Example sentences of "they have [verb] a [noun] in " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I hear they 've got a camera in the stumps ’ |
2 | Well , not that bad really , but they 'd laden a van in London bound for Torquay , and managed to overfill it somewhat , so that when membership services executive Kevin Ramage ( driver ) and conference executive Meryl Halls ( navigator ) were stopped on the road to Torquay and instructed by the police to proceed to the nearest weighbridge , they were found to be in contravention of the law . |
3 | It was n't until yesterday that Swindon Police announced they 'd arrested a man in connection with Joan 's disappearance . |
4 | They 'd shared a bed in Cumberland and she had comforted Gordon because nothing was quite right . |
5 | But so far they 'd drawn a blank in that direction . |
6 | They 're keeping quiet at the moment saying simply that they 've invested a lot in new technology and models , and their cars are doing well against others in the country . |
7 | Doctors believe they 've made a breakthough in the treatment of breast cancer using drugs instead of surgery . |
8 | Things are definitely happening over in Jersey : they 've converted a fort in St. Helier into a leisure centre , with squash courts etc . |
9 | ‘ Do you know they 've got a Jew in the partnership now ? |
10 | They 've got a crow in that cage there look . |
11 | She judges everybody by their star sign , too , avoiding Scorpios because they 've got a sting in their tail , Geminis because they 've got split personalities and Taureans because they 're stubborn , irrespective of the staggering complexity of human nature . |
12 | Er , they 've got a dimple in here and there . |
13 | ‘ They 've got a policeman in charge of the Ministry of Information , and they 've got a daft Prime Minister in Edith Cresson . |
14 | So they 've got a K in |
15 | ‘ My guess is they 've got a photocopier in the back of the van , and a typewriter and a selection of envelopes . |
16 | They 've got a cottage in the country just for the Brownies |
17 | They 've got erm an adult literacy course if you want to brush up on your reading and your writing they 've got computer courses they 've got a course in sound engineering and a works skills for women course which is what Sarah did . |
18 | ‘ What I thought was , right , they 've got a rank in Ilford , ai n't they ? |
19 | At this present moment they 've got a blackout in Berlin and I bet it 's snowing . |
20 | ‘ Shall I ring and see if they 've got a table in half an hour or so ? ’ |
21 | I said they 've got a duvet in the ward , in my wardro |
22 | They 've got a well in that shop . |
23 | They 've got a house in Manchester have n't they ? |
24 | Yes , they 've got a farm in Burford . |
25 | Look they 've stuck a sticker in the back , Cars kill trees . |
26 | You do n't often get people ringing up in the middle of the night to say they 've found a body in the bath . |
27 | ‘ This is perfectly sensible to the Russians because they 've had a trade in travelling shows with dolphins for some time . |
28 | They 've had a game in hand and that could be priceless . |
29 | Yeah cos they 've had a lot in there but then |
30 | I felt like Plain Jane , and Dustin felt they had made a mistake in choosing him for the film in the first place . |