Example sentences of "[noun sg] they have [vb pp] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Every motion sent her senses reeling , deeper and deeper into the furnace they had entered together , until at last , as she soared to a height of such intensity of feeling that she thought she must burst , something exploded in her brain , and she was awash with the dizzying sensation of all-consuming love . |
| 2 | ‘ Any artist thinking they have made it when they sign a recording contract is totally wrong , ’ warns Gatfield . |
| 3 | They wanted to stop then and there for the Sabbath — they and all the little stock they had brought with them . |
| 4 | Marketmakers are able to offset against dividends received any dividends paid by them on stock they have purchased . |
| 5 | when I was doing that bit of collecting you know , and the people next , either side they 'd bought these council houses , you know , it 's a shame really |
| 6 | The girls , as in her mind she thought of the Misses Cardings , had trimmed it with a deep tone of lime-green velvet ribbon and in the heart of the bow at the side they had placed two tiny red silk rosebuds . |
| 7 | IN 1963 ABC TV published the findings of an experiment they had conducted some time earlier into the perception thresholds of children watching Television . |
| 8 | BRAZIL 's 1-0 victory over what amounted to a Holland B team in Rotterdam on Wednesday night continued the process of pragmatic regeneration they have undergone since the desultory performances in Europe last summer which left some observers wondering whether they would qualify for the World Cup at all . |
| 9 | And er the bedroom they 've given me I can see |
| 10 | But she could n't just desert them , either ; for several members of the cast this play of Josh Thayer 's was the first decent break they 'd had , and she knew from dressing-room conversations just how much personal and emotional investment they 'd made in its success . |
| 11 | Three times in succession they have fallen in the semi-finals , and Beenhakker 's departure became a formality when they were thrashed 5-0 by Milan at San Siro last season . |
| 12 | As a result they had taken him to the police , and then Sommerville had been questioned . |
| 13 | As a result they have contributed to the public consultation process which accompanies the development of such plans , and have always sought to ensure that local planning policies are properly implemented in relation to the assessment of individual applications . |
| 14 | The ineffectiveness of prosecution , or the threat of prosecution , to deter large stores from Sunday opening has caused local authorities , who are charged with the enforcement of section 47 , to search for a more effective remedy , and as a result they have resorted to seeking injunctions to restrain stores from infringing the section . |
| 15 | For the athletes , the decision was a vindication of the the innocence they had protested all along . |
| 16 | Then confronted with the enormity of the defeat which the Party had suffered , many members were completely i incapable of understanding er what had gone on , were disoriented by the defeat they had suffered and were open to the argument the strategy was right all along , the revolution is still going forward , there are going to be new uprisings by the masses and so on and so forth . |
| 17 | Politicians did not relish a repeat performance of the humiliating defeat they had suffered over the suspension and repeal of the acts . |
| 18 | But the destruction of the old Communist Party is completed by two policies that are adopted by the Communists themselves , both a response to the defeat they have suffered in nineteen twenty seven . |
| 19 | When Lady Macbeth welcomes Duncan , the fulsome insincerity of her verse is by now unmistakable to us : Yet , while feigning gratitude she is also expressing exactly the reasons why she ought to feel gratitude : The unusual and affected word ‘ hermits ’ points up her insincerity , while the content of the speech establishes the good they have received from Duncan . |
| 20 | The good they have done and the influence they have had are known to God and cherished in the hearts of those who remember gratefully their words and their work . |
| 21 | Denied the blood they 'd paid to see , the crowd went wild , with outraged spectators throwing down fireworks , coins , even sections of seating . |
| 22 | Evidence of the Host 's appearance is said to be the red crotal ( lichen ) stain found on rocks the morning after a heavy frost , which is blood they have spilled during their aerial spats . |
| 23 | The association provided flats for young couples who after two years were given a return of half the rent they had paid to be used as a deposit on the purchase of a house . |
| 24 | The thoughts tumbled confusedly together as she drove back to the Hamiltons ' in the small car they had put at her disposal . |
| 25 | When they travelled together in a police car they had driven around in silence . |
| 26 | Once Eric was in the car they had driven towards Soragna , then by a roundabout route to a big plantation of poplars near the right bank of the Po , where they had directed him to a well-hidden place in the middle . |
| 27 | If there was anything that Henry hated as much as his wife , it was the car they had chosen and purchased together . |
| 28 | Because of the Swamp they had come so far south that they must now be at least on a level with the path where they had fought with the sturdy beggars although the northern ride must lie between them and it . |
| 29 | Her pink cheeks bore testimony to the scrubbing they had endured from Dr Mackenzie 's Arsenical Soap ( as used by Madame Patti , Ellaline Tenriss , etc . ) . |
| 30 | The girls came into school discussing the merits of a programme they had seen the previous evening , a ‘ religious ’ programme , Meeting Point , which had been about pre-marital sex . |