Example sentences of "they have [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 There are three or four operators who 've been here longer than the computer , and I can see they 've really switched off .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 Nor with the grumbling of people who did n't want to stand up when they 'd just sat down .
7 Yes but you , you have to buy the whole album and they had n't got that in , they 'd just sold out .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 When I got to my room they 'd already brought in my things and Karen , she 's my key worker , she helped me unpack .
12 They 'd all grown up together on the same corpy estate , been to the same sink school , gone out with the same dreary lads .
13 For instance you see all these big they 'd actually built up from the ground up , they 'd no taking now just the odd .
14 Perhaps they 'd never looked out of the windows .
15 They 've also come up with the quaint idea of having a T-shirt recycling stall in the club where you can take your old T-shirts and get a new Dodgy one in exchange .
16 They 've also come up with an amendment to the English battle hymn of recent years : ‘ Swing low , sweet chariot , coming for to carry me home — wards to think again . ’
17 They 've also got up a selection of works by contemporary Latin American artists .
18 The others were perfectly alright , but they 've just worn out , do you like these ?
19 At last , a jazz influenced band who do n't try to look as if they 've just stepped out of the pages of Kerouac .
20 He said they 've just rang up they 're bringing your car .
21 and people who have responded to circulars that they 've just sent out .
22 They 've just moved in recently .
23 Oh no , they 've just run out , yeah .
24 They 've just gone round .
25 They 've just gone out .
26 Go straight in cos they 've just gone in .
27 They 've just gone off somewhere and left it behind .
28 ( 4 ) Rigby Electronics ( Harvard OTC ) " They 've just brought out a device for checking whether a credit card belongs to a particular person or not .
29 L : I was noticing — I was down by Queen Street or+the bottom of Hanover Street or somewhere + and they 've just cleaned up some of the buildings down there + and what a difference it makes +
30 Inside Nottingham 's Ritzy club in the middle of the afternoon TV production assistants are busy organising blindfolds for a new game they 've just dreamt up called ’ Kiss , Cuddle And Feel ’ for the evening 's show .
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