Example sentences of "they have recently [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've recently beaten Cambridge and are hoping it 'll be the start of a dark blue rowing double . |
| 2 | They 've recently decided to halt further growth , against education policy , They say its a bold move . |
| 3 | The McConnells still plan to take court action … they 've recently won legal aid to sue Oxford regional health authority for negligence . |
| 4 | They 've recently had trouble with the Ixmariters , concerning a child . ’ |
| 5 | Although they had recently lost narrowly to New Zealand , there was no question that West Indies were now the outstanding team in the world , and they were to continue that way throughout the 1980s . |
| 6 | A number of callers who believed they had recently seen the man telephoned the London headquarters after the programme and several called the Durham police headquarters at Akeley Heads . |
| 7 | Those requests used to have to go through either Philpott or Kolchinsky , but they had recently decided to waive the routine and allow the field operatives a free hand . |
| 8 | They had recently converted their Kingston area routes to trolleybus operation and had obtained some of the new Feltham type cars for their Uxbridge route . |
| 9 | In our main 1979 survey , people were asked without prompting to say why they had recently bought on credit rather than paid cash . |
| 10 | The Vietnamese authorities announced on Dec. 2 that they had recently released two political prisoners , Le Thanh Que , a Roman Catholic priest , and Nguyen Chi Thien , a poet . |
| 11 | They had recently had to cope with her elder sister becoming pregnant . |
| 12 | They had recently founded a band , the Blox . |
| 13 | These measures reminded some Jews of the concentration camps they had recently left . |
| 14 | They had recently watched an old Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film on the television in which she thought she saw the source of his fantasy . |
| 15 | They have recently exhibited paintings which they call Cubist paintings . |
| 16 | It went further in tying education into a toughened approach to social policy , stressing that parent responsibilities go with the rights they have recently gained in schooling . |
| 17 | Marielle , quiet spoken and nervy — though , curiously , it is she who brings a greater rhythmical stability to their playing , and who calls the expressiveness to order — talks about their new work , a jazz influenced concerto by Michel Camillo , which they have recently premiered with the Philharmonia Orchestra . |
| 18 | This is proven by the fact that they have recently given the go-ahead to introduce a wheelie-bin scheme which envisages no recycling whatsoever and at a cost to poll tax payers of £1.25m . |
| 19 | This is proven by the fact that they have recently given the go-ahead to introduce a wheelie-bin scheme which envisages no recycling whatsoever and at a cost to poll tax payers of £1.25m . |
| 20 | They have recently received a new team kit provided by the school 's parent teacher association . |
| 21 | They have recently registered good wins against Wirral and Staffordshire . |
| 22 | Cats hate to bury their faeces in a place where they have recently done so . |
| 23 | If the records popular when the University first opened are recognisable to us , it 's only because they have recently enjoyed their third or fourth revival in the charts . |
| 24 | They have recently opened a new spinning department initially producing Aran and chunky yarns in both ecru and naturally coloured British wools , such as Black Welsh , Suffolk and Wensleydale . |
| 25 | Adults , who have been able to read and spell for years , tend to forget what it was like when they could n't unless they have recently learnt a foreign language . |
| 26 | Teachers who enjoy their work , feel supported by colleagues and can speak frankly about their ideas and difficulties in the staffroom and in meetings may find it hard to believe ( unless they have recently worked in such a school themselves ) the stories that other teachers tell about suspicion , isolation and backbiting in the school down the road . |
| 27 | I fear the result will be boring , defensive cricket , in conditions unlikely to enhance players ' ability to cope with those they have recently encountered . |
| 28 | They have recently succeeded in persuading the World Wildlife Fund to change the wording of an advertisement that launched an international campaign to save tropical forests . |
| 29 | They have recently started |
| 30 | They have recently introduced two one-day courses : an Introduction to Decorative Paint Finishes covers dragging and stippling , as well as colourwashing and sponging ; an Introduction to Painted Furniture covers the basic techniques of antiquing , simple faux finishes and preparation . |