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 !
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