Example sentences of "[adv] they have [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do n't realise how much they 've done for me . |
| 2 | Dan became apologetic , taking the guide 's side , saying how much they had looked for her , instead of being protective and angry as he should have been . |
| 3 | Parents , on the other hand , however much they have suffered at school , or even if they left it with a sense of failure , usually attribute the shortcomings to themselves rather than to the system , and thus find it difficult to envisage school in any form other than the one that they themselves experienced . |
| 4 | Romanians are very well aware of how much they have inherited from the Ceauşescu regime and how difficult it is , with the best will in the world , to purge the moral degradation from their souls . |
| 5 | I must leave it to economists to say how much they have learnt from his account , or where they would disagree with it . |
| 6 | Apparently they had come by train the previous night to the nearby station of Fidenza , from various camps in southern Italy . |
| 7 | And the amount of statutory maternity pay to which they 're entitled also depends on how long they 've worked for the same employer . |
| 8 | This rather vague account satisfied and stimulated the interest of most people ; fieldworkers began asking interviewees how long they had lived in the area and moved on to discuss their general attitudes and background . |
| 9 | Alone together they fell to tender embraces that rapidly shifted up a gear to heavy petting , and before long they had retired to the girl 's bedroom for more adventurous fun and games . |
| 10 | Before long they had signed with Virgin , a company which has always shown an alarming propensity to hire and fire Scots talent at the drop of a CD . |
| 11 | She wondered how long they had lain in the safety deposit box . |
| 12 | Most people are likely to judge the reforms on how long they have to wait for treatment — the issue behind the ‘ Jennifer 's ear ’ controversy during the election campaign . |
| 13 | Perhaps they were justified in recalling early days in makeshift cinemas and perhaps they had to mingle with the masses as they went in search of Chaplin movies , but they must have been aware that prestigious down-town and suburban theatres were now largely being patronized , not exclusively by a lumpenproletariat , but rather by a mix of social classes and perhaps above all by young people who were moving up the social scale into more respectable occupations . |
| 14 | Perhaps they had adjusted to the sanitised neutralism of a Stockholm commune , but it seemed an odd life for men who had chosen to become soldiers . |
| 15 | Or perhaps they had gone with their people to comfort them . |
| 16 | As he poured the tea , Peter wondered if she 'd told James about how she 'd made a fool of him ; perhaps they had laughed at him together . |
| 17 | Jack of Longleigh , Adam of Rochester , and Ydrys obediently fell silent , thinking that perhaps they had arrived in time to witness the last ebbing breaths of their one-time Lucifer . |
| 18 | Perhaps they 'd finished with him . |
| 19 | In that obviously they have to take on board the views of their constituent districts . |
| 20 | But house er erm what is that that 's the footpath people is n't it , they always come and repair things if they 're told , at least they sh , but obviously they have to work in collaboration with the farmers , er concerned . |
| 21 | If only they 'd stayed in the little home on the train . |
| 22 | If only they had asked for Donald Duck , a character I hold in great respect ! |
| 23 | erm , but other people for the rest of , you know erm the time er , that they live in they have to live in poverty ! |
| 24 | So they had to resort to indirect tactics . |
| 25 | So they had to wait to be dug out did they ? |
| 26 | So they had opted for Wales . |
| 27 | Longman have made a very good start to the year and erm , and so they 've progressed from day one , making last year I expect to continue . |
| 28 | So they 've got to now begin to home in and find out what things they could start to tackle . |
| 29 | And so they 've got to they they 'll be asked the question rather , and they know the answer 's going to on the stand that they go to . |
| 30 | So they 've got to re-do the foundations and everything |