Example sentences of "they have [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | One good way of judging a well-planned interview schedule of the formal type is to ask ‘ Could this schedule be handed over to someone else for analysis without them having to go back to the interviewer to ask what certain answers mean ? ’ |
2 | When they 'd gone through into the lecture hall , I noticed the professor staring after them with a very odd look on his face — a stunned , frozen look . |
3 | I assaulted this position from every angle , ranging from thoughtful analyses of the male mid-life crisis , its nature and origins , to sweeping ad absurdum dismissals in which I demonstrated that by the same token Trish and Brian were equally culpable , because if they 'd gone out for the day I would have stayed at home and we would never have met in the first place . |
4 | The floorboards had n't snapped , as I 'd originally thought : they 'd gone down into the dock with Harry . |
5 | When they 'd landed back on the plate , he leaned forward , studying the pattern they 'd formed . |
6 | For their tickets , and I said at the area council if they had turned up like they turned up to pay them thirty pound and eight pound , if they 'd turned up at the same time with a petition form what a difference it would |
7 | Around the inner walls the Annamese soldiers of the imperial guard , who looked as if they 'd stepped out of the pages of one of his adventure-story books , stood sentinel with their muskets . |
8 | Donna sat in the sitting-room , glancing endlessly at the sheets of paper they 'd picked up from the bank that day and also at the notes Ward had left . |
9 | Here 's an imag-inary line-up Leeds might be fielding now if they 'd held on to the stars they rejected . |
10 | The police explained why they 'd held on to the vehicles which were being kept near Malvern , not at Worcester . |
11 | Other jobs they 'd pulled off over the years that we can nail them for . ’ |
12 | And you could bet that the moment he 'd left they 'd sat down in the shade . |
13 | ‘ I was frantic that they 'd found out about the flat , where she lived . |
14 | On Nathan 's last morning they 'd driven down to the supermarket together . |
15 | As they staggered out of their tepees and another faultless day came smooching in from the Pacific , they would sniff the honeyed air and ask one another what they 'd got up to the previous night . |
16 | Now , of course , we we know that that you know , that that that that er , that even then , part of that settlement has has gone because they 've cut off on the of the Western by-pass , I mean , you 've still got er , er |
17 | They 've cut back on the number of trainees ; they 've cut back on the number of occasionally used specialists ; they 're really down to the bedrock now . |
18 | They 've cut back on the number of trainees ; they 've cut back on the number of occasionally used specialists ; they 're really down to the bedrock now . |
19 | Do you think perhap , erm , because it 's not so busy , do you think perhaps they 've cut back in the restaurant , and that 's why you 're doing a bit more work for the restaurant , you know , doing the floaters and things . |
20 | If anyone feels they 've missed out on the award and that they know someone they fell ought to have been nominated , then they should do so next year . |
21 | They 've run over to the sheep ! |
22 | Last year of course they did superbly , they beat Southend who were then in the fourth division , and look what 's happened to them , they 've gone up to the third division . |
23 | they 've gone down in the world again a bit . |
24 | It is er as I see it they 've gone back to the drawing board with where the bands are actually how it 's banded . |
25 | ‘ Or it might be one of the people they 've turned out of the bins , ’ said Pam . |
26 | On the gallops they 've huddled in against the hedgerows to watch and study the form . |
27 | I decide they 've crashed in like the SAS do after lobbing a stun grenade — barging in screaming to disorien-tate the enemy . |
28 | Some find it hard to make a decision because they 've got out of the habit or they no longer see the need . |
29 | They 've got in on the shelves there . |
30 | ‘ And they 'll never rest until they 've caught up with the States . ’ |