Example sentences of "[adj] have [vb pp] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | There were also reports that some had jumped on the trains as they passed through East Germany , or that the numbers could have included previously uncounted children . |
2 | Two days earlier the human rights organization Amnesty International had reported on the conditions under which the detainees were held , and on allegations of torture . |
3 | Attempts to harness the numerical strength of the casual poor had foundered on the rocks of seeming apathy . |
4 | Much of the foregoing has concentrated on the origins and physical plans of towns . |
5 | Scunthorpe 's faithful few in a crowd of 7,682 had huddled on the terraces like penguins on an ice floe as the dankness seeped down the Pennine valleys . |
6 | Thousands had died on the battlefields , in rearguard bombing raids and in repressive purges . |