Example sentences of "they 've [verb] a lot [prep] " in BNC.

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1 They 've invested a lot of money in your conversion .
2 They 're keeping quiet at the moment saying simply that they 've invested a lot in new technology and models , and their cars are doing well against others in the country .
3 I know they 've invited a lot of guests , who 'll be staying in the house .
4 they snapped it up at that price that his er sold and then they could n't pay er when , when the time came , you know the everything went off , so they sold it and bought something else and they 've made a lot of money on that so they 've paid it off and have er a lot of money on the house
5 So they 've heard a lot about what happens here and they 've had the opportunity to look around .
6 ‘ They want to meet you , they 've heard a lot about you . ’
7 They 've gone a lot of funny ways , the Cauldhames and their associates by marriage , but to the best of my knowledge a gun has never crossed one off .
8 They 've received a lot of publicity erm and a lot of angst erm and they 're quite complicated , so I 'll go through them carefully .
9 Gary Wills says they 've done a lot of work on the swing and all he does now is aim the golf club him .
10 I think they look after them when they 've lost a lot of weight , you know .
11 er They 've lost most of their goods , er they 've had to leave enormous amounts of , of , of their personal belongings in , in Kuwait , they 're , they 're not physically in bad shape , but mentally they 're , they 're very anxious and , and they know they 've lost a lot of belongings .
12 One friend said : ‘ They 've spent a lot of time together and there is no problem there . ’
13 Adrian says they 've spent a lot of time in the water … tweaking this and tweaking that and making sure that it has come through production with flying colours …
14 ’ … told me , ’ said Tessa 's voice hours or minutes later , ‘ that they 've borrowed a lot of money from the bank to do some conversion work in their flat . ’
15 The league table shows they 've got a lot of work to do though .
16 Captain Paul Donohue says they 've got a lot of young players coming up through the ranks of the Oxford City Ice Hockey Club .
17 Others may give less because they 've got a lot of members so that therefore it 's so that the provence as a whole could be advised .
18 I do n't think they 've got a lot of staff on .
19 Well I went dow back down the Road cos there was a traffic jam and er I sort of went down oh sorry mate went down a road like which I thought was a good short cut , and they 've got a lot of these roads and they 've put like pavements across the end of them with bollards , and I went back and then there was a traffic jam and I got stuck because they were unloading a lorry so I 've been er basically pissed about .
20 No they 've got a lot of nice er
21 Tom Jones and oh they 've got a lot of old ones
22 I still think they 've got a lot of choice in there compared to the big one , I always think they 've
23 Gets you , the reason why helicopters have n't been able to do loop the loop unless they 've got a lot of height , is because , obviously it pulls you up
24 They 've got a lot of money , a lot of savings on at the moment
25 They 've got a lot on their plate , ’ she said .
26 They 've learned a lot about balance and how to climb things safely .
27 It 's despair that perfectly normal young men can be made vicious and evil because they 've won a lot of money .
28 they 've pulled a lot of those big old offices and er , that factory down !
29 I think they 've got off the ground and they 've shown a lot of initiative .
30 Yes we were told they 're going to be trees like that because they 've had a lot of trouble with pigeons roosting in the erm the mature trees and it 's impossible for people to sit on the benches underneath cos of er pigeon mess .
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