Example sentences of "they have [verb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Things had been near perfect at that stage , and they 'd gone for a drink later , with Amanda chatting up the barman who had seemed a nice shy boy , if a bit quiet for the job . |
| 2 | There they were , they , they 'd gone for a walk round London , and er come back . |
| 3 | And I also said that Dr Kemp had n't turned up at the railway station when they 'd arranged for a taxi to pick him up and take him — ’ |
| 4 | From an outer façade of imposing honey-gold limestone and carved wooden balconies they 'd stepped into a world of contrasts , the latest modern technology against the sixteenth-century splendour of Maltese architecture . |
| 5 | No I think they 'd got to a point where , you know , if you , if you were about erm , they made sure they were the first ones there like the and they , I think they more or less recognized by the merchants they , they were the boatmen . |
| 6 | I think there were some people there who did n't really know , but they maybe went because they 'd got to a funeral . |
| 7 | But they offered a very tempting fee simply to transport an art object , a sculpture , which they 'd bought as a centrepiece for a planetary arts festival they were staging . |
| 8 | The room was about twelve feet square , furnished with old , antique oak merchandise they 'd bought from a shop in Chichester during their first visit to the place . |
| 9 | Then there were Heather and Katie , inseparable friends , who bolstered each other by their mutual devotion ; never had they known a Moment 's shame of friendlessness , never had they had to look for a partner in dancing or in gym , never had they walked alone from classroom to classroom , and their confidence overflowed and imposed itself upon all beholders . |
| 10 | What money will they have to spend on a trip ? |
| 11 | A distinctly mature audience had come to hear a band whose fortunes they 've followed for a quarter of a century . |
| 12 | They 've asked for a stand-ball . |
| 13 | They 've asked for a number , have n't they , spec specifically here , which I think that 's detailed enough . |
| 14 | so we made each what was the dining room they 've made into a bedroom , but just do n't that he , cos you could see them doing it . |
| 15 | Most people , if they can play something that sounds like something that they 've heard on a record , are in danger of falling into the trap of saying , ‘ A-ha ! |
| 16 | ‘ They 've gone on a recce . ’ |
| 17 | so she just told me that so I 'll have all the news of Colin tomorrow they 've gone for a week |
| 18 | They 've gone to a matinee of Starlight Express . |
| 19 | The police say it was one of the worst attacks that they 've seen on a horse . |
| 20 | What they 've done in a matter of a few weeks is put together a data bank of information that 's colossal , and they 're dealing with an enormous amount of , of distress and problems . |
| 21 | things that happened to them while they were making the African Queen and , they 've turned into a story . |
| 22 | Ye , well it 's not in the shop , I think it 's big country house they 've turned into a hotel or something . |
| 23 | I was quite tough with them and , though I 've only ever smacked them once — with the stick end of a feather duster which , since reading Mommie Dearest , they 've turned into a wire coat-hanger — I would often destroy them with tongue-lashings that still twist my conscience today . |
| 24 | Here , they 've moved into a ventilation brick . |
| 25 | Six months ago six major E C Health and Safety Directives came into effect covering workplace safety , machinery , protective equipment , manual handling , work with computers and word processors , they 've built on a framework directive giving workers new rights to consultation and the right to stop the job and the union has been watching the government and the H S E and me as well , in their attempts to water down the requirements of these directives and we might well lodge a formal complaint with Brussels that could land the Tories in Europe 's Court of Justice . |
| 26 | They 've put in a ice rink , a very nice international standard Temple Cowley Pools and many other things , leisure centres and so on . |
| 27 | Er well it seems that that they 've put in a bid to er purchase the th the market place er and as Peter said quite rightly apparently wrapped in wi with it er I do n't know why but wrapped in with the the proposed deal is the er Pembroke Hall . |
| 28 | and like you 've sort of got a yellow and a green , they 've put like an olive in that , an olive colour , but I have n't got colours that I can |
| 29 | She 's sort of got with children then because this erm testing , they 've got to a school work outside |
| 30 | They 've designed in a bearing which which which is stupidly expensive . |