Example sentences of "they [vb base] [vb pp] [to-vb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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1 | " They 've gone to turn out the Owsla , and then we 'll be for it right enough . " |
2 | The hotel 's owners want to replace it with old people 's homes , but they 've agreed to hold back the bulldozers while the building 's inspected by an official from English Heritage . |
3 | How they 've managed to pick up the pieces , when the most fundamental element of their relationship — trust — may have been shattered forever . |
4 | they 've had to close down the spi , and that . |
5 | They have got to pin down the Turks for five-minute periods , which will exaggerate the sense of panic in their back four . |
6 | They have got to find out the rules and then fight by the rules . ’ |
7 | He sees Ecstasy largely in terms of the market place : ‘ Professional criminals have realised there is money to be made and over two years they have managed to take over the market . |
8 | Electric fish have , at least twice independently , hit upon this ingenious method of navigation , but they have had to pay a price : they have had to give up the normal , highly efficient , fish method of swimming , throwing the whole body into serpentine waves . |