Example sentences of "[prep] them 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 | Paula had told her there were twelve models in the show and each of them had to wear at least ten outfits . |
| 14 | The embossed iron doors were rusting and one of them had fallen off its hinges . |
| 15 | The headlines included a row between two Conservative MPs over remarks one of them had made about the weight of the Princess of Wales , an attack on the Prime Minister by a junior bishop in the Church of England , a house fire in Cardiff , and the discovery of a woman 's body in South London . |
| 16 | Chelsea midfielder Dennis Wise sprinted to his defence last night and turned against their own supporters after a couple of them had complained to police that the United boss had sworn and made a V-sign . |
| 17 | Unsurprisingly , none of them had heard of Giles Williams , which was clearly a false name , and Kelly 's description of his telephone manner — a slurred , gin-sodden voice with a wheedling insincere tone to it — covered half of what used to be known as Fleet Street . |
| 18 | None of them had heard about the recall . |
| 19 | They all belonged to golf clubs or sailing clubs , took their holidays abroad , and were devoted Masons ; two of them had stood for the local council . |
| 20 | A spokesman for the health authority said only eight mothers were believed to be at risk of infection and not all of them had asked for an AIDS test . |
| 21 | More especially , I wondered at their risk when I learnt that some of them had landed across the Channel and were astonished to find that the natives did not speak English . |
| 22 | Ten of them had landed on the burnt-out branches of the witch trees and were silhouetted against the fiery red death . |
| 23 | All of them had served in Lebanon and Chad , and each of them had a minimum of three years ' service , which meant that when they had done their basic training the violence they were employing with us had been the norm . |
| 24 | On the other hand the number of university graduates greatly increased : many of them had served in the forces , usually as officers , and several had been temporary civil servants . |
| 25 | Though all of them had descended from families of wealth and influence , these were not public powers . |
| 26 | Some of them had gone into trances , and questions were asked by many worried parents . |
| 27 | Two of them had gone to Oxford and then Bournemouth . |
| 28 | Before the worst was over and the pound began to depreciate again , some twenty per cent of them had gone for ever , and a further ten per cent were so weakened that they too shut down in the next two years . |
| 29 | Some of them had gotten to greater than 400°C , so they decided that they had better cool the reactor . ’ |
| 30 | A couple of them had ridden in the Moon Beach chapter together . |