Example sentences of "they have [vb pp] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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1 | And you could bet that the moment he 'd left they 'd sat down in the shade . |
2 | Do you think perhap , erm , because it 's not so busy , do you think perhaps they 've cut back in the restaurant , and that 's why you 're doing a bit more work for the restaurant , you know , doing the floaters and things . |
3 | they 've gone down in the world again a bit . |
4 | In the meantime , all the genuine members who 've stayed on are livin' in the tented village they 've set up in the grounds , around the burned out house . |
5 | They had grown up in the same house since they were babies and were virtually inseparable . |
6 | Some who were on the list contested their placing and felt ‘ it was unreasonable that they had lost out in the advertisement race ’ . |
7 | Having wandered about all over the house , they had ended up in the dining room where the cabinet full of glass was . |
8 | Servants came , and wrapped them in soft new sheets together , and carried them to the bed which they had set up in the white room . |
9 | The light was fading perceptibly now ; they had set out in the full glare of the midday sun , but they had ridden for several hours and dusk was creeping across the land . |
10 | They had rolled around in the narrow berth on the unanchored sheet , slipping on the shiny much-worn cheap leatherette surface of the bunk , lurching in and out of one another in a determined kind of way , the only passengers on the boat not to be paralysed with seasickness . |
11 | Then we went in to Hamish and Tone 's for tea and apologies , and later drove to the castle for what would have been the most excruciating interval of my life if Verity and Lewis had still been there , but they were n't ; they had taken off in the car to visit some friends of Verity 's who lived in Ardnamurchan , and would n't be back until late tomorrow at the earliest . |
12 | Both went to art school : neither needed art school to learn how to do the work they have put up in the Hayward . |