Example sentences of "they [vb mod] have [verb] [pron] at " in BNC.

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1 Women who feel they may have put themselves at risk , but are unsure of their HIV status , may also wish to take such advice .
2 They must have told you at school ! ’
3 Atherton , back in the side for his first Test of the tour , battled through 41 overs to show England 's management why they should have picked him at Madras , while Blakey — brought in because Neil Fairbrother was still ill with a virus — has now made only seven runs from three Test innings and looks out of his depth .
4 Oh it was a nice ball that by , shoots and scores , Notts get a second just moments after they might have conceded one at the other end , the referee unimpressed by the penalty claims but the crowd are there , with a really fine piece of finishing by Gary , nine minutes to half time and adds to the one that got in twenty four , and it 's two nil to Notts County against .
5 Last year and this year they could have upgraded it at a cost much greater than the initial expenditure and much less efficiently .
6 They could have discharged themselves at any time , but they were destitute and the best was done for them that was possible in the circumstances .
7 In fact , if I had n't been living here I doubt they would have noticed us at all !
8 The man in question , one of those footmanly types , Twit ( first class ) — pencil thin spray-on hair and pained costive expression — was , as they would have put it at his public school , ‘ being ragged ’ by rough children from the village .
9 Erm , and we 've had , I 'm afraid to give protective notice to six members of staff , it 's about er , discussions with the erm , Tech , are not successful , then they will have to leave us at the end of this programme year , which is the thirty-first of March .
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