Example sentences of "they 've " in BNC.
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1 | They 've liaised with other organisations to make sure I 've got somebody coming in , even if it 's only to make me something to eat . |
2 | They 've got some very interesting works . |
3 | They 'll tell y' they 've got culture as they sit there drinkin' keg beer out of plastic glasses . |
4 | But the thing is that now , I mean now that most of them have got some sort of house , an' there 's food an' money around , they know they 're better off but , honest , they know they 've got nothin' as well . |
5 | For how they 've turned out . |
6 | ‘ They 're a good twenty years younger , and they 've only known them a year or two . |
7 | Yet this is twice they 've been here — first last Spring , and now for the New Year party . ’ |
8 | ‘ Mind you , it 's the first time they 've been here , and if I 'm any judge it 'll be the last . |
9 | ‘ They 're not using it any more so they 've said I can use it for canteen stuff . |
10 | In fact ever since the pair of them started going out together they 've been going on about having to find poor old Jenny a new man . |
11 | ‘ Funnily enough , that 's been one of the nice things about Harwich : people have n't overburdened everything with all my troubles and they 've just been themselves . |
12 | ‘ They 've definitely offered you a place ? ’ |
13 | ‘ The Salvation Army are looking for someone to put in a training house they 've got there and — ’ |
14 | They have to keep a logbook but that 's only a check to make sure that nobody 's leaving a mess in the common areas and we only have it because we 've found that some residents can have problems because they 've become deskilled in certain things . |
15 | ‘ You mentioned it during one of our first meetings so I 've always had a hankering to see how they 've done it . |
16 | They 've been a great help , actually . |
17 | They 've got to shut something and it 's as good a candidate as any . |
18 | ‘ The trouble is they 've made most of them into cigar and wallpaper adverts , ’ said Lucy brightly . |
19 | ‘ They 've put |
20 | ‘ Well , you must , Jem , they 've left three messages . ’ |
21 | They 've gone . |
22 | They 've plenty to spare , and they 're always in among other folk 's corn . |
23 | ‘ They 've a Bulgarian red . |
24 | They 've been sitting during this meditation on her short useless history as a Socialist , they 've been sitting in the dark and now the moon rises , full and amber against a bar of cloud and Harriet 's face is bowed ; a drink at one hand ; and a cigarette droops glowing from the other . |
25 | They 've been sitting during this meditation on her short useless history as a Socialist , they 've been sitting in the dark and now the moon rises , full and amber against a bar of cloud and Harriet 's face is bowed ; a drink at one hand ; and a cigarette droops glowing from the other . |
26 | they 've ever met who 's not American . |
27 | ( An , they 've got it — the phrase , that is : |
28 | ‘ You can see if there 's any disease from browning of the plant and you can see how well they 've been dried — they must n't be crusty round the edges . |
29 | After all , they 've had their say years ago and made a meal of it : undeclared top-roping , hold chipping , secret rests , etc . |
30 | If boards take up moisture once they 've been fixed , they will expand and distort . |