Example sentences of "they 've [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A distinctly mature audience had come to hear a band whose fortunes they 've followed for a quarter of a century . |
| 2 | It was the , the British Corpus asked us if we would be willing to record the last council meeting , because they wanted to , erm , get dialects and accents and use of words from different parts of the country , and they were so enthralled by our display , they 've asked for a further two meetings . |
| 3 | They 've asked for a stand-ball . |
| 4 | They 've asked for a third . |
| 5 | They 've asked for a third of what |
| 6 | They 've asked for a number , have n't they , spec specifically here , which I think that 's detailed enough . |
| 7 | They 've they 've asked for a few changes to their older system , and this new one will give them all that they want , plus a load that they do n't want . |
| 8 | so we made each what was the dining room they 've made into a bedroom , but just do n't that he , cos you could see them doing it . |
| 9 | Most people , if they can play something that sounds like something that they 've heard on a record , are in danger of falling into the trap of saying , ‘ A-ha ! |
| 10 | ‘ They 've gone on a recce . ’ |
| 11 | so she just told me that so I 'll have all the news of Colin tomorrow they 've gone for a week |
| 12 | They 've gone to a matinee of Starlight Express . |
| 13 | They 've gone through a carefully planned period of transition to keep things interesting for themselves , and their time is about to start again . |
| 14 | And how are we to make alliances with those women or are we to say that we do not wish to do so until they 've gone through a greater degree of learning process . |
| 15 | They 've gone into a ‘ Chew and choke ’ to get some sandwiches but they 'll be back soon and I do n't have time to call the ‘ Bears ’ |
| 16 | The police say it was one of the worst attacks that they 've seen on a horse . |
| 17 | It 's been the best bit of talent we 've , they 've seen for a long while ! |
| 18 | What they 've done in a matter of a few weeks is put together a data bank of information that 's colossal , and they 're dealing with an enormous amount of , of distress and problems . |
| 19 | The bees somehow convert the soup of rotten meat they 've collected into a more or less stable paste for storage in the nest cells . |
| 20 | I was quite tough with them and , though I 've only ever smacked them once — with the stick end of a feather duster which , since reading Mommie Dearest , they 've turned into a wire coat-hanger — I would often destroy them with tongue-lashings that still twist my conscience today . |
| 21 | Ye , well it 's not in the shop , I think it 's big country house they 've turned into a hotel or something . |
| 22 | things that happened to them while they were making the African Queen and , they 've turned into a story . |
| 23 | Here , they 've moved into a ventilation brick . |
| 24 | Six months ago six major E C Health and Safety Directives came into effect covering workplace safety , machinery , protective equipment , manual handling , work with computers and word processors , they 've built on a framework directive giving workers new rights to consultation and the right to stop the job and the union has been watching the government and the H S E and me as well , in their attempts to water down the requirements of these directives and we might well lodge a formal complaint with Brussels that could land the Tories in Europe 's Court of Justice . |
| 25 | Er well it seems that that they 've put in a bid to er purchase the th the market place er and as Peter said quite rightly apparently wrapped in wi with it er I do n't know why but wrapped in with the the proposed deal is the er Pembroke Hall . |
| 26 | They 've put in a ice rink , a very nice international standard Temple Cowley Pools and many other things , leisure centres and so on . |
| 27 | What that obviously means is that they 've drawn from a very , from a very wide area and therefore , they , they 've got the long , main industrial estate , which has thirteen factories , of which only three are occupied , and ten which are unoccupied , which are erm , in fact deteriorating . |
| 28 | If you look around the towns and cities of Britain , you will find the same story , be it steel plants , those vast chemical plants , the big engineering works , they scarcely exist any more and if they still are there , they 've shrunk to a tiny part of their earlier size . |
| 29 | The villagers occasionally dress up in their lederhosen , and give it all they 've got with a few thigh slapping , foot stamping numbers . |
| 30 | They often agree to intercourse because they feel they must or they think they 've got to a certain age where they have to do it . |