Example sentences of "they have [vb pp] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd seen the same thing happen to too many others in the music business , not because they 'd tried and failed to be carbon copies of Aurora Blake , but simply because they 'd tried to force a talent they simply did n't possess . |
| 2 | But at Slimbridge Wildfowl Trust , they 've decided to create a Kingfisher paradise . |
| 3 | I 'm not fighting anybody just because they 've decided to make a comeback . ’ |
| 4 | They 've evidently looked you can see where they 've scratched to get a screwdriver through there to try and get the sound the sound out . |
| 5 | They 've tried to put a plaque there but it gets stolen . |
| 6 | The simple fact of the matter Mr Mayor is that vehicles coming in have got a very er simple alternative route and when they come down the hill they can turn left , go by the golf course knows very well , go round the roundabout and go round the roundabout and come in , alright they 've got to join a queue there but they 're in a queue anyway . |
| 7 | You 've you 've made it clear with him that you discriminate quite clearly between the people that go back to work because they 've got children or they 've got l lot of finan and they 've got to do a lot of financial obligations and those who who do n't . |
| 8 | They 've got to make a law , like , an' them that break it … well' — he drew in his breath noisily ‘ I would like to see them swing . ’ |
| 9 | I mean som you know I suppose they 've got to make a living some how you know with the money you get off social . |
| 10 | She says they 've got to make a living . |
| 11 | They 've got to have a bit of room to move , like . ’ |
| 12 | now at the end of the day , whatever your own views about a contingency fund are , bearing in mind that it 's service , not management charged , if the residence do n't agree can you simply dictate to them that they 've got to have a contingency fund ? |
| 13 | Well , they 've got to have a bus to get to Barnet Green I think . |
| 14 | The party is being held in a ballroom the size of Carnegie Hall and they 've forgotten to provide a podium so the people at the back have no idea you 're there . |
| 15 | They 've had to open a service for them , they 're all getting their stamps |
| 16 | Glenn Hoddle says it was a big win and rewarding after a week in which they 've had to sell a player and have been troubled by lots of injuries … |
| 17 | John wrote to Hanns in June that they had intended to bring a programme of ballets by |
| 18 | They had intended to stay a week . |
| 19 | how well had they understood what was required by the review , how adequate was their guidance , how much preliminary discussion there had been and how competent they had felt to conduct a review ; |
| 20 | The defendants had previously encountered Mr. Perot in 1983 when they had sought to negotiate a letting of Caliban to Mr. Perot but the negotiations had broken down . |
| 21 | They had wanted to share a supply from nearby Levendale School . |
| 22 | They had hoped to use a tug in an attempt to pull the Bettina Danica off the rocks . |
| 23 | On April 25 , Congress ( I ) and the Manipur People 's Party ( MPP ) announced that they had decided to form a coalition government , ending a week-long political crisis . |
| 24 | The fact that the cold war lasted so much longer than the economic idyll meant that Americans never adjusted to the fact that , economically , their country had long ceased to be able to deliver the annual increase in prosperity they had come to consider a birthright . |
| 25 | By July they had managed to sign a nucleus of nine players and re-applied to join the Mid-Counties League . |
| 26 | When Josè , the Portuguese housekeeper whom they had promoted to become a shop manager , had nowhere to live , they bought her a house , oversaw the extensive repairs and stocked it with furniture . |
| 27 | ‘ They 'll come back , ’ I said comfortingly to the girls , who were lamenting that they had forgotten to bring a camera . |
| 28 | It was the second time in 24 hours that they had acted to stop a party in the county . |
| 29 | Civilian and police press officers attached to RUC Headquarters , Belfast retailed various smear stories against Irwin , including a claim that he was bitter and vindictive against the police because they had failed to arrest a soldier who , it was alleged , three years earlier had raped his wife . |
| 30 | The Six therefore simply accepted to resume collaboration even though they had failed to reach a resolution acceptable to all governments : in essence , they agreed to disagree . |