Example sentences of "they have [verb] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sakata and the redundancies they 'd guessed would happen . |
| 2 | She said she sometimes longed to go out , to a disco or an amusement arcade and be with other girls , but her uncle was strict and did n't like her going to those places , and although she was sometimes lonely she could n't stand the thought of going back to that school , especially now she had been away from it for so long because anyway her friends would n't be there any more and she would be treated like a little girl and the things they had to do would seem more stupid than ever because in her uncle s house she was treated like a grown-up , which she was anyway , and she ran the house . |
| 3 | The Brasserie , which they had hoped would equal L'Auberge 's trade , has only averaged 60 covers per day , and L'Auberge itself has fallen off from 90 in 1984 to 75 in 1985 . |
| 4 | None of the mortgage societies they had approached would advance them more than ten . |
| 5 | Parliamentarians who believed that the machinery they had established would end the barristers ’ monopoly are entitled to feel let down . |
| 6 | Although land-occupations and a rash of urban strikes were spontaneous and largely uncoordinated , rightists saw them as evidence of the revolution they had predicted would follow a Popular Front victory . |
| 7 | ‘ What I mean is , where they are going the pecking order they have created will take on a mortal significance , red in tooth and claw . ’ |
| 8 | The more stubbornly East Germany 's old men resist change , the greater becomes the danger that the whole edifice they have constructed will collapse around them , threatening stability in Europe and raising the question of reunification for which no one is prepared . |
| 9 | For some , the step back in time brings only sadness , for others what they have seen will provide an impetus for the future . |
| 10 | The authors of reports and memoranda are now expected to decide how what they have written should appear to the reader . |
| 11 | Professionals who try to coerce parents into acting on advice they have rejected should ask themselves what they hope to achieve . |
| 12 | The collection which they have prepared may have looked wonderfully appetising in the kitchen . |
| 13 | Even more important , the NVQ awards they have gained will prove that those skills can be performed in the work situation . |
| 14 | ‘ You may think to deflect the curse , ’ said the sorceress , ‘ and for a while you will do so , for your sorcerers are powerful , and the Enchantment they have woven will endure . |