Example sentences of "they have [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.

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1 Football since the 1950s has come to provide a kind of surrogate community for the young ; the club defines their identity and the ‘ end ’ is their territory , even if they have moved out to the high-rise blocks miles away .
2 They have cottoned on to the fact that the dealers come up with a different brand name every week .
3 They have trooped along to the lobby room to glean information from the Prime Minister 's press Secretary , Mr Bernard Ingham .
4 When they reach an obstacle , such as the sharks , they have to go back to the previous question .
5 Callers sometimes misdial and think they have got through to the local barracks or Lingfield garage .
6 Labour Members say that they want to have a debate , yet because they have been discomfited in other debates they have come in to the Chamber to start shouting and jeering .
7 They have caught on to the right idea , by saying ,
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