Example sentences of "they 've [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm of more use to him , if I carry his letters faithfully , than all the statutes and limitations and restrictions they 've clapped on the Welsh trade . |
| 2 | time and time again they sit on the sidelines saying this is what we think do n't talk to us about it do n't debate it , do n't ask us to think about it , take it or leave it , if you do n't give us what we want we 'll sit back and moan and sulk and they 've played , I think that 's a very irresponsible line they 've played in the five years I 've been on this council and I hope that er again the issue on the next item on the agenda represents a change of heart on their behalf . |
| 3 | ‘ My guess is they 've gone to the other house , ’ he said quickly . |
| 4 | I 'd also like to add a great thanks to the retiring executive committee for all the hard work that they 've done during the past year . |
| 5 | For instance , if people have n't exhibited management ability in what they think are the worthwhile things they 've done over the past 30 years or so , the chance of them ever being good managers is remote . |
| 6 | This is what we look at in terms of er target of erm the er wallets we 're going to print and that is determined , not quite sure what the measurement is for estate agent it 's something to er to do combination of the number of peop er number of mailings they 've done in the last er twelve months and also the number of houses they have on their their books . |
| 7 | The apparently calm , almost holiday mood of this Bosnian couple disguises the sheer terror they 've endured over the past few weeks . |
| 8 | It must be something that happens to men once they 've served on the Western Front . ’ |
| 9 | There are no outstanding flashes in organic chemistry , things move step by step , and the way they 've moved over the past thirty or forty years is quite apparent if anybody looks round their home . |
| 10 | They [ theoretical differences ] are not resolved really ; they continue as quite big arguments ; and there are quite big camps really of those who believe in theory and those who believe in scholarship , I suppose ; and we pretend that you can just muddle along and it does n't matter , but the crunch comes at things like marking exam papers , because if you 've got a student who 's heavily into theory , writing for a marker who 's heavily not into theory , then they tend to say things like ‘ oh , he 's just read Terry Eagleton , so blah blah blah ’ or ‘ she 's just read Cate Belsey and regurgitated that ’ so someone can get a bad mark because they 've written for the wrong person . |
| 11 | They 've called for the gradual introduction of tax increases balanced by a reduction in interest rates . |
| 12 | Mums-to-be only have the right to return to their job if they 've worked for the same company for at least two years . |
| 13 | And the amount of statutory maternity pay to which they 're entitled also depends on how long they 've worked for the same employer . |
| 14 | The producer of the video says preventing car crime is better than trying to cure it and they 've drawn on the real experiences of youngsters . |
| 15 | ‘ You say this is what they 've got on the other side ? ’ |
| 16 | It 's about time the relevant bodies — BT , the Met Office and AIS — got together and decided to sell what they 've got to the aviating public in a big way . |
| 17 | I 've got the like I do n't know what it is , they 've got like the little triangular something on one of the things , its right on the edge of the like a little white mark on it , that 's |
| 18 | It 's a domestic policy , hands off right and this was one of the arguments one of those potent arguments that they 've used in the last forty years right but it 's incredibly naive because any domestic policy will have an international dimension I remember the about European Community right but it was n't for the operation of the common agricultural policy countries in the European Community would be net importers of agricultural goods as we were ten years ago bec because er of protectionism we 've now increased our self sufficiency to the point where were a net exporter of agricultural goods what implications has th does that have for international trade ? |
| 19 | Once they 've arrived at the secret location near Doncaster , they 're placed into the care of the local badger protection group . |
| 20 | Registers will roll until elections are announced and then when elections are announced it will be the closing date for that particular election and polling cards will immediately be issued with massive publicity around them so that people who do n't get polling cards , discover that they 're not on registers and will still have time because they 've qualified by the qualifying date to get themselves entered onto registers within a week of the election taking place . |
| 21 | that but they 've left like the kitcheny bits here in the a , what was the old kitchen area |
| 22 | I think it is tough for BD because the midfield have their own way of playing which they 've had since the first season back , and Chapman knew where to be cos they built it round him . |
| 23 | where you , you get a scale response to them and we can do stats on but equally , if you get people to describe their most recent dream or describe their most erm , you know , compelling dream or , you know , a good one that they 've had in the last year or something like that , you may want to try and get that on tape or something like that erm if possible , yeah . |