Example sentences of "they have [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The curious thing is that though the facts are the same as they were in the Fifties and the risks are higher , the level of anxiety about them has markedly fallen . |
| 2 | And another of them has just come out after doing time for burglary . ’ |
| 3 | Most pubs in the country probably have a few regulars who think their local is the best in Britain … but one of them has just proved it . |
| 4 | Wilkinson was in no doubt how his team had benefited : ‘ The fact I was able to work so hard with them has definitely made a big difference and helped improve my back four . |
| 5 | ‘ Although there are several people sitting on the FISA Commission whom I like and respect , none of them has ever done any serious motor racing , ’ he warned . |
| 6 | No one would lightly believe that either of them has ever found it hard to tell the difference between himself and somebody else . |
| 7 | These have made very nice baby coats in white and one of them has actually sold ! |
| 8 | How , to start with , do they know that they have reached part of the sea where the water below them has suddenly become very much deeper ? |
| 9 | Modern secateurs are now so good , however , that professional opposition to them has virtually disappeared , and it is a rare sight indeed to see a knifesman carefully honing the curved blade with his special fine-grained carborundum stone , invariably kept in an oilskin tobacco pouch in his apron pocket . |
| 10 | Pitman and McCourt four of the best but one of them has never won the Gold Cup … |
| 11 | Pitman and McCourt four of the best jockeys but one of them has never won the Gold Cup which one … |
| 12 | They do n't they 've still got , they 've still got no military technology |
| 13 | They do n't they 've still got , they 've still got no military technology |
| 14 | You see they , they 've only got so long on this site with that van |
| 15 | There are three or four operators who 've been here longer than the computer , and I can see they 've really switched off . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ When we 'd caught them they 'd both gone . |
| 18 | Maybe a coincidence , maybe the two girls talked on the phone , decided they 'd both had enough . |
| 19 | They 'd both had little enough the previous night . |
| 20 | Not a plate , as they 'd both expected , but something much smaller , softer . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The other two were good as well — they 'd both passed for Sergeant , stable , fine fellers . |
| 23 | It was fortunate that they 'd both driven back to the farmhouse after leaving the nightclub , before carrying on to the forest in Adam 's car , so her own vehicle was parked outside in the courtyard . |
| 24 | ‘ You 're a good boy , Wayne , ’ Angelica had said , and they 'd both known that she was meaning for more than just the errand . |
| 25 | Only another one thousand and ninety four days , twenty three hours and — ‘ So , what brings you here ? ’ asked Pete , like they 'd just met socially . |
| 26 | They 'd just survived a crash and had over-reacted . |
| 27 | ( And in the alleyway behind The Gilded Cage , the three teenagers crouched high amidst the rubbish and looked down on the body of the middle-aged woman that they 'd just uncovered . |
| 28 | The Indians had taken the radio telephones ( they 'd have gone off with the genny if they 'd had a crane ) and Caracas thought they 'd just broken down again so came as per normal . |
| 29 | They had been on stand-by since 10.00 a.m. and it was now after one o'clock , but they were as crisp and well-tailored as if they 'd just stepped on to the plane . |
| 30 | But I think they 'd just gone back for the money creed and once you get that well erm they do n't realize that they could be falling into the trap unless we blokes stand firm now to maintain this standard of living . |