Example sentences of "they have [vb pp] a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , if there are several quite unrelated species of unpalatable butterflies living in one particular region and one of them has evolved a warning pattern of black , yellow and red markings , it will pay the others to follow suit because they will then all share the ‘ training risks ’ associated with novice predators . |
| 2 | But the police believe the fight started after a large number of gypsies returned from this hotel in Northampton where they 'd held a wedding reception . |
| 3 | They 'd contemplated a leaflet picture of Maughan , sans specs , with the legend ‘ Nissan dormer ’ above and the post script ‘ Nee bugger sleeps in this campaign ’ beneath . |
| 4 | And night before they 'd sunk a hospital ship . |
| 5 | I was going to ask you if they 'd got a youth team ? |
| 6 | instead of saying , telling the er insurance people that they 'd give them the bills and they could pay them as they came in , he said they 'd got a lump sum . |
| 7 | British Legion do : they 'd hired a Dixie Band but when it came to it would want Country and Western : six in the band and a twelve pound fee . |
| 8 | They 'd rented a forklift truck which was incapable of actually carrying the wood . |
| 9 | ‘ They 've fitted a cocktail bar in the board room now . ’ |
| 10 | Are we also going to try and match those up with the attainment targets , so that we can say they 've completed a work sheet successfully ? |
| 11 | ‘ They 've adopted a sheepdog approach and put priorities on everything , except for environment and university research , ’ says one observer . |
| 12 | The stoppage means some students will have to wait longer to learn whether they 've secured a college place . |
| 13 | When they 've done a nappy thing . |
| 14 | It could take a number of years before we get them all on A L O courses and in fact there 's no way w I assume there 's no way we can put them on A L O courses til they 've done a crime prevention course at Is that right David ? |
| 15 | They 've cleared a trapping ground , half a day 's tracking to the south . |
| 16 | In Wallingford , many of the companies still in business are concerned enough about their survival , that they 've formed a business group who 's aim is to increase co-operation in the town and provide some mutual support . |
| 17 | Erm they 've developed along the lines of the provisional I R A , they 've developed a sales structure . |
| 18 | Now Bulmers reckon they have the answer … they 've developed a designer tree which is actually three varieties in one . |
| 19 | Well they 've wanted a mid-field player and a good striker , now people well write letters to local press informing them of this , but they do n't seem to be prepared to do this , they , the managers want to do their own thing as far as I can see they think the people on the terraces do n't know anything , but Jim and I were saying last night they wanted a mid-field player for ages now all this season , a ball winner , they have n't had one since Willie used to play and |
| 20 | His family knew he was worried but did n't know the reason , and now , three months later , they 've offered a £10,000 reward for information . |
| 21 | The decorators at Peter 's works cos they , they erm tradesmen they 've got a colour card . |
| 22 | Well there 's no use moving in till they 've got a lounge carpet cos if they go in they 'd just have to move everything to get it in |
| 23 | But theirs is bigger , they 've got a pottery room , they 've got careers education there |
| 24 | I get people calling me up saying erm they 've got a memory call problem and er , I 've deleted a number of files off the disk , and the problem did n't go away . |
| 25 | Altman , himself nursing a few wounds inflicted by tyrannical studio bosses , lays bare Tinseltown with the help of 65 stars including Bruce Willis , Cher , Nick Nolte , Jack Lemmon — you name 'em , they 've got a bit part . |
| 26 | I du n no if they 've got a cricket team or whatever . |
| 27 | you know I stood and asked who 's got to do on a machine ? , and everybody said they 've got them , they 've got a mark folder and they 've got I do n't see that |
| 28 | Because they say , they 've got a waiting list on er on the Council |
| 29 | No , it just said them you will offer it to them , no you 've to offer it to them first because they 've got a waiting list of people wanting |
| 30 | Can erm one of you look in this week 's Advertiser , and any sort of talks and things that are on this week if they 've got a phone number to contact , give them a buzz and see if they mind us recording it . |