Example sentences of "what they 've [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I can tell you what they 've asked for . |
| 2 | ‘ Can … cough out what they 've absorbed . |
| 3 | on disability issues and they have n't been able to find anybody else , but what they 've said , despite extensive attempts the convention has not been able to obtain a replacement for this one , due to and buys us time . |
| 4 | Erm sixty six percent of people believe that the people you vote for say they 'll do things for you but once they 're in they forget what they 've said . |
| 5 | to what they 've said because |
| 6 | and then finding someway what they 've said on there is try to make some sentences that use it so that you can remember what it looks like . |
| 7 | They tell you important things , things you want to hear , and five minutes later they ca n't remember what they 've said . |
| 8 | So I w , I have n't heard what they 've said about holidays , but I would say they ought to say to people , if , if you know , if your allocated six weeks holiday , you take that six weeks holiday . |
| 9 | And then you 're just replying to what they 've said are n't you . |
| 10 | What they 've said about his music : There 's a degree of sentimentality in his songs . |
| 11 | I paused before replying to her , because if you pause before replying to people it gives them the foolish idea that you 've actually listened to what they 've said , and I said of course darling . |
| 12 | On the other hand we know there are some churches that are finding great difficulty in meeting er , what they 've said they can |
| 13 | Ah that 's , what they 've said once you 've paid it , you ca n't get it back , and if you do n't pay it they ca n't insist you pay it . |
| 14 | See the thing is , what they 've said to me , because I 've been away now for nearly two years erm I 'd have to go back and do all the training again , which is a bit of a pain but its not too bad because I 've done it before sort of thing , she said to me oh yeah when you go I , I might come along and see if I like it , and we can do the training together she said , I manage to put her off that idea , manage to talk her out of that . |
| 15 | He said , how do they what they 've said , but they have n't had it ? |
| 16 | So what I was gon na say was , that , that partic , partic er participant observations typically involves actually living with the , the study for a fair amount of time , so erm although they might tell you a pack of lies initially you can actually observe what they 're like , what they do and see whether they fit what they 've said and as time goes on you ha hope to develop some kind of rapport with them so that they might totally understand . |
| 17 | Not not if they stick by th what they 've said |
| 18 | That they 've done what they 've said they 've done , and made a note on the things they 'd said they 'd done , but they had n't done . |
| 19 | That 's what , that 's what they 've said anyway . |
| 20 | Now er as you appreciate at the moment , mum or dad can teach son or daughter to drive er without any real training other than what they 've received in the past . |
| 21 | Although most girls ca n't wait to leave the home for their own place to do their own thing , some always come back to show what they 've achieved , or to say it was n't so bad in the home after all . |
| 22 | And then to apply for a job , I think should be on the complete basis of what what they are , what they 've achieved , what they 've done , regardless of whether they 're male or female . |
| 23 | No , no I do n't know what they 've kept |
| 24 | What they 've fallen down , broken down have they ? |
| 25 | He will do all he can to make amends in some small way for the family 's loss and what they 've suffered . |
| 26 | They welcomed John McCarthy and Jill Morrell like heroes and to many that 's what they 've become . |
| 27 | So , when you start talking about Christianity or church or the Bible , probably the only answers that your friends have got are based on what they 've heard from others , like ‘ It 's all just made up , ’ or , ‘ Jesus never really existed . ’ |
| 28 | What they 've sent me is erm a week 's wage and my three rest days but no holiday pay . |
| 29 | Er I suspect that what they 've sent us is the software but not the database for any wards and the the deal was that we would get er at least er the database for two wards er and a printout annotated with telephone numbers of the er electoral register . |
| 30 | The use of ‘ but ’ where common sense demands ‘ and ’ is symptomatic of a general malaise : the scriptwriters do n't think about the meaning of what they 've written , they just want it to sound pretty . |