Example sentences of "they have [vb pp] a [noun] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 And one of them has had a day off .
2 London Irish thought they 'd scored a try here … the ref tho rightly gave a knock on … and the cherry and whites rolled on to take the lead with a penalty from Martin Roberts … another penalty apiece made it six three to Gloucester at half-time … but they deserved more … the forwards were fired up but so too was the exiles defence which took a fair old hammering … the turning point came at the start of the second half when referee David Matthews awarded Gloucester a penalty try …
3 In the small grease-laden kitchen the dishes they 'd eaten a meal off were in the sink .
4 United Airlines and American Airlines I 've been told are n't really all that good to fly with , mate of ours went up to the airport to pick his parents up , they just got back from a holiday in and er they flew and a , on a seven hour journey , where ever it was they come from , they did n't have any food , no food , nothing , what they done is they , they , they 'd taken a container off , but they had n't put a new one on .
5 no my wallet and some one handed it in and they 'd taken a fiver out of it , they 'd gone , oh , oh
6 They 'd had a choreographer in when the show had first been set up , but no-one had been near it since ; replacement dancers had to pick up the routines from the others , and some of the results could be kind of interesting .
7 They 'd had a skinful so were n't in a particularly noticing mood but they saw and heard nothing , nothing except what they described as a kind of mournful whistling coming from deep in the wood . ’
8 It er they 'd had a fire there and they wanted to know if I could replace the lock .
9 Yeah I went and got it yesterday but they 'd had a break in and you should 've seen it they 'd smashed the front door , it were all smashed in .
10 They 'd had a match though did n't it ?
11 They 'd got a postcard once , view of New York , a few months later .
12 Could n't they have waited a bit longer after the expense of Christmas ?
13 But they 've done a tabloid internally and they 've asked me to come to take a look at it .
14 But I still do n't know why Scano 's boy risked going to the villa unless they 've lost a guard too , which would really put them in difficulty .
15 Father 's this chap she 's now they 've bought a house down near fruit packing .
16 They 've suggested a meeting down there but , my point i I feel that there 's no point going down for an argument cos that 's all it 's going to be .
17 Well they 've got a computer up in number two , and I went in tonight they 're playing chuffing Grand Prix .
18 Matthew ( 4.7 ) : These beads are cylinders and they 've got a hole right through them .
19 It would pay you to run this up to Sotheby 's for evaluation , they 've got a man there who specialises in things like this .
20 ‘ Unfortunately , the nearest surface units are elements of the Red Navy , ’ Connors continued , ‘ and to complicate matters they 've got a sub even closer , capable of reaching the area sometime after dawn .
21 What we 've got now is , it 's directly proportional , but they 've got a fraction in .
22 They 've got a room there have n't they they can have ?
23 they 've got a place down at Markets ai n't they ?
24 and there 's three on then they 've got a light on outside of outhouse .
25 They 're very much involved with networked community care , to use their own phrase , and those of you who want to know more about them , they 've got a stall outside , and er , their wares so to say , are set out for you to see .
26 ‘ There was an apparition down that road two or three year 's ago , and they 've got a shrine there now .
27 Campaign on a what do you call it and erm and funny enough I was reading the Campaign yesterday and I was looking at the er thing and they 've got a sale on have n't they ?
28 But erm the shop opposite er you know there 's the market and there 's a cake shop , opposite there by the shop , they 've got a sale there .
29 The other side of that is that I was listening to Medicine Now on Radio Four , and they 've got a device where they you actually have er an earpiece put into your ear and it clicks continuously .
30 She said now apparently they 've got a horse somewhere round here and she said when she came back there was this car about half hour later after they 'd left here a car been broken into .
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