Example sentences of "they have [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.
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1 | Pitman and McCourt four of the best but one of them has never won the Gold Cup … |
2 | Pitman and McCourt four of the best jockeys but one of them has never won the Gold Cup which one … |
3 | Less than 48 hours later you 'd think they 'd just won the pools . |
4 | They 'd tasted like shit but they 'd sure done the stuff ; everybody else had been whining about the story while Pete had been lying there with his tongue hanging out . |
5 | They 'd even discovered the unlikeliest things in common — a liking for potted shrimps and piano concertos , an aversion to veal and Wagner . |
6 | They 're offered for sale at around six pounds … and in cases like these available before they 'd even reached the cinema . |
7 | I suppose they must be , thought Lydia , shrugging , and wondering also whether the modern tendency , which was American in origin , to tell everybody everything before they 'd even got the first olive off the cocktail stick had percolated as far as here . |
8 | No one was jumping for joy because they 'd finally got the piece they 'd been searching for for years . |
9 | He could probably switch Mason and the others about a bit ; they 'd nearly finished the job at Coleworthy Farm ; but he must n't start counting his chickens . |
10 | And then they was eating their supper so just want another piece of bread , and they 'd nearly finished the tape . |
11 | unfortunately they 'd already printed the forms |
12 | They 'd only sold the land , had n't they ? |
13 | The thing is Danny is that they said they 'd only bought the thing in July . |
14 | They 'd only had the boat 18 months . |
15 | They 'd all seen the armada crossing the water . |
16 | Now you get the health problems caused by over tight corseting , which led to constriction of lungs , of ribs , in some cases , punctured lungs , a lot of cases of T B in the eighteen forties were in fact where the corset had compressed the ribs so tightly , that they 'd actually punctured the lung . |
17 | But the government front bench denied opposition claims that they 'd deliberately delayed the decision to boost Tory support on the eve of the Party Conference . |
18 | They 'd almost reached the place where the party was , but she told the driver to keep going . |
19 | they 'd better share the police and if it comes to the crunch I can get a farm yard for the birthday |
20 | They 'd always had the power to exhange fines for prison , and it was the police who simply did n't understand the law . |
21 | The company has been trading since 1876 and staff say they 'd always thought the firm was financially successful . |
22 | If only they 'd never left the basement with the empty meat-safe hanging outside the window . |
23 | Celest is n't the only unusual animal to have frequented the families living room … in the past they 've also enjoyed the company of a goat . |
24 | Celest is n't the only unusual animal to have frequented the families living room … in the past they 've also enjoyed the company of a goat . |
25 | They 're being coached by one of the country 's best female players , but they 've also got the support of MOST of the boys ' team . |
26 | But she said they 've let it to people and they 've just wrecked the inside of it ! |
27 | They 've just dragged the body of a coachman out of the canal too . |
28 | They 've just reached the half way stage of the project but it 's taken them five years to get this far . |
29 | Oh well they 've just blown the lot up ! |
30 | They 've just blown the lot up ! |