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a sort of exclusive club , arising al almost always through the ranks of the of the law , and gradually , gradually got withdrawn from the way that ordinary people think and feel .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 .
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