Example sentences of "they have [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In recent months they have even hinted at getting the Russians — who supply much of Ukraine 's oil dirt-cheap — to raise economic barriers that would force it to give way .
2 I think there is a general acceptance even amongst those who are not helpful that there is a major problem here that they can not ignore or can not deny and they have even got beyond the stage of trying to blame the victims .
3 If you would like to meet these wonder women they have just moved to larger premises at ( tel : ) where they now have room for seminars , tuition and club visits .
4 They have just moved from their Finaghy Road South base at the crossroads , to the corner of 124A Upper Lisburn Road and Mount Aboo Street — in the heart of the Finaghy shopping centre .
5 They may whine and cry ; sputter about everything ; not know what they want and are never satisfied , capriciously rejecting the things they have just asked for and such a temper .
6 Not only are beer taxes still with us , but they have just gone through their biggest shake-up for many years .
7 ‘ It 's a situation I have seen happen but I am grateful never to have been in that position myself ! ’ says Susan , who lives with actor-turned-writer Andy de la Tour in a house they have just bought in London .
8 Alternatively , they might pause in order to connect the material they have just read to material they had read earlier in the text .
9 One by one they have just sunk to the bottom of the tank without any sign of ill health .
10 Whether they have just arrived in this country , or speak little English or have difficult home circumstances , unless we see them as competent learners we will soon find reasons why they can not learn .
11 When we meet they have just returned from a promotional stretch with Virgin in Los Angeles .
12 They have also auditioned for the BBC 's ‘ Generation Game ’ — so look out for them on ‘ 's show ’ .
13 They have also realised after a number of annual painting expeditions together that there is considerable mileage to be had from monastic ruins as well as both occupied and derelict castles .
14 But they have also rallied to a call to save their privileged world — as women they must protect their children , their families , their religion and , above all , their enormous wealth .
15 They have also written to the Prince of Wales , asking for his support .
16 They have also invested in superior packaging materials , storage and transport systems and market knowledge .
17 They have also led to a narrowing of the range of political views represented in the press ; as newspapers which voiced liberal and social democratic/Labour views ( News Chronicle , Daily Herald ) have closed down , the dominance of the Conservative press has become more pronounced .
18 They have also led to improvements in the managerial skills of staff in these organisations .
19 For some centuries , natural law theories have provided political and social groups , as well as individuals , with justifications for their actions ( Bloch , 1961 ) but for even longer they have also contributed to an understanding and legitimation of institutions such as the church , the monarchy and the state .
20 They have also pointed to the need to replace reliance on nuclear weapons to the maximum extent practicable .
21 They have also requested in their wills that Lizzie 's ashes be buried with them to ensure that , one day , they will all be together again .
22 They have also added to their range of superb hand-pollinated delphiniums with the inclusion of the lavender-grey ‘ Southern Debutant ’ .
23 They have also worked through the night when needed to — quite literally — put up new flyovers by the following morning .
24 They have also appealed for help in tracing the blue van 's movements since it was sold privately three weeks ago .
25 Since the new classical macroeconomics is grounded in old classical macroeconomics in its emphasis on the role of real wage adjustments in accounting for variations in employment , presumably they have also taken on board that essential element of the classical theory of employment , the marginal productivity theory of the demand for labour ( see Chapter 2 ) .
26 They have also tried on more than one occasion to influence the editorial policy of the BBC and have complained of biased reporting .
27 They have secretly wished to be lovers for years but the consummation of their affair is a recent event .
28 We shall see as we continue how they have repeatedly emerged in later discussion .
29 The fish have eaten their bodies ; they have nowhere to go for burial .
30 However , because island animals have evolved in the absence of predators , because their populations are often fairly small to begin with , and because they have nowhere to run to , they tend to be extremely vulnerable when predators are finally introduced and island creatures are particularly prone to extinction .
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