Example sentences of "they have [verb] [pron] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Together they 'd made their way to a place on the opposite side of the river , where the forest dropped right down , meeting the bank . |
| 2 | ‘ But you would n't want to pay one gang and then find that they 'd sold your father to another , would you ? ’ |
| 3 | The work broadens people 's horizons because not only will they have to turn their hand to many different jobs but they will also get used to working in different environments and with other people with new ideas and traditions . |
| 4 | And if East 17 get really rich and famous , will they have to change their name to South West One ? |
| 5 | We 're playing the hated enemy Sunderland ( they 've fluked their way to the final ) . |
| 6 | need a new kitchen , du n no about need a new back door , our kitchen looks totally different to them , oh I know what it is , they 've got their door to the living room in the kitchen , that 's what makes a lot of difference do n't it ? but it could be designed better than that |
| 7 | ‘ We did n't get as many cars as we would have liked from funeral directors , ’ said managing director Lowrie as copySlay , ‘ but they 've got their responsibility to their trade . |
| 8 | The landing gear division of Dowty Aerospace at Staverton near Gloucester , is working on the project , but the company say they 've shifted their emphasis to civil , not military aircraft . |
| 9 | The fake Doc Martens were seized in Hong Kong … and now they 've found their way to the Oxfam Emergency Warehouse in Bicester . |
| 10 | Within less than two generations they had transferred their faith to socialism . |
| 11 | If they had given his note to her exactly as he had said … |
| 12 | The same area saw a direct reversal for the bishops in July , when they had to withdraw their summons to the reforming preachers in the face of strenuous opposition from the local Protestant gentry who complained directly to Mary of Guise ; the regent promptly denied knowledge of the summons and proclaimed the doctrine of love of God and neighbour to the Protestants , while instructing the bishops to leave them alone . |
| 13 | They had noted her attention to detail , especially business detail . |
| 14 | A week later I was invited to take a look at the finished model , discovering then to my horror they had reproduced my sketch to the letter . |
| 15 | They had fought their way to the top , often against strong competition — their ambition , and not their meekness , enabled them to inherit the heavenly positions of top management . |
| 16 | They had allowed their house to be used as a location for Howard 's End , Ismail Merchant 's and James Ivory 's film of E M Forster 's novel , which will be released in Britain at the end of this month . |
| 17 | They had sold their farm to the Mali Government and were travelling to a new life in France . |
| 18 | In this way they have developed their capacity to be autonomous learners . |
| 19 | ( They have ignored my existence to this very day . ) |
| 20 | Now they have dedicated their hangar to high speed and in particular the record breakers that flew from this historic airfield . |
| 21 | ‘ The petitioners remark that ‘ the Royal Veterinary College of London is the private property of the subscribers thereto who may continue or close the same at their discretion ; that it is only from their desire to advance the veterinary art that they have allowed their institution to be employed as a College of instruction ; and that thereby the veterinary profession in this country owes even its existence to their establishment ’ . |