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 .
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