Example sentences of "they have [vb pp] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually in honesty they have taken quite a bit out of there , cos there was an awful lot of stuff in there , you could hardly get in at one stage now what are you gon na do with these bike things , are you gon na chuck them ? |
| 2 | Bees clamber into its throat and sip a nectar so intoxicating that after they have taken only a little they begin to stagger about . |
| 3 | Rather , they have put forward a number of proposals which are plainly unsuited to an eastern culture and structure . |
| 4 | How dare the hon. Gentleman and the Labour party claim to be concerned about jobs when they have put forward a package of proposals that would decimate employment in this country and confine millions of people to the dole queues . |
| 5 | When the band have achieved considerable chart success ( when they have sold approximately a million copies of their albums ) , they should consider whether a royalty examination should be done . |
| 6 | Now they have brought forward a plan which is that they should lend me sufficient money to rent another house in which Mr Landor is to have the first floor , comprising three rooms , a book closet , and a terrace , and I am to reside on the ground floor and care for him receiving £30 a year for my trouble . |
| 7 | The Soviets are largely unknown in the British Isles , but elsewhere they have established quite a reputation as fearsome yet fair opponents . |
| 8 | Luckily the office below is not used as they have produced quite a smelly mess with droppings and remains of prey falling out from the ceiling ! |
| 9 | Which is just as well because some of them have played just a little bit too hard , landing themselves in serious trouble . |