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

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1 ‘ You mentioned it during one of our first meetings so I 've always had a hankering to see how they 've done it .
2 ‘ No , but they 've done this before ’ he replied , with a huge smile .
3 Many people spend money chronologically rather than strategically , with the result that they run out before they 've done everything .
4 Americans fly in , have a shilling camel ride and go home saying they 've done the Sahara . ’
5 The great voice which calls us all has appointed that one card will remain blank and another shall be full , and not for any good or well they 've done to him .
6 But the best-laid schemes of mankind and its security police can be blown aside in the squeeze of the assassin 's trigger , sending one to heaven and one to hell and not for any good or ill they 've done to him .
7 But listen Inverdarroch , talkin aboot toilet arrangements guess whit they 've done .
8 Turns out they 've done damn-all since Flannan Isle in the First Year .
9 For instance , if people have n't exhibited management ability in what they think are the worthwhile things they 've done over the past 30 years or so , the chance of them ever being good managers is remote .
10 Anyway , thus far all they 've done is sampled the boom boom .
11 I mean is it like how they 've done various singles in the past , Cliff Richard and ‘ Summer Holiday ’ , you know putting a little voice on top , a little snippet .
12 ‘ But they 've done wicked things . ’
13 Look , the unions have had an Equal Pay for women thing down on the TUC statute books since 1889 , and they 've done nothing .
14 What they 've done to us is immoral . ’
15 So basically what happens is Mike Rutherford will ring me up after they 've done the album and sent me a tape .
16 Like they 've done to Elizabeth Taylor or whoever .
17 We do n't know what they 've done .
18 ‘ But they 've done a great job .
19 They 've done well — but let's face it , Blackburn are not as big a club as Liverpool , are they ? ’
20 Unsurprisingly , he rejects the suggestion : ‘ Carl Macintosh [ of Loose Ends ] , Jazzie B — they 've done much more than me . ’
21 Their postcards and T-shirts sell by the crateload , they 've done cover art for Marc Almond , Erasure and Boy George — and yet this month sees the first ever UK exhibition of their work ( including ‘ The Gipsy ’ , right ) .
22 ‘ Although any draw against German opposition represents a big challenge , because I 've got the greatest respect and admiration for what they 've done at club and international level for over 20 years .
23 It 's the experience of their lives and their lifetime and what they 've done , how they 've managed their lives , that shines through and becomes beautiful .
24 They 've done so much brilliant stuff , from Marley to Traffic to U2 .
25 While what they 've done here is nothing unusual for them , it still shocks the ear .
26 ‘ Well , they 've done it before . ’
27 They 've done studies on the criminal classes in Paris , Sergeant , and have discovered a remarkable correlation between — ’
28 Yes , it 'll be worth following that up , cos that 's , that 's one of the erm , they , they 've done quite a lot of work of Amnesty and general studies in the past , there was a sheet of sort of quotes of , how good the Amnesty was , and there was one from the teacher at Birchwood or what , what 's Margaret Dane School , so erm , yes , if , if you could definitely follow that up erm John
29 It 's the likes o' them should be at those meetin 's , an' if your people manages ter convert just a couple o' drunkards each time then they 've done a good job .
30 I have n't liked everything they 've done , but at least they all did something positive .
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