Example sentences of "they have [verb] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hired my boat on Faarsay — that 's a little island south of Mull — and they 'd heard about Mrs Hamilton , but they did n't know my folks , so no one told me our house was let . ’ |
| 2 | It had been bought by a northern brewery who could n't believe that they could get over a pound a pint for their best bitter despite what they 'd heard about Londoners . |
| 3 | He put the back of his hand on each forehead and asked Nellie if they 'd complained about pains in the ear . |
| 4 | The Jungle Book they 'd forgotten about : it was in the past . |
| 5 | So the guy who 'd been fired took one of the cars from the agency and he got on the wrong road ; they 'd forgotten about curfew , probably they were too drunk and they did n't stop when a South Vietnamese barrage challenged them . |
| 6 | that , that spoilt the course or were not relevant and they 'd forgotten about the relevant bits . |
| 7 | Why do they have to talk about it all ? |
| 8 | The management committee have been very impressed with Llansantffraid and the way in which they 've gone about their improvements . |
| 9 | One of the things I 'd like to see happen is a greater exchange across all the businesses of what they 've learnt and how they 've gone about quality programmes . |
| 10 | We 've both become victims of Private Eye and I know that he would laugh at some of the things they 've said about me , and I 'd do the same to him . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | What they 've said about his music : There 's a degree of sentimentality in his songs . |
| 13 | But the really interesting bit about Rosemary Thorne 's appointment is not just that it 's newsworthy there 's only one other woman finance director in the country 's top 100 companies but what they 've done about her old job . |
| 14 | Like , they do n't need it any more , so they 've forgotten about it and do n't understand it any longer . |
| 15 | They 've known they 've known about this for a fair while . |
| 16 | They 've talked about Mondo 2000 , virtual raves , about smart drugs and new psychedelics , about chaos theory and fractals . |
| 17 | That 's all they 've talked about at work , you know . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ They 've talked about it , ’ mother said , in tones of utmost reason , with a small shrug . |
| 19 | They 've talked about the way that employers , that employers treat workers , and do you know what that resolution does , because it 's printed in the preliminary agenda and I make no apologies for saying this . |
| 20 | they 've talked about the problems of oversupply in two er two respects , sterilization of land . |
| 21 | He was quite likely to forget the agreement they had made about the night watchman and , given the slightest excuse , batter the old boy . |
| 22 | And it was about the only thing they had to talk about , too . |
| 23 | She stifled the admission that they had to talk about something — anything — to take her mind off the contradictory emotions that stirred inside her , and managed a casual shrug . |
| 24 | But though , at the revolution , Romanians were shocked by stories about the pictures of the luxurious excesses of the Ceauşescus ' lifestyle — which until then had remained private — they had to whisper about their children , especially Nicu , if they wanted gossip of a Neronian quality . |
| 25 | They had stood about his bed , caught for a moment in a frieze of grief , all of them welded by tragedy into an awareness of their common flesh , their common loss . |
| 26 | Startled , the pack had run for the shelter of the trees , where they had milled about uncertainly . |
| 27 | She told the Liverpool inquest that on March 9 this year they had argued about her going out for a drink with some friends in the city centre . |
| 28 | They had heard about her erotic exploits but their jaws dropped during the dress rehearsal of one of her entrances . |
| 29 | They had heard about the blessing there , they had heard about the healing , the deliverance , the joy , yet nobody had received the Holy Spirit . |
| 30 | They had heard about the blessing there , they had heard about the healing , the deliverance , the joy , yet nobody had received the Holy Spirit . |