Example sentences of "they have [verb] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But surely not as furious as he would have been afterwards , if they 'd given way to the temptations of their flesh ? |
| 2 | She had n't told Julie about her hopes for a reconciliation with Ross — nor , of course , about the fact that they 'd made love to each other . |
| 3 | Claims lawyer Leslie Perrin is wading through more than a hundred cases of people who say they 've fallen victim to the virulent chryptosporidium bug and he believes that 's just a small percentage of the number who could eventually seek damages . |
| 4 | They 've shown opposition to the introduction of L M S right from the start and put every obstacle possible in the way of its success , and its implementation , and yet there they were congratulating themselves on how well it was working . |
| 5 | To score runs they had to put bat to ball — a realisation which came all too late . |
| 6 | For the last hour they had done justice to Molly 's superb cooking . |
| 7 | Over two-thirds agreed that if they had caused damage to their own clothes at work , the company should not be liable for repairs . |
| 8 | And black dancers had gone in for contemporary or modern dance because they had felt ballet to be a white art form to be watched by white people . ’ |
| 9 | A representative of the illegal but tolerated Moslem Brotherhood said on June 9 that although the Brotherhood did not support political assassinations " the government and the media " shared responsibility for Fudah 's death since they had given space to " writers dedicated to attacking Islam " . |
| 10 | Both ignored the fact that yesterday they had said farewell to each other and a way of life . |
| 11 | The descriptions were perfect , even to George 's crooked thumb , but it was rumoured that they had fled north to Newcastle after spending some time in the Midlands . |
| 12 | Along the way they had paid tribute to a few likely progenitors with covers of Wire , Cheap Trick and Kraftwerk songs , acquired a growing fanbase and a rep for interesting humour . |
| 13 | They had reduced existence to the two secure havens of home and office . |
| 14 | Like Hamlet , they had come face to face with its essential horror and absurdity . |
| 15 | It was an inexorable social process and almost before the rest of society or history had noticed they had laid claim to the leisure hours of the millions . |
| 16 | It was announced in 1985 that the 450 were destined for the United States , but they have fallen victim to the moratorium operating in the USA . |
| 17 | I think what what Mr Wincup was saying at the end of the day , is that the Inspector 's report and the conclusions on the greenbelt local plan will go back to the parent authority , the originating authority , which is North Yorkshire , equally my rec report , out recommendations on this alteration go back to North Yorkshire , they have to take regard to whatever we recommend , ultimately they will take a decision on that , erm depending on the decision other things may flow from it , and I ca n't really speculate on what those are at the moment , but effectively the final decision as to what they accept or reject will rest with North Yorkshire . |
| 18 | Other recent changes have generally restricted access to unemployment benefit ( Atkinson and Micklewright , 1989 ) and , in particular , they have denied benefit to women who had been eligible to at least some benefit in their own right . |
| 19 | They have played host to ten children from Byelorussia , north of Chernobyl , in which 20% of the land ( an area two-thirds the size of Scotland ) has been contaminated . |
| 20 | Just like anybody else , they have understood science to be a process of investigation , and religion a matter of faith . |
| 21 | The ca n't get onto the southbound carriageway … so they have to go north to Peartree before turning round and coming back . |
| 22 | They have pushed south to within 100 miles of Baghdad , and talk optimistically of marching on the capital . |
| 23 | that is against the law , because they have to have access to that cupboard in case there is a fire . |
| 24 | The Wedding Present violently oppose most rock 'n' roll ethos , but perhaps one of the few areas where they have shown loyalty to tradition has been their gluttonous appetite for live work . |
| 25 | They have sworn allegiance to the Warbutt now . |
| 26 | On the fine wire they have reduced life to , |
| 27 | Some religious groups have uplifted people 's ethical conduct , but at other times they have allowed brutality to others in the name of the religion . |
| 28 | They have drawn attention to the injustice of exempting husbands but not cohabitees . |
| 29 | He said : ‘ I 'm obviously delighted that they have drawn attention to the situation . |
| 30 | They have paid attention to the academic , moral and philosophical roots of the movement . |