling happily into her new life , and Sara was loth to share any secrets with her because she knew that she was incapable of keeping them to herself . |
| 45 | Robert Gittings died two months ago and will be much missed by readers who have enjoyed his biographies since The Living Year . |
| 46 | Other reviewers have commented on the harrowing realism of Madness on trial ( 11 April ) , which portrayed Mary , a schizophrenic who had murdered her mother , and followed her trial and psychiatric assessment . |
| 47 | I had to wheedle the information out of him , but Capron said he was the senior case officer on the investigation into Mills , and could confirm absolutely that it was Mills who was the Soviet agent who had betrayed my father . |
| 48 | Whether their actions were misplaced or not the final word on numbers belonged to the traders who 'd made their way from London to supply the crowds . |
| 49 | Now supposing , lady , supposing , I say , that there are traders who have kept their contacts across the water . |
| 50 | But in other respects she had had her own way . |
| 51 | She still could n't quite believe it was Eleanor who had sent her that poisonous letter , Eleanor who had destroyed her clothes and personal belongings . |
| 52 | Of course some are useful in identifying spies who would have otherwise gone on undetected but often this is not all it seems , as the Russians may have decided to expose one or two spies who have served their purpose in order to protect a more important one still at work . |
| 53 | We react as members of our civilisation who have absorbed its values through our education and society . |
| 54 | She moved away from him and went over to the couch she had taken her ease in the last time she 'd been in this room . |
| 55 | As imperial portraits attracted faith , so images of emperors who had betrayed their subjects ' trust were treated with contempt . |
| 56 | And there ca n't be many fashion designers who have to shear their own fabrics . |
| 57 | Sarah Wilson meets Kenneth Richey 's lawyer who has devoted his career to defending on Death Row |
| 58 | Squirrels who 've had their trees cut down ! |
| 59 | She was able to give a good account of herself and was reasonably cheerful during the interview , except when she talked about her boyfriend and about the distress she had caused her parents . |
| 60 | In a subsequent newspaper interview she had voiced her hurt and anger that Abbado had not then even seen his child . |