Example sentences of "they have [verb] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have begun to dance a strange dance . |
| 2 | Even quite old children will sometimes be seen at the breast , long after they have begun to eat an adult diet , sucking not so much for sustenance as for emotional consolation . |
| 3 | They have threatened to form a breakaway ivory trading bloc if CITES refuses to sanction a return to trade . |
| 4 | They have vowed to take a tough line on solvents after The Northern Echo uncovered glue abuse in Darlington . |
| 5 | They have got to give a receipt |
| 6 | They share similar landscapes and they share a similar history of ways in which they have worked to make a living . |
| 7 | I note that now they have offered to construct a footway along this small section if you will dedicate the land to them for this purpose . |
| 8 | Nato is an association of independent states whose interests coincide to the extent that they have chosen to adopt a common structure within which to cooperate . |
| 9 | From that time , they have continued to have an important role in the discounting of bills and as a result of this function have come to fill a pivotal role between the banks and the Bank of England in the determination of short term interest rates . |
| 10 | I reject the argument put forward both by Mr. Beloff and Mr. Philipson that the Bank of England will suffer no ‘ inconvenience ’ if they have to apply to vary an injunction before they can set the section 39 process in motion ; in most cases they will probably not even know of the existence of an injunction until after the notice is served ; and it is idle to suggest that , once this present case is decided , no similar points to those taken here by the plaintiffs will be raised in future . |
| 11 | ‘ They have managed to find a pocket of air to breathe in but are unable to go up or down . |
| 12 | They have started to make an impact on the scenery already . |
| 13 | They have tried to make a personal and human drama out of what was , in fact , a sequence of astonishing scientific events . |
| 14 | By asking what conditions would have obtained if particular individuals had behaved differently , they have aimed to give a clearer analysis both of the defining characteristics of holism , and of its relations to individualism . |
| 15 | For the Conservative Government to maintain any level of legitimation in ideological or cultural spheres , they have had to construct a definition of common sense which reinforces their definition of the social order . |
| 16 | But they have had to overcome a surprising amount of resistance to the idea that nurses should be involved in research , chiefly from within the nursing profession itself . |
| 17 | Electric fish have , at least twice independently , hit upon this ingenious method of navigation , but they have had to pay a price : they have had to give up the normal , highly efficient , fish method of swimming , throwing the whole body into serpentine waves . |
| 18 | It 'll take all that some of 'em have left to buy a ticket up the Canal . |