Example sentences of "[noun] they have [vb pp] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | [ O ] ur statesmen have the greatest opportunities they have had for many years , and likewise the greatest duty . |
| 2 | In ten days , the unknown Fayeds gained permission to own House of Fraser , and throughout the ten days they put continuous lies before the public to justify the Government permissions they had got with such ease . |
| 3 | As he spoke , he reached out for the hand that was nearest to him , uncurling her fingers from the tense fist they had formed without any difficulty as the contact had its inevitable effect on her . |
| 4 | There is even some evidence from the tracks they have left behind that Diplodocus and its allies moved about in herds . |
| 5 | She had always suspected that he 'd had little time for any brain power that she might possess — just as she had always known that her chief value for him had been the almost instantaneous sexual desire they had felt for each other . |
| 6 | It 's the last three or four months erm the lack of education they 've had over that time . |
| 7 | And the joins they 've put on this wallpaper here they stand out |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | So little had been released from that tight grip , and there was so little natural affinity between them that , for all the hours they had spent in this room together , they remained strangers to one another . |
| 10 | The oil mingled with the warm salty water which leaked from places in the ceilings , and that was one of the reasons they had asked for some sort of banister rail to hold on to in the narrow winding-stair . |
| 11 | Even the route they had followed to this point seemed now to have closed behind them . |
| 12 | For half an hour they had lain in each other 's arms in the creaking guest-house bed , too scared with happiness to move . |
| 13 | But part of her did want to repair some of the damage they had done to each other . |
| 14 | The other score — of damage to sons , property and livestock — was never calculated , but the injuries sustained were not considered excessive , and everyone agreed that it was one of the best hurling matches they 'd seen in several years . |
| 15 | Whatever information they had came from such second-hand reports as they were bound to pick up either in Marseilles or in Italy or in the Balkans , without having to visit the country for themselves . |
| 16 | The point is not to seek to vindicate , but to understand the differing responses of pacifists to the most difficult situation they have faced in this century . |
| 17 | Perhaps even more disturbing than just the two points they have earned in six games , is the one goal they have scored in those matches . |
| 18 | OLD people who need treatment for heart conditions may just be computer statistics to hospital bosses — but think how important they are to their families and of the contribution they have made to this country . |
| 19 | whereas other parts they have gone into more detail which is ones they 've gone into more details with |
| 20 | A year later — by mid-1983 — three of his former colleagues — Miles Broadbent ( who replaced Norman as London managing director of Russell Reynolds ) , Julian Sainty and James Hervey-Bathurst — also defected , and Norman Broadbent International was formally established , helped by the credibility they had acquired from these prestigious assignments . |
| 21 | whereas other parts they have gone into more detail which is ones they 've gone into more details with |