Example sentences of "the [noun] have [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Historical and sociological studies of the curriculum have shown us that school subjects are not simply rationally selected for explicit educational aims but are reflections of larger social and political forces . |
| 2 | The secretaries have got it this time , and we are just left at the bottom of the ladder again . |
| 3 | ‘ People associated with the council have called me all sorts of things . |
| 4 | ‘ The Americans have offered us all the help we want . |
| 5 | A club spokesman said : ‘ The doctors have given him another scan and he was taken off the life-support machine . ’ |
| 6 | Got it back , there was erm a blanket in the boot and when they took the blanket out it was all ten thousand pounds worth of drugs and needles and everything in it , so the police have took it all back and they 've written it off , so they 've got a new Nissan , a Bluebird |
| 7 | When I reply to debates , it is my custom to have heard all the speeches that have been made , so it is unfortunate that pressing circumstances outside the House have led me this evening to commit the grave discourtesy of not being in my place to hear as many speeches as I should have liked . |