Example sentences of "they have [adv] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd both lived with their parents near Sutton , he already in the shipping business from which he 'd retired when they came to Dynmouth , she working in her father 's estate agency , doing part-time secretarial duties and arranging the flowers in the outer office . |
| 2 | They 'd both jacked in their jobs ( he 's a computer programmer ; she 's a physiotherapist ) and were planning to backpack round the world for a few months . |
| 3 | The other two were good as well — they 'd both passed for Sergeant , stable , fine fellers . |
| 4 | She listened without interrupting and was impressed with the way he had thought it through , his plans being laid before they 'd even landed at Manchester . |
| 5 | Cook 's skipped it , and the others said they 'd already talked to you . ’ |
| 6 | Good , they 'd already forgotten about Zaria . |
| 7 | A word gets around the famine is over and after the tragic experience of loosing her family , her three men in her life , her husband and her sons , nobody starts to consider the situation again , she 's alone now in a foreign , a strange land , surely the only sensible thing for her to do would be to return to her own people in Bethlehem , they say news comes through that they 've been a succession of good harvest , well of course there was gon na be good harvest , god had n't forsaken his people , although they had sinned , although they had done what was wrong , he had n't forsaken them , gods not in the business for forsaken people , he 's long suffering , he is faithful , he keeps his covenant from one generation to another that he had n't forgotten the people in Bethlehem and he had sent them through and he had provided good harvests those who had remained in Bethlehem during the famine , they 'd only suffered for a short time , perhaps enough time to bring them to their senses , to bring them back to god , now the suffering was forgotten as they revelled in a plentiful supplying in abundant harvests Naomi on the other hand she knows want now , she 's suffering bereavement , she 's suffering poverty , she 's suffering remorse , there 's nothing for her in Noad , there 's no rest , no joy , no provision , nothing that could meet her needs what a pity she had wasted there those ten wasted those ten years , ten long wasted years in her life now she comes to a decision whatever the cost and there is a cost , she 's gon na have to eat humble pie , how are they gon na receive her when she goes back but she comes to that decision that no matter what it costs her , she will go back to the place that was chosen for her by god , her inheritance of him It always to our cost when we under value our inheritance , do you remember the story of Jacob and Aesop and how Aesop despised his birth right , the inheritance that was his , and Illuminarc and Naomi had done the same , and you and I can do it so easily , leaving , forgetting , not entering in to the inheritance that is ours in Christ , we do it to our own costs , and so she goes through that I 'm gon na go back , I 'm gon na take up my inheritance , I 'm going back home . |
| 8 | You mean to say er i , they 'd only lived in Bournemouth do n't you ? |
| 9 | ‘ Well , they investigated , and apparently it was quite easy , because it was a very distinctive typeface , which they 'd only used on one machine . |
| 10 | A cool breeze drifted through the open window , carrying with it the sound of water trickling softly from the old stone fountain they 'd painstakingly renovated in the inner courtyard . |
| 11 | They 'd all gone to bed the night before when I 'd returned from a last noggin with Harry . |
| 12 | K. R. Whenever they had a raid on the Chinese gambling , they took them all in the cells and they all sent out for Chinese meals , and when they 'd all gone to the Main Bridewell in the middle of the night — ‘ 125 , scrub out ! ’ — and I had to take my tunic off and scrub out after the Chinese had been . |
| 13 | She 'd been very happy that Sunday , 13 years ago , when they 'd all gone to Adam 's for lunch . |
| 14 | I kept reminding myself of how much trouble they 'd all gone to . ’ |
| 15 | They 'd all gone over the side , singing Johnny Lydon 's hit ‘ Who Do You Think You Are Kidding , Mr Galtieri , ’ and 98% of them had n't made it to the beaches . |
| 16 | I suppose they 'd all gone in half a minute but it seemed an eternity of fascination and fear to a cringing youth . |
| 17 | Where they 'd all met with their initiation into his flamboyant world of sex . |
| 18 | I seemed to have a separate brain for each limb , but they 'd all broken off diplomatic relations . |
| 19 | They 'd all got off the bus together ; this one had gone into a truckers ’ cafe for cigarettes and a carton of coffee . |
| 20 | there were five red and gold crackers on the starched , white cloth and all the presents were ready in the old pillowcases they 'd all used for years at Christmas . |
| 21 | I do n't suppose they 'd ever heard of us . |
| 22 | I know this was the first time they 'd ever thought of or considered themselves as artists , before that I guess they just thought they were lucky . |
| 23 | Some novelty value because he was the first Russian they 'd ever had in the car , but that was all . |
| 24 | The thing had gone on so long they 'd actually retired from nursing . |
| 25 | Something to do with Company cash-flow , stuff they 'd hardly touched on the course . |
| 26 | And this Mr was so taken aback , by me going in and asking for a job , and they 'd always advertised in the paper before , that he said , Well , she must want work if she 's gone after it . |
| 27 | Nobody had wanted to be regularly policed as people were abroad , preferring to leave it to the magistrates to swear in special constables as they 'd always done in times of civil disturbance , or use the troops . |
| 28 | If they 'd really wanted to . |
| 29 | If they 'd really cared for him , Nigel reasoned , they 'd have stayed . |
| 30 | ‘ They did n't want to admit they 'd never heard of him . |