Example sentences of "they have [verb] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What money will they have to spend on a trip ? |
| 2 | 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 ! |
| 3 | ‘ They 've gone on a recce . ’ |
| 4 | The police say it was one of the worst attacks that they 've seen on a horse . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The money he gave them they had meant to use for the Greek trip but it was more than they expected and they had gone on a shopping , then a drinking , spree with it . |
| 7 | Once , when they had gone on a nature walk , Eve had pointed to a small cottage and said that it was her house . |
| 8 | But in the end they had to rely on a Tottenham error for a glimmer of home . |
| 9 | They need her for longer , but there 's no money available ; because of a shortage of funds , they had to rely on a charity to provide a … until they had pit he was in hospital with a chest infection every 2 weeks . |
| 10 | That 's right they had to go on a rota . |
| 11 | well we always had entertained friends but we 'd never been in a position to put them up so that erm most of our friendly visits were from people who did n't live very far from us , it meant that families , nieces , nephews etcetera were difficult to accommodate because they had to sleep on a couch or a settee in the living room with all its diff difficulties , especially when it meant in the morning for breakfast you had to get them up and dressed before you could start thinking about breakfast , and I think that those sort of things are things that er people ought to take into consideration when thinking about new housing . |
| 12 | They had fired on a bus packed with black commuters in October 1990 . |
| 13 | They had decided on a trial separation , Charles staying with his friends at barracks in London , while his wife lived at Alma Terrace , Arthur Road , Clewer , a district of Windsor . |
| 14 | They had come on a sight-seeing visit and , of course , they had their cameras with them . |
| 15 | They told what an excellent trip it had been and how they had sat on a platform in the sunshine halfway across to eat their sandwiches with not another boat in sight . |
| 16 | State provision is important for many elderly people , not only because they have to rely on a retirement or supplementary pension in the absence of income from employment or from an occupational pension , but also because they need the health and social services provided by the welfare state . |
| 17 | I think it is disturbing for women to have experiences if they have to remain on a pedestal after marriage . ’ |
| 18 | Well , it just has not happened , and when they have decided on a theme , it has been so late at night that Ministers have not been told , ’ said one disgruntled insider . |
| 19 | A FUSION of pop and hardcore grunge that comes up smelling of the '60s summer sound , but to this they have fitted on a beat of their own which is well worth sitting up and paying attention to . |
| 20 | So they have put on a Christmas show that runs until the end of January , which while still being very different from anything else in the Midlands this Christmas , should entice a new audience into the theatre . |
| 21 | One reason that many teachers find the idea of teaching in role worrying is that they feel that once they have embarked on a role they will have to stick with it for the rest of the lesson . |
| 22 | They have clashed on a number of occasions and will fight all the way to the finish . |