Example sentences of "[Wh pn] 've [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence the success of the imbecilically cheerful Bhundu Boys and the triumph of pop megastars who 've made a pilgrimage to the ‘ roots ’ of pop and humanity ( Paul Simon , Peter Gabriel ) . |
| 2 | ‘ People who 've lost a Rottweiler often want another adult dog , rather than encourage the puppy market . |
| 3 | But to parents who 've lost a child through solvent abuse the message ca n't be tough enough |
| 4 | There is some professional resistance , in the sense that people who 've done a lot of work on programming get used to certain sorts of languages , and if you make proposals about teaching some new way of dealing with computers , they throw up their hands in horror , and object that this is going to be inefficient , or it 's not going to prepare people adequately for what goes on in industry , or whatever . |
| 5 | Music to the ears of teachers , parents and school governors , who 've mounted a series of demonstrations fearing that education would bear the full force of any cutbacks . |
| 6 | Those of us who 've had a bellyful of over-processed , bland , convenience foods , cardboard crispbreads and diet spreads have much cause to thank Ms Sheila Ferguson , ex-Three Degrees singer and author of a new book , Soul Food . |
| 7 | ‘ I would n't trust them to people who 've had a year to get ready and still manage to come two hours late . |
| 8 | I simply say that on the debates we 've had on the Policing Bill , I 've learnt what the functions of your Noble House is all about and the speech that 's just been made from across the Chamber from me , sums up entirely my views on the matter , and I say to your Lordships House that on the basis of experience as Northern Ireland Secretary when one is a Home Secretary for a province and there 's a number of people in this House who 've had a job to do including the Noble Lord , The Noble Viscount Whitelaw who set the tone of the way we all proceeded , I accept that , the one of the things we had to do there was bring democracy back to policing and the primary force of policing is taking a long time to do and that here as Home Secretary , everything I learned there was , stop the growing centralisation and the weakening of the police authorities and police force and this Bill does exactly that But now one of the questions I 've asked myself and it 's the only point because all the points have been made that I really want to ask the Government is what are these appointees for ? |
| 9 | We tell people who 've got a tan how healthy they look but , while there 's no doubt the sun 's rays give you a small boost of vitamin D , you get that from day-to-day exposure anyway . |
| 10 | Even they do n't want blokes who 've got a record … ’ ) . |
| 11 | Or if they are there , they 're existing voluntary organisations which may be already very loaded , who 've got a lot of work to do , to get into a negotiating framework and so on , so the first the thing I 'd say in answer to you is that , N C V O and other must put a tremendous pressure on government and local authorities to fund the community development aspect of the pluralistic society which er , the current government seems to want . |
| 12 | Right , so the interesting thing from , we 've got a lot of experience there , we 've got some people in the room who 've got a lot of experience in the industry and in business , is that one of the reasons why we 're looking for parcels , if you like , is because of that . |
| 13 | Now , that may be very idealistic and it 's obviously not all retired or old people who 've got a lot of wisdom unless you want to tell their stories . |
| 14 | Teachers and pupils have condemned builders who 've felled a line of trees next to their school grounds . |
| 15 | I mean , could one do the Tesco superstore , pick up the bedding begonias and the kids from their respective nurseries , shell peas for the boss 's wife and remove the rotary drier from its rotospike so as not to offend the neighbours who 've stuck a Sky dish up against your patio view , whilst obsessed by lust ? |
| 16 | For experts who 've spent a career bringing pneumoconiosis under control , these revelations are deeply disturbing . |
| 17 | But it 's either her or the caretaker who 've taken a lot of stuff out of my place : radio cassette , bedside radio , camera , alarm clock , my son 's chair and table . |
| 18 | He 's one of six young musicians who 've earned a chance to play alongside the professionals.Chris Moore reports . |
| 19 | We do occasionally get calls from people who 've dialled a number listed in one of the ads only to find that it 's wrong — an old lady in Dunfirmline insisting that she 's definitely not selling a Malmsteen Strat — or perhaps giving the ‘ unobtainable ’ tone on a number which does n't exist . |