Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun sg] have [vb pp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although most upset the family has come to realise Mary has no place in the real world nor their own . |
| 2 | The couple who sold the statue have asked to remain anonymous . |
| 3 | Well they are not being granted more freely , th when a an an exemption is granted , the inspector , the inspector , who grants the exemption has got to say that he is satisfied that the health and safety of the workforce will not be jeopardized . |
| 4 | Do you think the time has come to fight our enemies ? ’ |
| 5 | Robert Montague was staying at a friend 's house in Cornwall one long , wet weekend in early December when he realised the moment had come to strike . |
| 6 | As I say the method has got to recognize things it has n't seen before . |
| 7 | Plant owners AEA Technology say the process has found measuring inaccuracies accounting for a further 1.2kg . |
| 8 | However , local Alliance councillor John Blair said he was ‘ very disturbed ’ to discover the council had planned to erect gates and security cameras around the park . |
| 9 | The Inverness-Kyle railway still runs past and the train still halts if anyone requests it , but with the ferry gone and the road traffic diverted the place has gone to seed ; there are a few houses , a craft shop , the railway platform , a wharf and an abandoned compound owned by Marconi , and the hotel . |
| 10 | But the figures , which have only emerged thanks to a report from the voluntary sector , show the government has failed to guarantee youth training places . |
| 11 | Alison says the poltergeist has tried to smother her boyfriend in their terraced house . |
| 12 | Law : Crucial battle for the high moral ground : As Parliament prepares to debate embryo research , Simon Lee says the time has come to approach the issues more responsibly |
| 13 | He says the force has started to crack down on rural violence and he blamed much of the trouble on young people drinking too much . |
| 14 | The report stated the firm had refused to take and act on instructions given by the council on timing or specification . |
| 15 | By the time the towers of his parents ' manor house appeared , the rider leading the way had begun to cough . |
| 16 | Indeed , it appears that in terms of its expected percentage vote the Right has failed to capitalise on the electorate 's wish to punish the ruling Socialists . |
| 17 | A jemmy might suggest the murderer had gone to burgle the premises . |
| 18 | ‘ Now I hear the Pope has decided to bring me to trial . |
| 19 | ‘ When our family shareholders decided the time had come to sell the company , they offered to sell it to the management team if we could match the price a trade bidder could pay . |
| 20 | One afternoon , a week later , I decided the time had come to stop dithering like a Victorian maiden and to write to Bill , when I got off at ten that night , asking if no news was good news . |
| 21 | Late in the afternoon , I decided the time had come to go . |
| 22 | A few moments later he shivered again , sneezed and decided the time had come to return to his mates and forget it . |
| 23 | She decided the time had come to leave the bordello , and seek lodgings somewhere in the vicinity of the Pont du Sevres . |
| 24 | 10 years ago BBC1 's Last of the Summer Wine was going strong as Foggy and Clegg decided the time had come to replace Compo 's well-worn trousers . |
| 25 | The name is supposed to come from their usage as cool stores for butter that farmers travelling the pass had failed to sell at market . |
| 26 | By the time the Sex Pistols had arrived on Virgin , the initial enthusiasm for reggae among those running the label had begun to wane , but it was suddenly revived by an intriguing , and wholly unexpected , business opportunity . |
| 27 | But now I feel the world has ceased to exist . |
| 28 | ‘ The company has been a wonderful part of my life , but I feel the time has come to permit a younger generation to take the reins . ’ |
| 29 | Suppose the buyer had agreed to pay £2,000 and at the time of liquidation had paid only £1,000 . |
| 30 | Assuming the car had gone missing at the same ti me as Angela Morgan , it might have been there for over a week ; it had only been found that evening by a uniformed constable who was keeping his eyes open . |