Example sentences of "they have [adv] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see they , they 've only got so long on this site with that van |
| 2 | There are three or four operators who 've been here longer than the computer , and I can see they 've really switched off . |
| 3 | It was fortunate that they 'd both driven back to the farmhouse after leaving the nightclub , before carrying on to the forest in Adam 's car , so her own vehicle was parked outside in the courtyard . |
| 4 | Only another one thousand and ninety four days , twenty three hours and — ‘ So , what brings you here ? ’ asked Pete , like they 'd just met socially . |
| 5 | The Indians had taken the radio telephones ( they 'd have gone off with the genny if they 'd had a crane ) and Caracas thought they 'd just broken down again so came as per normal . |
| 6 | They had been on stand-by since 10.00 a.m. and it was now after one o'clock , but they were as crisp and well-tailored as if they 'd just stepped on to the plane . |
| 7 | But I think they 'd just gone back for the money creed and once you get that well erm they do n't realize that they could be falling into the trap unless we blokes stand firm now to maintain this standard of living . |
| 8 | Nor with the grumbling of people who did n't want to stand up when they 'd just sat down . |
| 9 | They , they , what they 'd been doing was shooting them over and they 'd just had n't been exploded , they said dud shell or something . |
| 10 | How could he possibly look at her like that after the beauty they 'd just shared together ? |
| 11 | Yes but you , you have to buy the whole album and they had n't got that in , they 'd just sold out . |
| 12 | Well a a a at the time , they 'd just changed over from the erm Tenants ' Development Association , to the Tenants ' Action Group , so it was a bit disorganized to begin with , cos we were still sorting out the , everything from what they 'd left over and things , so , but once we 'd got that all so once they 'd got that all sorted out , yeah , it was . |
| 13 | And so , after they 'd just slipped off to the local registery office in the city , they had left for a brief honeymoon in Paris . |
| 14 | They 'd even backed away ! |
| 15 | BY THE time they got to Woodstock they might have been half a million strong , but give them a few days in the mud and they 'd soon wandered off into an acid daze looking for luxuries like a toilet , somewhere to sleep and a decent tofu burger . |
| 16 | When I got to my room they 'd already brought in my things and Karen , she 's my key worker , she helped me unpack . |
| 17 | She told her parents how she and Susan had bumped into the two lads from Northallerton and that they 'd all gone together to the Lobster Pot for a drink . |
| 18 | They 'd all grown up together on the same corpy estate , been to the same sink school , gone out with the same dreary lads . |
| 19 | Susan had insisted on doing all the washing up by herself ; they 'd all had too much wine and might break something , she said . |
| 20 | Legend has it that , during the obligatory pre-signing wine and dine sesh , The ‘ Weed boys insisted they share the food , as there was more on one plate than they 'd ever seen before . |
| 21 | Was n't it the first black they 'd ever had there , dad ? |
| 22 | For instance you see all these big they 'd actually built up from the ground up , they 'd no taking now just the odd . |
| 23 | I was we were playing this and erm they were really good because they 'd obviously played before and I could n't and they just kept it was really funny cos I kept getting like two and getting like two thousand or whatever and I want to do it really well , I 'm playing them again but they would n't so it |
| 24 | If the scouse rumours I 've heard are true , they 'd better lock up Leeds primary schools if he came to Elland Road . |
| 25 | ‘ On the other hand , you also need to make them feel that this may be their one chance to make a record — and they 'd better work pretty hard to make sure it sounds good . ’ |
| 26 | And they 'd better learn right now that it 's going to be them . |
| 27 | No , we 'll have to have a look tomorrow they 'd better hurry up and eat though had n't they ? |
| 28 | The responsibility will now be theirs and they 'd better get on with it and better show things that they 've been arguing and get along . |
| 29 | They 'd broken in and they 'd better get out . |
| 30 | If those trainers did n't want to end up in a splash they 'd better get out of the way before I … |