Example sentences of "they have [verb] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 And you know , you always you er give , gave your number you see and er course some people I believe had an a I believe in later days they 'd given the older numbers out again , I do n't know wh you know , because some people that 've joined since me have got an older number , so I do n't know whether they 've given the ol they were sort of long since run out , you know .
2 It only reminded her of how she and Trish had hooted with laughter when they 'd seen the engraved invitations that had gone out in three languages for this evening 's showing .
3 There was a game they 'd played a few times when Edith was out of the house , a rough-and-tumble sort of thing , perfectly harmless .
4 NASA scientists had thought they 'd solved the technical problems which have dogged the Space Agency .
5 Well , they 'd had a few weeks of mystery , of secrets kept and of wrong conclusions avoided .
6 Other men talked about it quite openly in the club , when they 'd had a few drinks .
7 She wanted it too , and maybe when she and Charlie were married and in bed and they 'd had a few drinks and she was wearing a black nightie , then maybe it would n't be so bad .
8 Erm which is points up a weakness there on the public relations side there I mean going back to their post share repurchase they said that they 'd got no new products in the pipeline , no research and development really sort of throwing anything up in the near future .
9 They tied Maxim to a wooden chair -just like the scene they 'd watched a dozen times at the cinema — in the loading bay of a deserted warehouse .
10 Certainly , they 'd passed no other vehicles .
11 Oxfam aid workers say they 've become the new targets in the war in Somalia .
12 Only afterwards is it plain that , for the most part , they 've given the same answers they 've supplied to the press for years .
13 Derek says … they 've broken a few boats in testing … they 've been building prototypes for the last six months and have been putting in hours at sea to make sure everything is right
14 They 've announced a new sports car to be built at Cowley and they launch a new model in April .
15 Well they know that , and if there 's a machine that 'll do the job , and if , when they 've pressed the right buttons they can look at the answer and say ‘ Yes , three point four 's about right ’ and so on , then that 's good enough for me .
16 It 's the first time for 11 years they 've reached the final stages .
17 Nowadays they get in free and are given VIP passes ( access to all areas ) , but tonight the five mates with whom they 've driven the 150 miles from Southport have all been refused entry by the Ritzy 's management for being under 20 .
18 Well they , they 've put the thirty estimates er thirty percent estimates in there .
19 cos they 've watched the fifties films that 's why
20 Well it 's just brought out a budget to paper over a few cracks and make it look good because they knew that , they 've got no more chances this is it in n it ?
21 Well I mean I ca n't say enough for the people in the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary , I mean they 've got a great burns unit there and I mean er er I think the plastic surgeons and what knot are about they must be some of the best in the world .
22 So , you 've got a client who for whatever reason , is , is unable to er , afford the premiums , and providing they 've got a thousand pounds in the fund , they can elect to the , the plan made paid up , whereby the life cover is sustained by the fund and all the other charges , and it 's sustained until the fund runs dry .
23 Yeah , they got , they 've got a massive Bugs Bunny sitting up over the sweet counter as you go in
24 Well theirs is , but it 's bigger because they 've got the two rooms , like one big room split in half you see
25 and a cable tidy , that sounds quite good , these are half price things for ten days only There 's a remote control colour television for one thirty nine , ninety nine , save fifty pounds they 've got the dear tapes here look , erm six and a half hours video tapes , recommended price seven ninety nine can get for three ninety nine and there 's another one here three pack , twelve hours video tape for six ninety nine must end Saturday November the twenty ninth , oh perhaps I 'll buy you one of those , oh I have bought you a birthday present have n't I ?
26 Well are you sure they 've got the right ones ?
27 But they 've got the bloody labels mixed up by the look of it .
28 And they 've got the usual moans and groans like everybody else including myself .
29 Well they 've got the electrical products now er sorry the security products is is their life saver I guess .
30 And obviously therefore , cos they obviously therefore , they 've got the same improvements on here as well .
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