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 , |