Example sentences of "that they 've " in BNC.

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1 Whether you agree or disagree with what they do , you have to accept that they 've worked out a very complicated system of values .
2 In particular the chaos of the media ; where Front 242's use of TV images of terrorism and catastrophe was as a backdrop to their own survivalist strength , with Butthole Surfers it 's more the case , as David Stubbs said , that they 've fallen foul of the media overload , are carried by a momentum that is not their own .
3 What Butthole Surfers have done , what made and makes them so crucial , is that they 've taken on the sonic possibilities bequeathed still unexplored and underdeveloped by acid rock but have jettisoned many of the disabling attitudes that originally trammelled that music — sophistication , expertise , the counter-cultural impulse to edify .
4 So we write lists , and we find that they 've probably got more skills than most people .
5 ‘ This woman 's a similar type to his English wife , and they 've read that they 've split up acrimoniously .
6 ‘ Anyway I 'll lay a wager that they 've all forgotten .
7 Unmanned , they float about like driftwood , secure in the knowledge that they 've already lost .
8 Pat in EastEnders and Bet in Coronation Street who were both , I think , wonderful before they got married have really become very boring now that they 've got husbands , and Rita , of course , has been through the terrible chastening and disempowering experience of a ‘ film noir ’ femme fatale .
9 I check that they 've got everything they need , toiletry-wise or anything else they might need .
10 To be honest , it is n't so much the W particle that they 've found at CERN , as the ‘ signature of a long-sought particle of matter ’ , as the establishment 's press release puts it ( for more details of this exciting find , turn to p 221 of this issue ) .
11 It may seem ironic to onlookers that the very parents who have been complaining loud and long about the difficulty of sharing their home with impossible teenage children , should be lamenting the fact that they 've left , only a few months later .
12 This is usually because they 've never thought much about Christianity and the only opinions that they have got are ones that they 've picked up from their parent(s) or the TV .
13 But the Junior also felt a little odd , the playing area being rather off to one side , so Hamer would say it 's this that they 've looked to address — but I still think they could have done it better .
14 It would all be very simple and straightforward , except that they 've chosen to position the pots in an unfamiliar , and I think confusing , configuration .
15 It 's nice when you pick up a guitar , knowing it to be a company 's idea of what a first electric should be like , and finding that they 've got it just about right .
16 What I really love about these guitars — the 12-strings especially — is that they 've been set up with the lowest , most buzz-free actions imaginable .
17 It 's strange the way Chinese Whispers start about certain guitars ; by the time the umpteenth person has told you about the amazing instrument that they 've seen , you begin to be very sceptical about whether anything can be as outrageous as described …
18 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 !
19 Recently signed to Gilles Peterson 's Talkin' Loud label at Phonogram , it 's here that they 've gathered to address the question of how the Great British music press is going to receive them .
20 Like-minded people have noticed this , with the results that they 've always drawn diverse audiences .
21 Yet they are n't fakes , for it would appear that they 've been printed by the county 's National Mint .
22 In a way it 's understandable in that they 've got the height to win lineouts .
23 OK , I often employ builders on the basis that they 've got an honest face only to find they 've nicked my buckets , added unnegotiated noughts on to their invoices and buggered up the plumbing but …
24 The main reason our children try drugs is that they 're searching for pleasure , and the main reason they carry on is that they 've found it .
25 ‘ Indian restaurants are always contacting us to say that they 've had celebrities in , and more often than not they turn out to be MPs . ’
26 ‘ Easy , ’ I replied , ‘ You see , the things about the Americans is that they 've absolutely no CLAAAARSE . ’
27 British industrialists are getting agitated about an £8bn interest-free loan that they 've made to the Government .
28 Touche Ross are wasting their time and our money , and we regret that they 've taken this action . ’
29 ‘ Users can buy WINDOS now , use the DOS spreadsheet , and know that they 've got the Windows spreadsheet ready to go as and when they 're ready , ’ says Ms Reay .
30 They suspect — wrongly — that they 've been double-crossed . ’
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