Example sentences of "they have [vb pp] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He and his son are largely responsible for the countless impressions of Rembrandt 's graphic works , repeatedly reworking the plates so that Rembrandt 's authorship of them has become something of an ethical dilemma . |
| 2 | In a most interesting essay in the recent volume of Essays on the Depopulation of Melanesia the great psychologist W. H. R. Rivers adduces evidence which has led him to believe that the natives of that unfortunate archipelago are dying out principally for the reason that the ‘ Civilization ’ forced upon them has deprived them of all interest in life . |
| 3 | The cap that happened to get overlooked returns the reader 's gaze blankly yet unavoidably , like the bill from a restaurant abroad which the conspirators find when they turn out the dead man 's pockets , and like the child 's clay whistle which one of them has provided himself with to give the agreed signal — for he has lost so many teeth that he ca n't trust himself to produce the sound naturally . |
| 4 | Well , I see they 've instructed you in the story of your birth , since you had so thriving a grudge against me . |
| 5 | The date on it used to be 1623 , but I see they 've changed it to 1610 , though I do n't agree with either of those dates . |
| 6 | see they 've got it to for a fortnight which you do n't get paid . |
| 7 | They 'd met them in the pub a couple of weeks back . |
| 8 | They 'd suspected him of rigging her escape , and now their suspicions were confirmed . |
| 9 | They were adamant that it had been clear all along , they 'd suspected something from the start . |
| 10 | He 'd picked up some cream that they 'd given me for a skin rash , stuck it under my blindfold and said , in a curious high-pitched waver , ‘ Champignons ? ’ |
| 11 | Then I , I er seen fittings in er , in a friend 's house or they 'd seen them in the erm |
| 12 | Ihave three sons and I would know , and if they 'd done anything like this I would dislike them , and even hate them |
| 13 | It took them what she reported it as soon as the office opened and they 'd done it at about ten twelve time . |
| 14 | They 'd done it for Adam and Christopher and they 'd do it for him . |
| 15 | They 'd done it in Gaelic to cover up the vulgarity . |
| 16 | They 'd kept him in a kiosk on Brighton front day and night waiting for the Germans to invade . |
| 17 | He 'd thrown rocks at windows of offices and works they 'd sacked him from , he 'd defaced buildings , scratched officials ' cars and mutilated bonnet mascots ( though that was largely for his own safety ) and he 'd made bomb-hoax telephone calls . |
| 18 | But they 'd asked me for an epitaph not an editorial and , in any case , I 'd already got the clear impression that most of these unaccustomed mourners could recognise a tolling bell when they heard it , but that like so many of the other warnings that had been laid on them over the years by teachers , social workers and magistrates , they had simply decided that any other way of life was simply too dull , too straight , even to be contemplated . |
| 19 | They 'd followed him for years when he was politically active . |
| 20 | By the time they 'd stowed everything in the boot of the Ferrari and driven to a hilltop where , Nicolo said , they would have the best view , the sun was a fiery ball low on the hills . |
| 21 | Then they 'd they 'd bunged us in the train and sent us down to Marseilles . |
| 22 | as if they 'd robbed him of something . |
| 23 | They 'd locked him in a dirty little hole with a bed you would n't put a dog under . |
| 24 | Dimly doing her best to remember what they 'd taught her at school , Diane believed that she 'd managed to work out the map reference by the time that Ross Aldridge arrived at the Hall . |
| 25 | I 'd seen the play — some touring company did it — they 'd made it into SF , all in space , and Oedipus was a two-headed Zaphod Beeblebrox character trying to kiss his mother with one of his faces and weep sorrowful tears with the other . |
| 26 | My parents were fond of travel , and they 'd brought me on a trip , long before people had even heard of package holidays . |
| 27 | Car dealers say the world 's fastest production car may not prove to be the sellout they 'd expected it to be . |
| 28 | Chelsea , the club he joined four days later , are already paying Swindon 120,000 pounds in compensation for Hoddle the manager , but they 'd offered nothing for Hoddle the player , threatening to withdraw his playing contract rather than part with any more money . |
| 29 | They 'd taken her from the police cells after two days . |
| 30 | They 'd used them in the war , gliders . |