Example sentences of "[vb past] they have [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police soon traced the couple 's movements and found they had made a number of telephone calls to Paris . |
| 2 | I spent the whole of my first year waiting to be tapped on the shoulder and told they 'd made a mistake . |
| 3 | At the Microsoft Conference in March 1991 , C-Cube showed they had gone a step further . |
| 4 | In January this year , the Legal Aid Board decided they had made a mistake , and withdrew legal aid . |
| 5 | After years of ticking over , the company realised they had found a group with the determination and talent worthy of excessive backing . |
| 6 | The company announced they had secured a Ministry of Defence contract to deliver nearly 2,000 diesel engined Luton built Novas and almost 800 Ellesmere Port-built diesel 1.7 Astra Estates over the next three years . |
| 7 | FLORIDA Police last night announced they had arrested a man in connection with the killing of a German tourist shot dead on a Miami highway less than 24 hours earlier . |
| 8 | It was n't until yesterday that Swindon Police announced they 'd arrested a man in connection with Joan 's disappearance . |
| 9 | I felt like Plain Jane , and Dustin felt they had made a mistake in choosing him for the film in the first place . |
| 10 | When Adam stopped , she saw they 'd reached a lane running between the backs of houses . |
| 11 | The welcoming party for Ali Bacher , first off the plane , and the 94-strong South African party was only a small one , comprising Jamaican and West Indian Board officials and assorted media , but all present knew they had witnessed a piece of history that only recently seemed destined for the next century . |
| 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 | I knew they 'd made a lot of money . |
| 14 | ‘ People like Stock , Aitken & Waterman thought they 'd discovered a formula for pop music , and there is n't a formula . |
| 15 | I was , I was in the loo and erm they were , they went into the office and I could hear this rummaging of paper and I thought they 've got a club book , I did n't think any more of it , and when I came out they got , both of them out of the boxes . |
| 16 | The horsebox driver and his son said they 'd felt a bump but thought it was a hole in the road . |
| 17 | So the letting officer from one of them said they 'd got a house for me . |
| 18 | instead of saying , telling the er insurance people that they 'd give them the bills and they could pay them as they came in , he said they 'd got a lump sum . |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | I said they 've got a duvet in the ward , in my wardro |
| 21 | I thought you said they 've got a chap |
| 22 | Meanwhile , Germany 's employer , trade and industry associations said they had formed a committee to fight xenophobia , which is now said to be putting off foreigners from investing in the country 's impoverished East . |
| 23 | Although Suzanne lived with friends , John said they had planned a family Christmas with her sister Michelle , 20 , and brother Steven , 14 , |
| 24 | The Alliance and Leicester Building Society said that 31 per cent of people questioned said they had delayed a move because of the poor state of the housing market , an increase of three per cent on May . |
| 25 | Last night the investigating team said they had made a breakthrough when a missing hood from James 's anorak was discovered by officers searching the area . |
| 26 | Police in north India , meanwhile , said they had found a cache of 6lb of RDX plastic explosive , similar to that used in the Bombay bombs . |
| 27 | Lady Henrietta Tavistock said they had demanded a meeting with the Chipperfield organisation which owns the monkeys at both parks . |
| 28 | Mr Lawes and Mr Whatling said they had signed a partnership deal once it became clear how important the find was . |
| 29 | Patrick wished they 'd left a window open . |
| 30 | That was the strong inside bet from Central Park yesterday as the champions angrily denied they had made a move for Sydney St George coach Brian Smith to succeed Monie . |