Example sentences of "that they have " in BNC.

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1 That they 'd better stop buying Israeli .
2 By the time the General Election arrived eighteen months later , there was a good candidate ( Malcolm Thornton , now MP ) , a renewed constituency organisation and time for the people of Crosby to realise that they 'd done in that panicky moment when they were looking for a familiar face as their Member of Parliament .
3 There 's no doubt that the drawings were a considerable embarrassment , and I think everyone was very relieved to find that they 'd gone . ’
4 He had a feeling that they 'd been waiting right from the start of the trip .
5 She told her parents how she and Susan had bumped into the two lads from Northallerton and that they 'd all gone together to the Lobster Pot for a drink .
6 When Maggie and Susan left the house they were carrying the same pail and enamel container that they 'd used earlier .
7 Because of this she never had any time for her own parents : my mother could n't think it was right that they 'd parted with two of their children . ’
8 There were seven of them , and it was a source of perpetual wonder to me that they 'd ever learned to speak their own languages , never mind anyone else 's .
9 At dawn they ate the potatoes that they 'd laid around the fire to cook .
10 As they approached and noticed the unlit chillim , one of them passed us her tinder , commenting with a smile that they 'd got here just in time for all of us : they needed a smoke , and we needed a light .
11 They were trading in the village , bartering orange plastic beads and metalware that they 'd bought in India for flour and grain .
12 For a while they just stood there , staring down at the boar , satisfying their curiosity after the brief and distant glimpses that they 'd had on the hunt .
13 He was glad that they 'd all decided to come .
14 That morning they parted under the trees , he never took her all the way to the gates , that would only have made things worse , that morning she looked the way she always looked , rings under her eyes and her whole body braced for the ordeal that lay ahead , how hard it was to leave her always , maybe that was why they always drew the parting out , sometimes it took minutes , just the saying goodbye , they backed away from each other , then stopped and called something out , then backed away again , they called out special words that they 'd made up , words to fill the distance between them , words for the things they could n't say , they backed away till he was under the trees or she was through the gates , whichever happened first , she looked the same way she always looked that morning , except for one thing , she had a clock tucked under her arm , the clock they 'd found together , the clock that did n't tick , the lonely clock .
15 If you heard that someone had taken an amethyst to bed with them , you 'd probably think that they 'd forgotten to take off their jewellery .
16 A few people sat on the floor ( no chairs in the drama studio ) and jumped straight to their feet again as an outbreak of jeering laughter told them that they 'd got it wrong .
17 But then we made a sort of left turn with ‘ Tusk ’ , which dumbfounded a lot of people , not just the record company who obviously wanted the market , but a certain amount of the public who were expecting something that they 'd already labelled and were comfortable with .
18 Waking the next morning , she was outraged that they 'd left her to sleep .
19 The ponies , who always had an uncanny knowledge that they 'd reached their destination , were stamping and scraping the floor in the back .
20 They did n't just acknowledge gracefully that they 'd been beaten , or perhaps even that they had been wrong , and welcome their Reporter back .
21 If they 'd spent time doing that , once against the backs would have stood idly around until the forwards reckoned that they 'd got their act nicely in order .
22 Even when the dissatisfied chants of fans were clearly audible from this potato 's couch , Watt insisted that they 'd got their money 's worth from Eubank 's great display .
23 I felt safer now that they 'd arrived and I was curious to see what she meant by ‘ laying out ’ .
24 She was worrying that they 'd made love at the wrong time of the month .
25 Or that they 'd sacked him .
26 I keep on asking but she 's given me three different answers up to now ; that Deborah felt a bit depressed , that they 'd been out very late to the last show at the cinema in Via Romana which is very near to Piazza Pitti . ’
27 ‘ I was frantic that they 'd found out about the flat , where she lived .
28 Many of the players in the Olympic cricket match were n't even aware that they 'd taken part in the Olympic Games at all .
29 goodies that they 'd got because they all worked in the docks !
30 We , we had a letter from the International Secretarium in August or September I think saying that they 'd changed the law and all prisoners of a certain category should have been released and our prisoners were amongst , our prisoner was amongst that list , but erm , they did n't say that they have n't got any definite news whether he had been or not , about the release .
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