Example sentences of "[verb] they [verb] have [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The few who maintained they had had no benefit from their training were all apprentices . |
| 2 | Friends of the Earth have commissioned a report into the safety of Oakley Wood , but say they 've had no reply on this from the council . |
| 3 | Dean Patterson says the use of solar energy is important to all people around the world … and he says we will say electric cars on the road within five years but even with the sun shining … they 're are breakdowns … punctures and problems … a driver says they 've had a stone fly up and brake the chain but they 'll get going again |
| 4 | She said they 've had they 've had a couple of days out here trekking , trying to catch people ! |
| 5 | And you know they 've had the book ! |
| 6 | So all they had to do then was go on to Hollyhead and they were refreshed they 'd had a meal so they would n't be dying of hunger . |
| 7 | They 've all had a bath last night , two nights running they 've had a bath full of water . |
| 8 | To hear him tell it you 'd think they 'd had a date and she 'd turned up late ! |
| 9 | I do n't think they 've had a lot of trouble really speaking with Walsall supporters over the years because they seem to be er go to support the club not to fight and er |
| 10 | That 's right , I do n't think they did have a chance first half and we created maybe eight or nine chances , you know , really good clear chances and really we need to be putting more that one away and we need to kill the game off first half when we 're so superior in that sort of performance , you know . |
| 11 | Do you reckon he 's given , th there 's been a lot of er goings er to-ings and from-ings , do you reckon they 've had a whip round ? |
| 12 | She knew they had had a visitor last night , but no one had told her who it was or why they 'd come . |
| 13 | Southend United yesterday insisted they have had no approach from either Tottenham Hotspur or West Ham United for manager David Webb . |
| 14 | Mind you , I think they 've had a bit of luck lately with a couple of wealthy chaps coming to live in the area and showing signs of interest . ’ |
| 15 | Well I sort of gave them a choice , do they want to nominate who does overtime or do they want to have a cat or do they want to pay , get paid less and they said they 'll get paid less . |
| 16 | Do they prefer to have a choice ? |
| 17 | Mind you it seemed that they had a test at school last week and he was n't terribly happy with it , he said he could n't understand it , he tried to explain to me what it was , but erm , it 's not , not easy , but Ga Gavin said erm , he said they 'd had a test and he said it took him time to get into it but once he got into it , you know , he did alright in it , I think he said how many he got , he did n't seem to do too badly , but he said Alex did n't really do anything and what he did do he thought was wrong so he did n't hand it in , he said and in actual fact what he had done was right , so I do n't know , I told , I told Alex to go and see , you know , and ask about it and sort of erm , apparently he did do that so at least he 'll know , but erm , it 's strange really because normally Alex |
| 18 | I said they 've have a robbery , ooh she went |
| 19 | For those living in residential care , more than half did not know the difference between private and public homes ( p. 187 ) , whilst two-thirds of residents said they had had no choice as to which home they might enter . |
| 20 | He stood by his Department 's actions , and said they had had no option but to do what they did , in the way they did it . |
| 21 | ( In a recent survey of large law firms 88 per cent said they intended to have a computer on every fee earner 's desk . ) |
| 22 | But no-one knows they 've had a row , |