Example sentences of "[vb base] they have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All my investigators who want them have got personal alarms of their own . |
| 2 | The minister Nicholas Breton , for example , noted in 1603 that his parishioners ‘ came to service more for fashion than devotion ’ , while the preacher John Angier of Denton in Lancashire believed that his parishioners came ‘ for no other purpose but to sleep , as if the sabbath were made only to recover that sleep they have lost in the week ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ I expect they 've found pieces of gold or silver , ’ I said . |
| 4 | the raffles I want they 've got some prizes . |
| 5 | Police say they 'd tried to flag down the stolen car and were following , not chasing it , when it crashed . |
| 6 | Gloucestershire police say they 've received Mr Robinson 's complaints and they 'll be dealt with formally under complaints procedures . |
| 7 | Six months after a seventy year old man was found beaten to death in his home , police say they 've made an important breakthrough . |
| 8 | ‘ We keep meeting these people who travel down to Cornwall and say they 've surfed big breaks , but it 's all false . |
| 9 | but er , as I say they 've grown now and got these jobs and they 're quite happy . |
| 10 | Oxford City Council which runs the Tourist Office say they 've withdrawn the video because of public fears . |
| 11 | The tunnels were built in the reign of George the third … but engineers say they 've stood up to two centuries of wear remarkably well . |
| 12 | Both Mike and Brian say they 've gained a great deal … |
| 13 | Doctors in Swindon say they 've seen three cases of a rare illness normally associated with Third World countries . |
| 14 | Businesses which rely on passing trade in ross on wye say they 've suffered most : |
| 15 | In the past they say they 've suffered prejudice and poor support . |
| 16 | Oxfam aid workers say they 've become the new targets in the war in Somalia . |
| 17 | But council officials say they 've done as much as they can to protect their female staff . |
| 18 | Claims lawyer Leslie Perrin is wading through more than a hundred cases of people who say they 've fallen victim to the virulent chryptosporidium bug and he believes that 's just a small percentage of the number who could eventually seek damages . |
| 19 | The police say they 've increased patrols in the St Peters area of Cheltenham where Mr Martyn lives . |
| 20 | They say they 've bucked the trend . |
| 21 | Now West Mercia police say they 've interviewed 12 present and former members of staff . |
| 22 | Most of them say they 've learned from the experience . |
| 23 | 2 further people were arrested during the search and police say they 've recovered a substantial sum of money , eight stolen cars and a shotgun . |
| 24 | They say they 've wiped smallpox off the face of the earth . |
| 25 | British Transport Police say they 've launched an investigation . |
| 26 | The kind of tactic which can work here is this : the adventurers bluff , say they 've left their invitation behind , retire downstairs , write an invitation , and seal the paper or vellum with an impressive wax seal which they then flourish at the Homunculi . |
| 27 | I say they 've finished . |
| 28 | Scientists say they 've used a harmless form of plutonium , but it means regular checks on the volunteers . |
| 29 | Scientists say they 've used a harmless form of plutonium , but it means regular checks on the volunteers . |
| 30 | Police say they 've arrested a thirty eight year old man and a twenty six year old woman . |