Example sentences of "[noun] they have [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result they had taken him to the police , and then Sommerville had been questioned . |
| 2 | The student 's friends said he was ‘ wacky ’ and ‘ into violence ’ , but until his murderous frenzy they had believed it to be entirely in his mind . |
| 3 | The occupying Japanese forces had apparently been so terrified by the Toraja that after a few peremptory massacres they had left them to themselves . |
| 4 | Accordingly , at the time of the accident the deceased was a lawful visitor on the premises , since the brewery had not given the deceased any indication that the permission they had given him to be on the premises expired at 10.30 p.m . |
| 5 | They want to help him , and I have to remind them that he might be frightening ( that was the way they had wanted him to be ) so we 'll need to approach him very carefully . |
| 6 | Car dealers say the world 's fastest production car may not prove to be the sellout they 'd expected it to be . |