Example sentences of "they have [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've not in the past shown themselves to be very honest erm nor very keen on going into their own archives , and I think it 's , actually takes people like me , who live on the border-lines if you like of the two cultures , to go in and discover erm sometimes embarrassing documents , embarrassing information , to confront them with it , in their own language , so that they have to take stock . |
| 2 | Business came upon Tudor princes in a continuous stream of the important and the trivial , and they had little in the way of a bureaucratic substructure for deciding matters of executive detail . |
| 3 | They looked along the Atlantic coast of North America for places in which to settle , and they might have been more successful in founding colonies if they had not at the same time been engaged in what they saw as a desperate struggle to save their religious and political liberties from Catholic Spain , although the Spanish would have said the war was to some extent intended to check the rather aggressive interpretation the English placed on the idea of the freedom of the seas . |
| 4 | Suddenly she felt a glowing warmth deep inside ; he could never betray her , could never sell what they had together for the cheap thrill of recounting an old , sordid story . |
| 5 | Members held raffles and donated cash until they had enough for the Olympic bar . |
| 6 | They had yon before the board at Cranwell , did n't they ? |
| 7 | A man they have here in the tank |
| 8 | These are lectures that are pitched directly at their level erm with the knowledge that they have round about the third year in schools , so that they can see some of the problems that physics tackles . |
| 9 | I mean , my sister 's school they have right from the start and er they do n't I do n't think you get a wide enough circle of friends really . |
| 10 | Universities are ready to go for the big time and exploit their earning capacity in a way they have n't in the past . |
| 11 | Although there are in sections 24 and 25 some general defences ( i. e. available in relation to any offence under the Act ) , they have not in the odometer type of case always proved a reliable line of defence . |
| 12 | erm they have not in the past proved themselves to be the most capable o of people to er to support these things so in conclusion I 'd say that we must put this as part of a shopping list , the shopping list is on there er it is something to bring London and the South East of England which includes Hertfordshire and to make it an economic and viable area and look at the evidence of the other cities and I hope that er all of you will support the motion . |
| 13 | Dickens does this by his attention to even the smallest detail of the characters ' appearance , which includes their faces , clothes and especially any odd phrases or physical blemishes they have as in the case of Pumblechook and his , ‘ I have brought you , Mum , ’ and in Melly 's and Herbert 's cases , that of her strong wrists and his pale young complexion . |
| 14 | I was going to Grant Development have come here er because they are interested in our views , er I think as far as the access goes I take your point that visibility is required , but I would imagine that that the highways department will have stipulated what is required , as they have indeed for the development next door , er where the hedge , the present hedge is going to be er set back , erm I I ca n't tell you whether , what stipulation has been made , perhaps these two gentlemen |