Example sentences of "they 've [verb] a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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1 | They 've enlisted a number of world ranked players to their mens and ladies squads and are looking like favourites to win the premier league title . |
2 | They 've invested a lot of money in your conversion . |
3 | I know they 've invited a lot of guests , who 'll be staying in the house . |
4 | Nearly a thousand years ago the first settlers made the Glemmtal valley their home , and ever since they 've made a point of extending a warm welcome to all-comers . |
5 | they snapped it up at that price that his er sold and then they could n't pay er when , when the time came , you know the everything went off , so they sold it and bought something else and they 've made a lot of money on that so they 've paid it off and have er a lot of money on the house |
6 | Or is it , is it that they 've become a sort of exclusive club , arising al almost always through the ranks of the of the law , and gradually , gradually got withdrawn from the way that ordinary people think and feel . |
7 | That 's why a blood donor if they 've given a pint of blood they 're told not to smoke afterwards if they 're a smoker . |
8 | Now having said that I mean the late long established er unit trust group , I mean as a , as a company we 've got to be very careful who we use , we 've got an approved list erm in London and in Bournemouth we have erm a , a department which analyzes products , and those products come onto our approved list when they 've , when they 've fulfilled a number of criteria . |
9 | They 've gone a lot of funny ways , the Cauldhames and their associates by marriage , but to the best of my knowledge a gun has never crossed one off . |
10 | They 've received a lot of publicity erm and a lot of angst erm and they 're quite complicated , so I 'll go through them carefully . |
11 | Gary Wills says they 've done a lot of work on the swing and all he does now is aim the golf club him . |
12 | I think they look after them when they 've lost a lot of weight , you know . |
13 | er They 've lost most of their goods , er they 've had to leave enormous amounts of , of , of their personal belongings in , in Kuwait , they 're , they 're not physically in bad shape , but mentally they 're , they 're very anxious and , and they know they 've lost a lot of belongings . |
14 | They 've built a model of the Venetian coast to help them find a way of saving the historic Italian city from potential disaster . |
15 | They 've attached a map of Loading Bay for your info . |
16 | One friend said : ‘ They 've spent a lot of time together and there is no problem there . ’ |
17 | Adrian says they 've spent a lot of time in the water … tweaking this and tweaking that and making sure that it has come through production with flying colours … |
18 | ’ … told me , ’ said Tessa 's voice hours or minutes later , ‘ that they 've borrowed a lot of money from the bank to do some conversion work in their flat . ’ |
19 | They 've signed a treaty of surrender , and they do n't even know it . ’ |
20 | Okay look what they say and if they 've got a diagram of . |
21 | They walk round from the school and they 've got a map of the places where the bombs dropped so |
22 | Anyway , to make it brief , they 've got a chance of doing a six months ’ tour in America from coast to coast . |
23 | I know they 've got a bit of crime rate with burglaries but it 's not actual violence round , and round Valley you can do the same , go in a pub and come out , and er no one 'll say nothing . |
24 | Well if they 're not left continually on their own they 've got a bit of company have n't they ? |
25 | They 've got a couple of young kids , four and five , so she 's probably got her work cut out with them . |
26 | Erm but you know if if they 've got a couple of years in er something and |
27 | Oh they 've got a couple of erm these |
28 | They 've got a way of measuring wear on er stretchers |
29 | So the stereotype of Appalachian English speakers is that they 're not very intelligent , they 've got a lack of ambition and success and a poor education . |
30 | We 're just by an inn now — the Half Moon — and I 'll go in and see if they 've got a conveyance of any sort . |