Example sentences of "[noun] they have [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For two centuries they had faced Celtic attacks . |
| 2 | Just short of the entrance to the Estrecho de Magellanes they had encountered gale-force winds and off Cabo Virgenes the tow had begun to sheer violently and range up on the tug . |
| 3 | At that time , the mullahs were the country 's principal teachers and in many rural areas they had become considerable men of property , taxing the people and buying land for themselves . |
| 4 | For Republicans this was a particularly rewarding set of results ; in recent decades they had enjoyed considerable success in presidential elections , but the victories of Eisenhower and Nixon had not , with the fleeting exception of 1953 — 55 , been flanked by success in Congressional elections . |
| 5 | Well at the moment they 've got free fitting on all carpets is their latest offer |
| 6 | Alternatively or additionally subjects may genuinely feel that there is greater subjective difference within the few films they have given high ratings to than within the many they have given lower ratings to and have been at least partially successful in avoiding what Poulton ( 1989 ) terms equal frequency biases . |
| 7 | Their names were taken from Amal 's brother , but by the time they were collected and asked to appear before the police for statements they had taken great pains to prepare their story . |
| 8 | Oh well , that sounds like everybody else , cos I was just saying to Ann that Ian and erm Martin they 've had high temperatures and |
| 9 | For some twenty years they had taken opposite sides , reliably and predictably , on all the resounding issues of religion and state . |
| 10 | In recent years they have used commercial strategy consultants to undertake this work on behalf of their clients . |
| 11 | Bees navigate using the sun , and for millions of years they have used polarised light to locate their guide on cloudy days . |
| 12 | They brought , either bought them themselves or bought them posed to beworking with me cos I want to do something on diaries they 've got weekly diary , little |
| 13 | She remembered the difficulties they 'd had repairing Starlings after the war , when you could n't get a brick or a plank of wood , not even if you was royalty ; and she remembered comforting Nell as each granddaughter left home . |
| 14 | they booked a six week holiday coming back on the first week on boxing day they 've got free car hire for the whole six weeks , not the insurance . |
| 15 | In the Bristol area they have played active parts in the administration of the Jubilee Convalescent Home , the Bristol General Hospital and the St Monica Home . |
| 16 | If the Romans wanted systematic information about the Celtic lands and institutions they had to recruit Greek scholars . |
| 17 | But by that very defence they have restored free speech to areas in this country where organised Socialist and Communist opposition had prevented it before in open public meeting . ’ |
| 18 | In two cases where father and son were both working shifts they had arranged alternate shifts thus allowing uninterrupted farm work . |
| 19 | Ever since Victor had saved his life on the deadly ravine-wire crossing they had become firm friends . |
| 20 | In many cases they have gone long periods before they have even made a profit . |
| 21 | So there 's no shortage of water in that area , er and even in some dock areas and dock for instance they 've got special fire mains which are pressurised , which give a lot of water at a high pressure , so you can pump from there . |
| 22 | They have many more management techniques , which we did n't have — which we 've given them — and of course they 've got new ideas coming along as well. , Pearce 's own progression within Esso was a series of the grasped opportunities he talks about enthusiastically . |
| 23 | Well of course they have to wear different colours anyway do n't they ? |
| 24 | Within minutes they had roused sleeping children from four of those homes and driven off with them into the murky winter dawn . |
| 25 | And in , you know Woodboy Street Sunday night in the summer when it was a heat wave they 'd got little bow windows then in Woodboy . |
| 26 | While Folly was coming uncomfortably to terms with the fact that the reason they had to avoid built-up areas was to avoid too much carnage if they fell out of the sky , Luke turned to the man in the overalls , who was waiting respectfully for them to finish talking . |
| 27 | Mr Hurd said that because the issue was so important , he had asked the Attorney General and the Lord Advocate for their advice and on Thursday they had given contrary advice . |
| 28 | At the sixth meeting members agreed that ‘ as a result of their examination of the first six courses they had established certain standards for assessment and were now able to make an objective judgment upon the courses submitted ’ . |
| 29 | I especially like the way they have used clinical interviews and illustrative case studies from other researchers , to ground their theory . |
| 30 | Oh Marks and Spencers when I buy those croissants they 'd got hot cross buns on sale . |