Example sentences of "they have [verb] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why could n't they 've made it the Soton game ? ? |
| 2 | Fortunately they 'd given her the job back at the shoe shop , and she and I had to spend only evenings and weekends together . |
| 3 | But they 'd seen him the moment he saw them , so he kept on walking towards them . |
| 4 | If they did report a rape and they 'd told him the woman opposite , at the top last night er , next week come back . |
| 5 | He wished they 'd left him the radio mast , so that he could at least listen to some music and pick up the news . |
| 6 | It 's a compliment in itself that they 've given me the chance … ’ |
| 7 | It 's going through that system , and once they 've given us the go ahead then we can go to the solicitor in Lancaster . |
| 8 | They 've given you the clefs . |
| 9 | You tend to be rather poorly which is why they 've given you the blood transfusion . |
| 10 | They 've called it the Fellowship of Christian Spiritualists of 24 Stranraer Gardens , and they have a lot of fun , singing and dancing and playing the tambourine in the back room downstairs . |
| 11 | But they 've called it the house ? |
| 12 | ‘ They 've told me the plan is that I should be opening , all things being equal , ’ he explained . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've spoken to the doctors at the hospital where he was treated , and they 've told me the whole long , miserable story . |
| 14 | About eighty per cent of the users are students and they 've normally been told to read this , or read that , or read the other , and if they now use one of our computer terminals , which has got a little video screen on the top and a little keyboard , they can look up the books , they can look them up by title , by the title of the book as well as by the traditional author approach , and when they 've found it the computer tells them how many copies are in the library , or whether they 're all on loan . |
| 15 | They can look the up by title , by the title of the book , as well as by the traditional author approach , and when they 've found it the computer tells them how many copies are in the library or whether or they 're all on loan . |
| 16 | If they had questioned it the chances of the orders being carried out would 've been much less of course . |
| 17 | It could have been the second , but he had swallowed his pride when they had shown him the room that was allocated him . |
| 18 | They had offered him the position of editor in chief with , apparently , more direct control over the content of the paper , but only if he came off the Board . |
| 19 | They had told him the chaprassi would want a bribe , but instructed him not to pay it . |
| 20 | ‘ Then they have given me the slip again . |
| 21 | Northampton have been so suitably impressed by Ross 's abilities that they have offered him the coaching job for the next two seasons , a post that he has accepted . |
| 22 | ‘ And neither will Froebe and his men , once they have shown us the way . ’ |