Example sentences of "they have [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a cat stuck its leg in the air , they all raced off , screaming that they 'd seen something move . |
| 2 | If a cat struck its leg in the air , they all raced off , screaming that they 'd seen something move . |
| 3 | They 'd seen it happen before to Gesner 's dancers , but not usually so early in the Season . |
| 4 | It was the first time they 'd heard him admit the Store was built by humans . |
| 5 | Because of his principles he had n't served in the Forces and they 'd made him do labouring jobs instead , so that now his hands were n't what they used to be either . |
| 6 | I do n't know if somebody 's trying to tell me something , but they 've made me number thirteen . |
| 7 | They 've made me have more humility and compassion . |
| 8 | They 've made him lie with his hands behind his head , which is a trick they probably picked from a Miami Vice afternoon repeat , except it looks stupid when the guy 's hairy legs are sticking out from the tail of his shirt . |
| 9 | They 'll be exclamations and things they 're just exclamations that they 've heard I think on television . |
| 10 | ‘ The fans have n't seen much of him but what they 've seen they have liked , ’ said Keegan . |
| 11 | Yes , I thought , they 've seen me get out of the pick-up truck , I look wind-blown and ruddy , there 's mud on my hands , they 're bound to think I 'm a crofter 's wife . |
| 12 | See the e the headmaster 's wife see another fella to early retirement last year and they 've let him go back on supply . |
| 13 | Jeff was voted their Player of the Year last season , but they 've let me have him for six months . |
| 14 | ‘ Far as I can find out they 've let it ride for the moment . |
| 15 | I wonder if they 've let it get out of print ? |
| 16 | ‘ I know but that feckless lot up at Claro had that grand , old house given an' they 've let it fall to pieces round 'em . ’ |
| 17 | They had made him wait . |
| 18 | Of course , they had to let him go . |
| 19 | They had had faith , they had seen Jesus perform miracles , they had seen him heal the sick , they had seen him give sight to the blind , they had seen some of the tremendous things that Jesus had done . |
| 20 | Callaghan had made a forced landing in a field , but they had seen him get out . |
| 21 | They had had faith , they had seen Jesus perform miracles , they had seen him heal the sick , they had seen him give sight to the blind , they had seen some of the tremendous things that Jesus had done . |
| 22 | Through a gap a long wave of treetops stretched to the horizon , in the middle distance the smoke was coming and going in irregular bursts as they had seen it do once before from Ridgery Steep . |
| 23 | Someone said that they had heard him suggest that all guests should be breathalysed at the door , for Rush had the reputation locally for being a more than usually dedicated policeman . |
| 24 | and they had do you know how much er a really nice sort of six foot seven foot tree is ? |
| 25 | They had let me slip through the net earlier ; they would n't exactly be fans of mine . |
| 26 | It would have been a different matter if they had let him write his own account of what he had found at the Foinmen . |
| 27 | How could you kiss someone properly when you knew they had let you sit there for hours waiting for them while they went off and had dinner with someone else ? |
| 28 | Since Proust wrote these words painters and writers have revealed other beauties to us — they have made us see the poetry of factory canteens and metro stations , the romance of cog-wheels , iron girders , bombed buildings , dustbins and pylons . |
| 29 | If you ask medical staff how often they have seen someone die , rather than if they have been around at the time , surprisingly few will say they witnessed the actual event . |
| 30 | It 's hard with family to pull the wool over their eyes emotionally because they have seen you go through all sorts of things when you are growing up . ’ |