Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] have [verb] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this is more than can be said for the majority of other books which have exploited the same theme : that of man battling away , amid ignorance and fear , against some novel , lethal , unknown microorganism . |
| 2 | In some places the path we followed was marked out by deep scratches in the rocks , made by the claws of countless rockhopper penguins who have followed the same traditional route for centuries . |
| 3 | Because the novel relies on prior literary knowledge , each individual reading will necessarily be the idiosyncratic result of an interaction between the proper names given and the reader 's capacity to ‘ round out ’ these names by furnishing them with personalities and circumstantial details ( which may vary considerably even between readers who have read the same texts ) . |
| 4 | Romaine ( 1978b ) has cited the case in Edinburgh of two locally born upper-middle-class speakers who had attended the same private school but spoke with quite different accents . |
| 5 | Since 1945 just over 600 awards have been made , with 41 first bars and five second bars — a reflection of the numerous small conflicts which have plagued the latter part of the 20th Century . |
| 6 | I know of several other parents who have made the same decision . |
| 7 | For twenty years I have known the same man and yet still I do not know him . |
| 8 | Over the years they had attended the same victuallers ' functions , and on every occasion Harcourt had kept very much to his own table . |
| 9 | His first impression of Galvone had been of a mobster , but Newman had met other reasonably honest Americans holding high positions who had made the same initial impression . |
| 10 | Then they needed the special consolation or encouragement of the substitute family at Howard ; the camaraderie of the other single girls , or the understanding of families who had shared the same kind of sadness . |
| 11 | But for the real enthusaists it 's the Russians and their East European neighbours which have aroused the most interest . |
| 12 | While no one objects to him chasing the girls a bit ( the roads are safe enough and drivers know him and avoid him ) , he stays away for days on end and is obviously getting into scraps with other dogs — presumably male rivals who 've beaten the same path to the bitches ' doors ! |
| 13 | If you wanted to list the five magazines which have had the most impact on popular culture since the war , they would have to be Picture Post , Queen , Nova , the Sunday Times Magazine — and The Face . |
| 14 | ‘ I suppose there are other girls who have had the same experience as me , and that my talking about it in this book might help them feel less isolated . |
| 15 | I have been teaching machine knitting for some time and often come across pupils who have experienced the same problem . |
| 16 | The most helpful sources of support are more likely to be the parents of other children who have experienced the same trauma . |
| 17 | If you want a mixture of species and colours , grow individual bulbs separately in plant pots and then plant up an arrangement using bulbs which have reached the same stage of development and look to be just about to flower . |
| 18 | For both occasions she had worn the same hat — an uncompromising chenille turban ; Helen had disposed of it a month ago with the rest of her things and , as she looked at the photographs , felt again the curious dry but slimy touch of it . |