Example sentences of "[noun sg] they have [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They wanted to stop then and there for the Sabbath — they and all the little stock they had brought with them . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They are instructed in ‘ pleasuring ’ or ‘ sensate focus ’ , whereby in the privacy of their own bedroom they have to experiment with handling , fondling , and massaging their partner with the purpose of learning what gives most pleasure to the other and to the self . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Politicians did not relish a repeat performance of the humiliating defeat they had suffered over the suspension and repeal of the acts . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The thoughts tumbled confusedly together as she drove back to the Hamiltons ' in the small car they had put at her disposal . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . ) . |
| 16 | At ten past three in the morning they coshed driver Jack Mills , and then uncoupled the engine and lead carriage in a manouvre they 'd practiced at Rail marshalling yards in London . |
| 17 | On this occasion , the rule of fear they had established over the ordinary sect members worked against the Triad leadership . |
| 18 | ‘ If anyone tells you that there is n't prejudice they have got to be lying ’ … . |
| 19 | That had been an awful tea they 'd had at five o'clock ; two slices of bread and fat , a slab of hard cake and a bowl of milk ; then nothing else , only a drink of water , if they wanted one , before they came to bed , and it only half-past seven . |
| 20 | They used the technique of research they had inherited from their predecessors . |
| 21 | The model is developed from research they have conducted into the relationship between job characteristics , motivation , and job satisfaction . |
| 22 | This 26-year-old married businessman was beaten up , burned and sexually assaulted by a torture gang ‘ and the six-man gang tried to tear out their victim 's toenails with pliers — then ripped off adhesive tape they had stuck to his genitals … |
| 23 | He loitered , untroubled but curious , for they were no small company , and by the line of their march they had come from Ruthyn . |
| 24 | they were very dissatisfied with the amount of feedback they had had following the presentation of the report ; |
| 25 | how much feedback they had had from the recipients ( the governors , the LEA panel ) ; |
| 26 | Perhaps unsurprisingly , considering the patronage they have enjoyed from Clint & Co , they 're dead ringers for the Poppies . |
| 27 | He had been nothing other than polite since that confrontation they had had on the deck , maintaining the charade of their relationship with apparent ease , yet Fran had sensed the tension behind the smiling façade . |
| 28 | Springfield and Fenton pulled back the flaps of the cut they had made in the chain-link fence , allowing Grant and Larsen to duck through into hostile territory . |
| 29 | Beside it on a table burned a candle , the source of the light they had seen from the garden . |
| 30 | Not surprisingly , the younger ones associated the bullies with the violence they had encountered at home : |