Example sentences of "they 've [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They 've become such regulars as they 've followed the national tour they now give the Star , Clayton Mark , a lift back to Cheltenham every Saturday night .
2 They 've lobbied every Labour conference since 84 .
3 Leyhill prison on the Gloucestershire Avon border is as far from the popular conception of a jail as you can get.Modern buildings cluster around borders boasting blooms that many public parks would be hard pressed to match.Leyhill is an open prison … the last port of call for inmates nearing the end of their sentences.A hundred prisoners work on the nearly forty acres of lawns , borders and market gardens.Their skills won them a silver medal at Chelsea for this display of garden design.And at Leyhill , they 've created a spectacular show … with drifts of brightly coloured pelargoniums competing for attention with giant cannas … and a fine show of roses.New borders are being created all the time … giving the prisoners an opportunity to express themselves and learn techniques that could help them go straight when they 're released :
4 They 've created a civil service , and trained Arabs to work like French bureaucrats .
5 However , it 's not as if they 've erected a Chinese Wall .
6 I mean , it 's a , it 's a wooden prefab type hut , it 's very hardy done , concrete floors , they 've made a good job of it .
7 And they 've made a good job of tiling have n't they ?
8 ‘ well , they 've made a bloody mess of that city . ’
9 They 've made a great start , but five shots after one round is nothing in this tournament . ’
10 So she went and they 've made a lovely job of it !
11 And with the help of breeders all over the world , they 've made a dramatic comeback .
12 Now scientists working at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford believe they 've made a significant discovery in how asthma is passed down the family tree .
13 Doctors believe they 've made a significant breakthrough in the fight against one of Britain 's fastest growing illnesses .
14 Now they 've made the whole workforce redundant , and will also have to issue redundancy pay .
15 That 's what they 've made the old Anglesey Road hospital into .
16 They 've made an excellent job of it , Janet . ’
17 Six months after a seventy year old man was found beaten to death in his home , police say they 've made an important breakthrough .
18 And you know these telephone-holes — when they 've dug a good hole they put a sort of canvas tent on top , so that they can work in comfort underneath .
19 because they 've dug a big hole does n't mean you measure the big hole .
20 They 've heard a relieving fleet 's on the way . ’
21 Perhaps they 've heard the economic forecast .
22 Oxfam aid workers say they 've become the new targets in the war in Somalia .
23 Both Mike and Brian say they 've gained a great deal
24 In the late seventies , the authorities allowed many refugees to stay , but now they 've adopted a tougher policy .
25 For starters , they 've witnessed a marked shift in the make-up of their audience : though there 's a sprinkling of residual bagginess in tonight 's crowd , the lion 's share of the faithful fit the dishevelled , T-shirted stereotype of the diehard pop kid .
26 Mike Evans , Managing Director of Pacplas , summed up the judges ' view : ‘ First , they 've achieved a great deal and the spirit of the team means they 'll get better and better .
27 Erm , so that that was put in the meeting to show a balance , if you like , between , yes they 've achieved an eight percent but over last two years the providal unit have run deficit and erm one interacts with the other and that was , that was also something that er that 's
28 Only afterwards is it plain that , for the most part , they 've given the same answers they 've supplied to the press for years .
29 Some companies do have genuine offers after April 5 because they 've begun a new accounting period and will be keen to impress their investors .
30 And in recent years they 've played a growing role in encouraging the public to recycle their rubbish .
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