Example sentences of "they have [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see they 've got a short concentration . |
| 2 | Betty 's Betty has lived on they had roast beef for Christmas because they 'd eaten no red meat for so long |
| 3 | Never mind , they 'd done a good job , and I had one plot of depth and richness on our otherwise bald mountain . |
| 4 | He goes on to say of course federal laws were not being obeyed in the confederacy because they 'd rejected the entire panoply of federal laws and Lincoln goes on to point out must they these laws and the confederacy be allowed to state the question more directly , are all the laws but one to go unexecuted and the government itself to go to pieces less that one be violated . |
| 5 | He 'd only just retired , and they 'd built a beautiful bungalow . ’ |
| 6 | They 'd reached a dramatic opening , and through it she could see the moon-silvered sea hundreds of feet below , moving in a slow , deep swell towards the foot of the cliffs . |
| 7 | They were n't interested in her war story , they 'd heard a million war stories . |
| 8 | They 'd joined the International Terrorist Freemasonry … ’ |
| 9 | The Judge said they 'd made a strong case about how they 'd be affected by noise from the road . |
| 10 | The Judge said they 'd made a strong case about how they 'd be affected by noise from the road . |
| 11 | But then why would Mao in nineteen forty five say that how that they 'd made a major concession to land to the tiller but that this is a correct one and they 're going to , that land reform has to be taken in stages and they 're going to first of all reduce rent and , I mean er |
| 12 | Because when Wendy and Laura had returned they 'd brought a verbal message from Suzie to the effect that she 'd met a Danish boy and had no intention of returning to England to complete her studies . |
| 13 | Cos they 'd brought a little dog to be walked . |
| 14 | ‘ And they 'd learnt a fair bit in the war , with their OSS Office of Strategic Services , same as our SOE . |
| 15 | Aberdeen arrived back from Turin this afternoon , knowing they 'd taken a major step towards the quarter finals of the Cup Winners Cup . |
| 16 | They 'd taken the motorised dinghy across to explore the fairy-tale clarity of the water in the natural sea caves of the Blue Grotto , then on Roman 's orders had spurned the small cove he 'd mentioned as too crowded , and returned to take the yacht further out to sea , choosing a peaceful place to drop anchor and eat the picnic he 'd stowed away as a surprise … |
| 17 | Dad ran a garage and petrol station on the main road through Strathspeld village and Mum had a wee gift and coffee shop ; Dad had been worried after the Six-Day War when they 'd introduced the fifty-miles-an-hour speed limit and even issued fuel-rationing books , but that had n't lasted very long and , even though petrol cost more nowadays , people were still travelling and using cars . |
| 18 | men when they 'd retrieved a live person , or even a dead one . |
| 19 | They 'd left the other door wide open , and as Juliet passed , she caught sight of a rumpled bed with blue sheets . |
| 20 | ‘ I was caught at Dunkirk when they thought they 'd won the bloody war . |
| 21 | Finding herself passing Tony 's lodgings one evening when they 'd had no pre-arranged date , she had decided on impulse to drop in and surprise him . |
| 22 | Surely , after the wonderful night of passion she had experienced with Ross , they 'd had a real chance of mending their relationship ? |
| 23 | I did ask if they 'd had a nice meal , but Lisabeth just ‘ harrumphed ’ so I dropped the subject and told them instead that I was going to meet Duncan and collect Salome 's car . |
| 24 | But they 'd had a thorough look through his life just to be sure and hit the jackpot entirely by chance . |
| 25 | That 's what I said first , I said ooh they 'd had a terrible job ! |
| 26 | that 's what I mean if they 'd had a good whistler he kept instead of her , could n't he ? |
| 27 | They 'd had a good time . |
| 28 | They 'd had a good time , it had given him a good holiday , her too . |
| 29 | Her father , Peter Few Brown said they 'd had a good visit . |
| 30 | In all the cases they 'd had a violent experience in earlier childhood . |