Example sentences of "they have [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exploitation for Marx is the process by which a group of people are deprived of the full value of their labour so that what they have lost becomes a surplus for another group who obtain this element . |
| 2 | They have got to give a receipt |
| 3 | They share similar landscapes and they share a similar history of ways in which they have worked to make a living . |
| 4 | I note that now they have offered to construct a footway along this small section if you will dedicate the land to them for this purpose . |
| 5 | ‘ They have managed to find a pocket of air to breathe in but are unable to go up or down . |
| 6 | For the Conservative Government to maintain any level of legitimation in ideological or cultural spheres , they have had to construct a definition of common sense which reinforces their definition of the social order . |
| 7 | 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 . |