Example sentences of "they have [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see they 've got to be seen taking it out |
| 2 | Bluebird , which was rented by a group of nurses from the Waterloo Hospital , had been at the ready , and when the birth was imminent they 'd seen to it that the ambulance arrived promptly . |
| 3 | And Phil Oakey must have eaten his own fringe when he heard what they 'd done to his malevolently provincial classic ‘ Do n't You Want Me ’ . |
| 4 | But he did n't want to go to the bloody thing , not after what they 'd done to the poor old man . |
| 5 | Which was crazy , she reflected as she sat there , after all the things they 'd done to each other with their bodies , and the things yet to be done . |
| 6 | Mr Stokle says he felt like killing the culprits when he first saw what they 'd done to Mrs Leyshon . |
| 7 | He should have made a point of looking at the evening coverage before doing his own piece ; but he 'd seen the people they 'd sent to the press conference at the hospital , dismissed them as unlikely to do a decent job on it , and promptly forgotten them . |
| 8 | Being an intellectual or bourgeois did n't help that much in itself but those of their own journalists and professors they 'd sent to the remote prison island of their archipelago , Guru , had n't been systematically tortured ; just neatly excised from society for twenty years or the stay of their natural existences . |
| 9 | She really would have preferred a cup of tea , but could n't refuse when they 'd gone to so much trouble . |
| 10 | Cheering , in wild enthusiasm and their best clothes still , the clansmen swung back aboard their galleys , and heaved them round and away again , a sight happier than when they 'd gone to Inveraray . |
| 11 | ‘ They were all either dead or they 'd gone to Australia . |
| 12 | I 'd been in there four months and they came and told me they 'd gone to America . |
| 13 | Kate said they 'd gone to the army display and mentioned the rations that were taken on Antarctic expeditions . |
| 14 | They 'd gone to the loo together by the time I joined Bunny . |
| 15 | I thought we got him and Forrester at the same time — they 'd gone to Auxerre straight from the FA School of Excellence or something . |
| 16 | The last time she and Arnie had eaten out they 'd gone to the local curry house where they went about four times a year . |
| 17 | They 'd gone to the barn with David Harper , Daniel Winter and Wisdom Smith after an evening at the pub . |
| 18 | I do n't know what happened to the front entrance , but there was a basement underneath there and my first wife was dancing in Harvey Martin 's dance hall underneath , her pal and herself she , they 'd gone to this dance it was a dancing lesson on a Saturday night it was famous in those days Harvey Martin 's dance class er yes I |
| 19 | She realised she was revolving everything they 'd said to each other round and round in her mind . |
| 20 | Well that 's what they 'd said to Melody Maker . |
| 21 | Yeah that 's what they 'd said to Melody Maker . |
| 22 | Fifteen years ago they 'd decided to be circumspect , they 'd brought their love affair to an end because the baby had been born . |
| 23 | Jodie Riddell , owner of the very sweet Wolfer ( Sam 's ‘ girlfriend ’ ) , came close to losing her 18-month-old pet on a busy street — after they 'd moved to the hostel . |
| 24 | They 'd moved to their cottage a few years ago and ran an electrical business in Didcot . |
| 25 | They 'd danced to Michael 's band and her glossy pink trousers flashed and moved in the dimmed lights , and he had felt elated and mildly drunk , and had lost most of the inhibitions he 'd had about dancing , until it became clear to his confused brain that the drummer , who had soft dark hair and was probably a potential Celtic supporter , was getting on so well with Amanda that perhaps they should move on elsewhere , and he swayed out of the room , pushing her in front of him , and bumped into someone at the door , and had realised it was the man in the raincoat , only he was in a dark suit and a tie with geometric designs . |
| 26 | If they 'd known it , if they 'd wanted to , they could have got me to do anything in those minutes . |
| 27 | If they 'd wanted to . |
| 28 | There 's this old girl at er the top of the road you know , got them , she planted them half way down her garden , right , when they 'd grown to about six foot high she said we could have the rest of their garden , so we did , that 's how come our garden 's so big cos people give our , give us the garden |
| 29 | Then they 'd returned to the stable and George had got back to the House about midnight . |
| 30 | She dearly loved the twins , but over the last two days , since they 'd returned to Liz and Owen 's apartment , her cousin 's ancient washing-machine had seemed to be going non-stop ! |