Example sentences of "they have [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul Richardson was the first person they 'd met on the island who was prepared to work as long and as hard as they did . |
| 2 | Er they do after , yes th the , the nationalists had moved back across the south after nineteen forty five erm th th they 'd , they 'd retreated from the Japanese progressively after nineteen forty one and abandoned Shanghai and etcetera . |
| 3 | But it could also mean that erm they were getti that it they had been successful in getting taxation from what they 'd done since the beginning of cos they felt they could go even further . |
| 4 | She remembered those kisses they 'd exchanged in the water . |
| 5 | He should have made a point of looking at the evening coverage before doing his own piece ; but he 'd seen the people they 'd sent to the press conference at the hospital , dismissed them as unlikely to do a decent job on it , and promptly forgotten them . |
| 6 | Crystal chandeliers glittered brightly above a marble floor ; a quartet of musicians played music — real music , Nicolo thought , incongruously , not the brain-frying stuff they 'd played during the fashion show . |
| 7 | He had stuck to his story , that they 'd quarrelled at the dance and he had left early . |
| 8 | There was about an inch of water covering the floor that she was certain had n't been there when they 'd stopped at the cupboard . |
| 9 | And then about erm from about an hour , about half an hour later after we 'd sat down we 're just laughing our heads off because the gi , they 'd gone down the pub and we said no , we 'll have a quiet night in . |
| 10 | The roadshow now belongs to the mythology of the miners , the leadership had made the effort , they 'd gone on the road , and they 'd been rewarded by a clutch of standing ovations . |
| 11 | Things had been near perfect at that stage , and they 'd gone for a drink later , with Amanda chatting up the barman who had seemed a nice shy boy , if a bit quiet for the job . |
| 12 | There they were , they , they 'd gone for a walk round London , and er come back . |
| 13 | When that did n't work out he went to Mal at Monad where they 'd gone for the villanelle . |
| 14 | They 'd gone to the loo together by the time I joined Bunny . |
| 15 | Kate said they 'd gone to the army display and mentioned the rations that were taken on Antarctic expeditions . |
| 16 | They 'd gone to the barn with David Harper , Daniel Winter and Wisdom Smith after an evening at the pub . |
| 17 | ‘ We could see what looked like a range of hills from our window but they 'd gone by the morning — nothing left but huge ripples as if a great tide had come up and washed them away . |
| 18 | Jodie Riddell , owner of the very sweet Wolfer ( Sam 's ‘ girlfriend ’ ) , came close to losing her 18-month-old pet on a busy street — after they 'd moved to the hostel . |
| 19 | And I also said that Dr Kemp had n't turned up at the railway station when they 'd arranged for a taxi to pick him up and take him — ’ |
| 20 | To earlier when they 'd turned on the TV ? |
| 21 | They 'd gathered for the launch of the Celebrities Cookbook by Richard Wilson , who 's better known as the crusty and cantankerous Victor Meldrew . |
| 22 | They 'd set his hand and cast it , and then after a second set of plates a week later they 'd broken off the cast and operated . |
| 23 | From an outer façade of imposing honey-gold limestone and carved wooden balconies they 'd stepped into a world of contrasts , the latest modern technology against the sixteenth-century splendour of Maltese architecture . |
| 24 | Everything seemed to remind her of him : the jade T-shirt which she 'd worn on that happy day they 'd spent on the beach ; a phrase of music on the radio which they 'd listened to together ; and even baking a chocolate cake for the children had almost broken her up when she 'd remembered how much he 'd enjoyed the one she had made in New York . |
| 25 | Leonora dreamed of the fierce rapture they 'd shared on the island and began to long for Penry to want her violently , to stop treating her like a younger sister , and sometimes after he 'd gone she 'd stare in the mirror in discontent , wishing she were tall , or voluptuous , or blonde . |
| 26 | As he said it , he held her eyes and suddenly Ronni was remembering that glass of champagne they 'd shared at the party . |
| 27 | If they 'd settled at the beginning we would n't have had to go through this battle . |
| 28 | ‘ They came in their full march into the town with about 60 or 70 coloureds borne before them which they 'd taken at the Battle of Edgehill from the Parliament 's forces . |
| 29 | At dawn they ate the potatoes that they 'd laid around the fire to cook . |
| 30 | This morning weary commuters returned to cars they 'd abandoned during the night , after the A40 flooded at over near Gloucester . |