Example sentences of "they have [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of this she never had any time for her own parents : my mother could n't think it was right that they 'd parted with two of their children . ’ |
| 2 | Central South saw what they 'd achieved by 1991 , and now we 've been back to check on progress . |
| 3 | The other score — of damage to sons , property and livestock — was never calculated , but the injuries sustained were not considered excessive , and everyone agreed that it was one of the best hurling matches they 'd seen in several years . |
| 4 | But there was a house on this repossession and it was sort of like just a sort of young couple and they 'd bought this house and it was like a two bedroom house and they 'd done up beautiful . |
| 5 | Or they might put her on a prison ship to Australia , as they 'd done with two girls from St Jude 's a couple of months ago , because — on those farms where the transported convicts worked all chained together — there was a shortage of women . |
| 6 | Which was crazy , she reflected as she sat there , after all the things they 'd done to each other with their bodies , and the things yet to be done . |
| 7 | By the time the General Election arrived eighteen months later , there was a good candidate ( Malcolm Thornton , now MP ) , a renewed constituency organisation and time for the people of Crosby to realise that they 'd done in that panicky moment when they were looking for a familiar face as their Member of Parliament . |
| 8 | I had to laugh though cos I was talking chap at work and they 'd sent round this erm this form right , to fill in about your opinion about the company and everything . |
| 9 | They 'd asked for more space , as part of the head office refurbishment , but this was ridiculous ! |
| 10 | THREE yachtsmen were plucked from the Atlantic yesterday after they 'd clung for seven hours to the hull of their overturned racing sloop . |
| 11 | I do n't know what happened to the front entrance , but there was a basement underneath there and my first wife was dancing in Harvey Martin 's dance hall underneath , her pal and herself she , they 'd gone to this dance it was a dancing lesson on a Saturday night it was famous in those days Harvey Martin 's dance class er yes I |
| 12 | They 'd gone from legless to stone cold sober in nothing flat . |
| 13 | Yes it was at two down and the every time Palace went forward in the early stages you thought to yourself , here comes another goal because they looked like scoring , they were so dangerous , of course he 's a real threat and he got the better of for that first goal , er he was er danger all the time and er it was a little bit from er County 's performance in reverse to that of the previous week at Forest , where erm Palace were so good in the first half and er you would n't have been surprised if they 'd gone in two nil or even three nil ahead , the penalty brought Notts back into the game . |
| 14 | Dozens of times they 'd gone in single file when they came to the narrow place , made narrow by a growth of gorse . |
| 15 | She realised she was revolving everything they 'd said to each other round and round in her mind . |
| 16 | Doctors at a Bristol hospital said today , they 'd called for more research following two cases there in which mothers had used water baths in the early stages of labour . |
| 17 | Some of his male colleagues boasted about how they 'd felt with various women , raising an arm to show what they 'd been like . |
| 18 | They 'd snapped at one another before — more often than not , Melissa recalled , over the involvement of one with a man considered unsuitable by the other — but any irritation had always been short-lived and apologies barely necessary . |
| 19 | Among the flowers , a tribute from the hospital , to a nurse they 'd known for 5 years who 'll be deeply missed . |
| 20 | That had been an awful tea they 'd had at five o'clock ; two slices of bread and fat , a slab of hard cake and a bowl of milk ; then nothing else , only a drink of water , if they wanted one , before they came to bed , and it only half-past seven . |
| 21 | She and Jeremy had been seeing each other fairly regularly , but he was an investment banker and they were both so hectically involved in their jobs that they 'd opted for casual , no-strings dating almost by mutual consent . |
| 22 | I could n't believe it both of them and they 'd smashed into each other |
| 23 | They 'd seemed on close terms since the night he overheard them quarrelling . |
| 24 | And the studio floor was covered with meat , and they had this dog they 'd starved for three days with contact mics all over its stomach … and they were recording him eating the meat ! |
| 25 | When we , we using B H C vaccine in eigh er , late seventies , early eighties , erm , that caused problems because we had residues left in the meat , and the French amongst others found it as well , so there were , there were problems there , and the Ministry went over to organo-phos or to organo-phosphorus dips , they were the only alternative that they 'd got at that er , time . |
| 26 | They 'd paid for three days , so the rest could buy a cleaner , could n't it ? |
| 27 | A huge £50 million has been raised for charity since the race started in 1981 and runners can pat themselves on the back for all the financial help they have given to worthy causes . |
| 28 | So 1799 was a signal year for W. C. T. in more ways than one : he was now a respectable businessman with a respectable wife , and a Freeman of the City to boot — what can they have thought of all that back in Pig Street , Frome ? |
| 29 | And I believe that the growing trend erm of people going to the cinema , erm cinema owners reconverting cinemas they 've cut into three back into the large auditoria , erm will continue and a night out at the cinema has something to do with the the building you 're in , erm this building if refurbished would have a restaurant , would have a bar , would have a cinema club , would be a real asset to the town . |
| 30 | They 've asked for five . |