Example sentences of "they have [vb pp] [adv] [prep] " 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 | ‘ I see they 've caught up with him in Huddersfield , ’ Ma said , ‘ that prisoner . ’ |
| 3 | Ace had been giving her conflicting messages ever since the first time they 'd met again outside her bedroom door in France . |
| 4 | He proceeded to remind her verbally as she followed him sheepishly out through the dining-room to a wide archway that led to the terrace , though she did n't need this painful reminder of the way they 'd given in to their wild passion every evening in Seville . |
| 5 | They 'd stomped all over him . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | You know and if you 'd seen the size of the temple there were thinking well , come on , and the trouble that they 'd gone through over their history to establish er a capital city with a temple as the main feature , they were not happy about him saying that . |
| 8 | As the boat had come round the point they 'd gone up on deck . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Then they 'd gone in for a look . |
| 12 | Without exception they were splattered in paint as if they 'd gone in for action art . |
| 13 | The floorboards had n't snapped , as I 'd originally thought : they 'd gone down into the dock with Harry . |
| 14 | He 'd forgotten to shut up his dogs ; they 'd waited patiently outside the front door . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | By now , they 'd moved on to Hemingway . |
| 17 | When they 'd landed back on the plate , he leaned forward , studying the pattern they 'd formed . |
| 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 | My parents called me Glen after the bandleader who took one too many cross-channel flights Swing was the music they 'd grown up with and courted to . |
| 20 | These women were middle class but they 'd broken away from their families . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | McGowan vanished with a couple they 'd brought home in the car . |
| 23 | OK , there might n't perhaps be all that much left over now from the early joys of their marriage ; yet , in an odd sort of way , the longer they 'd abjured the divorce-courts , the stronger had grown the ties that bound them together : home , children , friends , memoria , insurance policies ; and above all , perhaps , the sheer length — the ever-increasing length — of the time they 'd spent together as man and wife . |
| 24 | They 'd climbed down to rocky secluded coves and bathed in crystal-clear waters and picnicked in shady pine forests . |
| 25 | With this , well erm I was er after the first two years when I did n't get a referred lead or recommendation cos I , I had this fear in my mind that if I asked for names , they 'd actually not give them and that they would actually then cancel the policy they 'd taken out with me , I actually thought that |
| 26 | They 'd laid in for a siege with dozens of eggs , cans of luncheon meat , and tea . |
| 27 | Zambia , however , trying to compensate for whatever information they 'd picked up about hir , offered to entertain Nathan for the afternoon so that Roirbak could begin work with Ari . |
| 28 | She felt pressured and persuaded her clients to sell out of stocks they 'd picked up from various licensed dealers . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | They 'd talked little on the way back , Delaney desperately trying to find another reason , however unlikely , for Connors not briefing him fully . |