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

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1 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 .
2 NASA scientists had thought they 'd solved the technical problems which have dogged the Space Agency .
3 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 .
4 Certainly , they 'd passed no other vehicles .
5 Oxfam aid workers say they 've become the new targets in the war in Somalia .
6 They 've announced a new sports car to be built at Cowley and they launch a new model in April .
7 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 .
8 It 's the first time for 11 years they 've reached the final stages .
9 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 .
10 Yeah , they got , they 've got a massive Bugs Bunny sitting up over the sweet counter as you go in
11 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 ?
12 Well are you sure they 've got the right ones ?
13 But they 've got the bloody labels mixed up by the look of it .
14 And they 've got the usual moans and groans like everybody else including myself .
15 Well they 've got the electrical products now er sorry the security products is is their life saver I guess .
16 Or they 're the right size but they 've got the hard bristles
17 This is a they 've got the big horns
18 They 've done it , they 've taken the outside tables away .
19 They 've left no loose ends , I 'm sure . ’
20 Erm but er certainly the record to date has been that these power stations are erm extremely erm well run and that they ha they 've had no major incidents at all .
21 European observers were reported as saying that they had witnessed no serious problems during voting but did not comment on the claim of fraud after the close of stations .
22 They had constructed a new personnel file .
23 The Spanish police also maintained that they had kept the suspected terrorists ' movements under close surveillance and maintained a constant flow of information on them to British officials in Gibraltar .
24 They had escaped the witch-hunt purges of Europe and had an entirely different significance in the lives of the Eastern peoples .
25 Oh , he had found Maude a little happier , they had exchanged the usual pleasantries , but Cranston still sensed that she was hiding something .
26 They had seen the young men too .
27 Taking advantage of its remoteness from the administrative centre of the Imperium they had enslaved the native inhabitants .
28 They had reached the hilly avenues of Lisbon when it occurred to her that he could be worried about how she might behave when the time came for them to part .
29 They had reached the French windows .
30 They had covered the easy areas of quick gossip last night , and now they both felt constrained .
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