Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] have [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rumours about them had circulated for several years but this was the first time they had been linked by a named source — former US ambassador Lewis Fields . |
| 2 | SINCE the first police forces were founded 150 years ago , everything about them has changed except the way they are organised . |
| 3 | Whilst in Russia he had been in contact with representatives of the Russian Bible Society , and through them had learned of the monitorial system of schoolteaching pioneered by Lancaster and Bell in Britain . |
| 4 | There are frequent outcrops of red sandstone and these are sufficiently soft for them to have needed to be reinforced with sections of red brickwork in many places . |
| 5 | William Joyce and the Communists between them had seen to that . |
| 6 | A fragile alliance between them had crumbled in February 1989 , and fighting ensued when the LF were forced to relinquish control of the ports whose operations they had hitherto controlled [ see pp. 36476 ; 36538 ] . |
| 7 | She notes that a more detailed look at the results above shows that boys are more likely to obtain three A level passes than girls , even though the gap between them has narrowed over the years . |
| 8 | Although opinion polls still show the centre-right 's candidate , Mr Fernando Collor , leading by five million votes , the difference between them has dropped from 13 to six points in one week . |
| 9 | Undoubtedly , the two interrelated movements — the democratic movement and the labour movement which developed so vigorously in the nineteenth century continue to have a major influence in politics , but the relation between them has changed during the present century , in a way which is also relevant to the character of more recent movements . |
| 10 | It will be the first time in 15 years that an England tour party has not included one of the celebrated trio , who between them have appeared in 298 Test matches . |
| 11 | Other examples include Marks and Spencer , and British Home Stores , two chains which based themselves originally on the clothing trade , but which between them have diversified into footwear , foodstuffs , toys and books , amongst other items . |
| 12 | Two R-A-F bases with more than a hundred years ' service between them have closed as part of defence cuts . |
| 13 | I know many children and I enjoy looking after them I plan to do this for my career as I have applied to Suffolk College for a place in the Nursery Nursing course so that I can go on to be a Nanny . |
| 14 | And she 's got ta I 've said to her , listen my opinion may be biased . |
| 15 | Are we still doing anything about I 've got to I 've got some inf information about . |
| 16 | I attempted desperately to convince myself that what I was experiencing was just a particularly cruel and hateful dream concocted by some part of my mind determined to exact due penalty from my conscience for my having behaved with such despicable lack of grace during the holidays … but failed utterly ; my sub-conscious ' stock of nightmare-paradigms includes nothing so banally twisted as Gav . |
| 17 | What did remain in that paper , that year , was a hankering after what had survived from 1967 , exemplified in the prose of John Peel . |
| 18 | Now , after what had happened with Mr Bishop , she had become even more convinced of this . |
| 19 | As the plan now called for Jafaar and Hamadan to meet Younis in Cyprus before consummating their phony drug deal aboard Saunk Kilo , and as close electronic monitoring of their conversations would be essential to avoid last-minute surprises , Hurley was determined not to risk a breakdown in surveillance , after what had happened with the boat . |
| 20 | ‘ You mean that even after what had happened to you , you never questioned your faith ? ’ |
| 21 | There had been genuine fear on some of those people 's faces when she had mentioned Martin 's name , a fear she could appreciate after what had happened to her last night , but it had n't shaken her determination to get to the bottom of the story . |
| 22 | Still , she did n't think she could ever be comfortable with him , not after what had happened between them . |
| 23 | Her father , after what had happened in front of the telly that evening , was first on her list . |
| 24 | She could n't simply go on as before , not after what had happened in the hotel 's restaurant . |
| 25 | I was afraid to go into the house after what had happened in the village , so I hid in the hut . |
| 26 | He admitted : ‘ After what 's gone on this summer , of course things could blow up . |
| 27 | I mean , after what 's happened with Adrian , she 'll want to go home , most likely . |
| 28 | Anna 's offended against age-old Romany taboos , but after what 's happened to her she needs to be helped , not rejected . ’ |
| 29 | And after what 's happened to me Rosella 's going to be treading very carefully indeed . ’ |
| 30 | How do you think she would feel seeing us together after what 's happened to her ? ’ |