Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Having located the house , he had roared into Belfast and met Mallachy at the Wellington Park , where they 'd had a pint of Guinness beneath the photos of the famous actors . |
2 | And I saw a hole in the bottom at the side of it where they had blasted a hole in it in order to sink it . |
3 | A Crown lawyer said that Hall had gone to the Co Galway resort of Salthill with a group of friends where they had rented a house for a week last July . |
4 | erm people were starting to move out , and I think that , I think quite a lot of people , well although they 'd had a lot of information from the Local Authority , were still very unsure about how that would affect other benefits , in particular supplementary benefits , and single payments , and that , that , grants for , for the furniture , that kind of thing . |
5 | Although they had cost a mint , Aunt Tossie felt they were well worth the money , a fitting background for her darling . |
6 | But they sounded more hollow than they had done a year earlier , and were certainly less widespread . |
7 | The West Yorkshire Low Pay Unit found recently that , while part-time work was increasing in their area , women were actually being paid a lower percentage of local full-time wages than they had received a decade ago . |
8 | Yeah there 's ham and chicken and bread and for sandwiches and soup and , so they 've got a choice |
9 | ‘ They used to pull my leg , but once they 'd had a go they soon changed their minds . ’ |
10 | Once they 'd had a conversation on two levels , from street to first-floor window ; it had been in April ; on the second occasion he 'd visited her in the afternoon , for a walk along the canal . |
11 | For most people , change of type or tenure of housing has been relatively infrequent once they have obtained a home of their own in either the owner-occupied or local authority sectors . |
12 | So mining companies are reluctant to waste years — and much cash on legal fees — in determining to whom they should pay royalties once they have found a deposit . |
13 | The South American porcupines ( below , left ) may not look as impressive as the great crested species from Africa ( below , right ) but their quills are sharply barbed so that once they have entered a predator 's flesh they can not easily be removed . |
14 | The Polytechnic usually receives hundreds of phone calls from students trying to find out if they 've secured a place at college . |
15 | That 's why a blood donor if they 've given a pint of blood they 're told not to smoke afterwards if they 're a smoker . |
16 | Anybody interested in going to the theatre from tonight onwards a member of the G M B if they 've produced a ticket , you 'll get it for half price at the King 's Theatre . |
17 | Erm but you know if if they 've got a couple of years in er something and |
18 | Erm I 've got a note , or I had a note to write to the admin at the university and I have done , erm saying that Derek 's been approaching people , apologising for not writing beforehand and saying that Derek 's been approaching people and if they 've got a problem they should write back P D Q. |
19 | Navar Avokea or Navareno Bay erm it 's more , I think it 's more technically known as Avokea See if they 've got a reference to the . |
20 | they they get an allowance for somebody to clean and if they 've got a cleaner , I mean , they should have sacked them a long while ago ! |
21 | Can erm one of you look in this week 's Advertiser , and any sort of talks and things that are on this week if they 've got a phone number to contact , give them a buzz and see if they mind us recording it . |
22 | ‘ Everyone ought to go home if they 've got a home to go to . |
23 | I du n no if they 've got a cricket team or whatever . |
24 | We 're just by an inn now — the Half Moon — and I 'll go in and see if they 've got a conveyance of any sort . |
25 | Okay look what they say and if they 've got a diagram of . |
26 | ‘ Shall I ring and see if they 've got a table in half an hour or so ? ’ |
27 | I need to phone down , see if they 've got a time for you today . |
28 | I need to phone down , see if they 've got a time for you today . |
29 | Especially if they 've got a logo or something it 's a good way to sort of ask for it . |
30 | I wonder if they 've got a house , Alan ? |