Example sentences of "they have [verb] to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No I think they 'd got to a point where , you know , if you , if you were about erm , they made sure they were the first ones there like the and they , I think they more or less recognized by the merchants they , they were the boatmen . |
| 2 | I think there were some people there who did n't really know , but they maybe went because they 'd got to a funeral . |
| 3 | They 've gone to a matinee of Starlight Express . |
| 4 | She 's sort of got with children then because this erm testing , they 've got to a school work outside |
| 5 | And they 've come to a judgement on those issues and their judgement is that erm they s should support the principle of a western route . |
| 6 | It was held by the House of Lords that the defendants were not negligent as they had conformed to a practice approved by one responsible body of medical opinion . |
| 7 | The situation is very much easier today than even ten years ago when male/female roles were far more stereotyped and many couples felt that they had to conform to a set pattern for the sake of convention . |
| 8 | It was n't until they had come to a halt that she had felt able to raise her eyes from the floor and look at the two men standing by the alter rail . |
| 9 | ‘ You can open your eyes now , ’ the Bookman told him when they had come to a stop . |
| 10 | They had come to a bridge . |
| 11 | Mr Wilson said last night that they had talked to a lot of the villagers and were determined not to give in to the vandals . |
| 12 | The point that I want to reiterate here , before extending this concept of structure theoretically , is that in the drama process the surface meaning of the event , the meaning which in fact would play a large part if we were to tell it as a story — ‘ And the townsfolk listened to the Government representative and they had to come to a decision ’ — may not provide the required game structure . |
| 13 | Prior to 1952 , section 14 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act 1848 provided that justices ‘ shall convict … or make an order … , ’ i.e. that they had to come to a decision . |
| 14 | On many occasions in our study we found a sharp contrast between the professionals ' perception that a high degree of consensus had been reached and the parents ' perception that they had agreed to a course of action because they saw no other real choice , particularly if the urgent needs of the child and other family members were to be quickly met . |
| 15 | On a recent visit to Scout Crag , Langdale , they had agreed to a photo-call on Route 1 , described in the guidebook as the best route on the crag — both of them cranking , ever cranking . |
| 16 | Art schools have been closed down and those that survive are permitted only to the extent to which they have converted to a market economy . |
| 17 | A music publishing contract may be offered to a developing artist after they have signed to a record company . |
| 18 | The tempo around them had changed to a waltz . |