Example sentences of "they have [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She notes that a more detailed look at the results above shows that boys are more likely to obtain three A level passes than girls , even though the gap between them has narrowed over the years . |
| 2 | One of them has escaped from a particularly unusual commitment — he was once an angel , but has chosen to become a human being , for the love of humanity . |
| 3 | SINCE the first police forces were founded 150 years ago , everything about them has changed except the way they are organised . |
| 4 | Undoubtedly , the two interrelated movements — the democratic movement and the labour movement which developed so vigorously in the nineteenth century continue to have a major influence in politics , but the relation between them has changed during the present century , in a way which is also relevant to the character of more recent movements . |
| 5 | Thus , sometimes a seller will find himself still in possession of goods after the ownership in them has passed to the buyer . |
| 6 | In the end Leeds could have had 4–5 … if they 'd scored in the first half it could have been 10 ! ! |
| 7 | Paul Richardson was the first person they 'd met on the island who was prepared to work as long and as hard as they did . |
| 8 | Er they do after , yes th the , the nationalists had moved back across the south after nineteen forty five erm th th they 'd , they 'd retreated from the Japanese progressively after nineteen forty one and abandoned Shanghai and etcetera . |
| 9 | Swindon Town say they 're disappointed after a Football League Tribunal valued their former player manager Glen Hoddle at only seventy five thousand pounds , when they 'd hoped for a million . |
| 10 | But it could also mean that erm they were getti that it they had been successful in getting taxation from what they 'd done since the beginning of cos they felt they could go even further . |
| 11 | But he did n't want to go to the bloody thing , not after what they 'd done to the poor old man . |
| 12 | But the real the real glorious irony I think that cheers up erm psephologists like me , political analysists , is that in those May elections the Conservatives did dramatically well compared to what they 'd done in the general election . |
| 13 | She remembered those kisses they 'd exchanged in the water . |
| 14 | They 'd staggered past a dozen rabbit-holes , calling down into the gloom , before they 'd heard Nooty 's voice answering them . |
| 15 | If only they 'd stayed in the little home on the train . |
| 16 | He should have made a point of looking at the evening coverage before doing his own piece ; but he 'd seen the people they 'd sent to the press conference at the hospital , dismissed them as unlikely to do a decent job on it , and promptly forgotten them . |
| 17 | Being an intellectual or bourgeois did n't help that much in itself but those of their own journalists and professors they 'd sent to the remote prison island of their archipelago , Guru , had n't been systematically tortured ; just neatly excised from society for twenty years or the stay of their natural existences . |
| 18 | Crystal chandeliers glittered brightly above a marble floor ; a quartet of musicians played music — real music , Nicolo thought , incongruously , not the brain-frying stuff they 'd played during the fashion show . |
| 19 | He had stuck to his story , that they 'd quarrelled at the dance and he had left early . |
| 20 | Maybe someone had one for sale and they 'd advertized in the papers . |
| 21 | There was about an inch of water covering the floor that she was certain had n't been there when they 'd stopped at the cupboard . |
| 22 | When they said goodbye they 'd embraced by the front door , a taxi waiting on the road outside . |
| 23 | And then about erm from about an hour , about half an hour later after we 'd sat down we 're just laughing our heads off because the gi , they 'd gone down the pub and we said no , we 'll have a quiet night in . |
| 24 | The roadshow now belongs to the mythology of the miners , the leadership had made the effort , they 'd gone on the road , and they 'd been rewarded by a clutch of standing ovations . |
| 25 | Things had been near perfect at that stage , and they 'd gone for a drink later , with Amanda chatting up the barman who had seemed a nice shy boy , if a bit quiet for the job . |
| 26 | There they were , they , they 'd gone for a walk round London , and er come back . |
| 27 | When that did n't work out he went to Mal at Monad where they 'd gone for the villanelle . |
| 28 | Kate said they 'd gone to the army display and mentioned the rations that were taken on Antarctic expeditions . |
| 29 | They 'd gone to the loo together by the time I joined Bunny . |
| 30 | The last time she and Arnie had eaten out they 'd gone to the local curry house where they went about four times a year . |