Example sentences of "they have [vb pp] [to-vb] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carrying a coach load of supplies , they 'd planned to collect the children from a camp in Zagreb . |
| 2 | Making out they 'd gone to see the daffodils . |
| 3 | They wanted to be able to tell their insurers , Lloyd 's of London , they 'd tried to sell the stones . |
| 4 | Luckily they 've decided to modernise the gauges instead of going for full bailing-wire authenticity , and the Vintage Reissue Strings come in a sensible .010 to .039 size . |
| 5 | They 've got to keep the passengers occupied so they do n't start worrying about how the plane manages to stay up in the air . ’ |
| 6 | that 's what they 're supposed to do , I mean and if they do break the rules they 've , they 've got to accept the consequences and it 's as simple as that |
| 7 | If they 're going through the course they 've got to cross the course , they 've got to cross the fences . |
| 8 | It would all be very simple and straightforward , except that they 've chosen to position the pots in an unfamiliar , and I think confusing , configuration . |
| 9 | ‘ They 've come to steal the secrets of Sakkrat , ’ he said . |
| 10 | But more than any other band at the moment , they 've managed to translate the lessons of dance culture into mainstream pop success . |
| 11 | they 've had to extend the pipes all this and that like , you know ? |
| 12 | They had come to visit the graves of their own dead children . |
| 13 | They had promised to see the girls , same time , same place , next week , but both knew that was very unlikely . |
| 14 | In England they had managed to restrict the horizons of the working class to piecemeal economic goals , to mere trade unionism . |
| 15 | Their membership was low and they had failed to organize the immigrants from the centre and south who increasingly provided the majority of semi-skilled and unskilled labour in the industrial north . |
| 16 | At the end of 1987 they had failed to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup and then played two drawn series against India and Pakistan , in the latter case coming close to defeat before squeezing a two-wicket victory to square the rubber . |
| 17 | Ministers of Health would have incurred little or no extra criticism if they had failed to provide the services which the £25 million yielded by the prescription charges have made possible ; what criticism there was , would have been diffused over a hundred objects and none of it would have made a distinct impression on the mind of the electorate . |
| 18 | But the council say they have pledged to keep the homes out of private ownership unless it is absolutely necessary . |
| 19 | They have sought to damage the interests of people legitimately seeking political asylum , having fled from oppression , who if they returned to their own countries would face further oppression and possibly death . |
| 20 | These intimations of universal and particular timeless and now reach readers whether or not they have learned to call the sections of Ulysses by the names of episodes , characters , or places taken from the Odyssey . |
| 21 | But in seeking the right to renationalise the Scottish water industry , should that be privatised , they have failed to address the implications of that policy . |
| 22 | They have helped to defuse the arguments about teaching style and concentrate attention upon content and delivery . |
| 23 | Rather they have tried to regulate the conditions under which such workers are employed . |
| 24 | They have had to face the demands of liturgical change , increasing pressures from tourism , media attention , financial constraints and the expensive upkeep of large and ancient buildings . |