Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] [num] [n mass] " in BNC.
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1 | Looking at me , you 'd never guess I 'd killed three people . |
2 | Erm , then I think it probably had us confused for a while , whilst we were just trying to decide who should do writing and who should do what , but then I decided I 'd chose two people , and then we started cutting things out so then that , that went okay then . |
3 | Nonetheless , within half-a-circuit I had reached 800 ft . |
4 | Twelve pence , she reckoned ; perhaps if I had given ten pence to the beggar this would not have happened . |
5 | Ah I ai n't got no money for you babe , oh I know what I did , I had to count twenty pence worth of co er coppers on me |
6 | It was cold but not too cold , and dammit , I had caught four fish with hardly any effort ; fish that had taken a big crust with a savage bite that suggested they were very hungry . |
7 | I had borrowed ten quid from Joe — later repaid , and the only interest he demanded was a chaste kiss in front of the BBC in Langham Place . |
8 | Oh yeah , that 's what I 'm saying , there 's eight people used to go up I 've seen eight people leaving the Stenness Hotel crofters were around go round gillying for for the Stenness Hotel . |
9 | I 've seen 30 people aboard . |
10 | But I 've heard two people |
11 | So so far I 've let six people go . |
12 | I 've taken one pair up to the tree house and now I ca n't find any up there . |
13 | I mean I 've got one pair that 's really small for me , really , really small |
14 | Now if you 'd like two tickets I 've got one pair of tickets only , we 'll send them by post we need your postcode call us on Nottingham three four three four three four but please make sure that you can use the tickets before you call please . |
15 | Yeah , I 've got one pair presenting clothes . |
16 | I 've got twelve quid for the week , I 've got |
17 | Yeah I 've got four quid at home ! |
18 | I 've got three people working on it right now and they 've been working on it for three years . |
19 | ‘ You 're saying that if , with my mathematical mind , I can say that I have seen five percent of love at Bristol , why could n't one person contain one hundred percent of love . ’ |
20 | I have purchased two 7cm long Osphronemus gouramis , but can find no reference to them in my books . |
21 | I have had four staff working on fees collection throughout the year and two more spend part of their time dealing with related tribunals . |
22 | Polling was cancelled in some villages because all their inhabitants had fled the escalating violence , which has killed 140 people in five months . |
23 | In further indications of increasing openness , Tirana radio on Nov. 23 , 1989 , reported the crash of two helicopters the previous day which had killed 23 people ; incidents of this kind had hitherto not been reported in the Albanian media . |
24 | The signature of the accord raised hopes for the early reopening of the giant Panguna copper mine on the island , which had employed 2,000 people and provided 40 per cent of PNG 's export revenue before its enforced closure in May 1989 . |
25 | The respondents were the joint receivers of the assets of Carron Co Ltd , a company which had purchased 67,423 kg of steel strip from the appellants without having paid the purchase price of £71,769 . |
26 | Just raised slightly does n't it yes and obviously if you 've got fifty people and you do n't have a microphone or anything then it becomes even more so . |
27 | I said I think that 's wonderful I said cos do you know how long I 've been out the union now , three months , well I reckon I 've saved thirty pounds , you 've got thirteen quid back |
28 | Now , you 've got sixteen percent and you 're the Chairman when should n't you equity account it ? |
29 | Okay , well you 've got two percent plus three and a quarter , that makes five and a quarter . |
30 | confusing because you 've got two people bringing in the ideas , |