Example sentences of "they 've [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 've fitted a cocktail bar in the board room now . ’ |
| 2 | Are we also going to try and match those up with the attainment targets , so that we can say they 've completed a work sheet successfully ? |
| 3 | Such a breeze to fit , they 've caused a storm : |
| 4 | They 've created a vibe that everyone will be influenced by . ’ |
| 5 | They 've enlisted a number of world ranked players to their mens and ladies squads and are looking like favourites to win the premier league title . |
| 6 | They 've invested a lot of money in your conversion . |
| 7 | They 're keeping quiet at the moment saying simply that they 've invested a lot in new technology and models , and their cars are doing well against others in the country . |
| 8 | I know they 've invited a lot of guests , who 'll be staying in the house . |
| 9 | Now they 've arranged a meeting with Thamesdown Borough Council to demand action . |
| 10 | They 've made a contribution towards |
| 11 | I thought you were gon na say they 've made a mess . |
| 12 | still we want this , we want this , they 've made a request to have this done and it 's government funded and so it 's quite an interesting project really just to record things |
| 13 | I mean , they should n't want more than seven per cent because the cost of living , you know , the inflation 's gone down , but then when a bloke gets forty five thousand quid , you know eh , on a firm where they 've a , they 've made a profit , but he got an increase of forty five thousand pound which was of , no , no about forty per cent rather , forty per cent increase in his salary , I mean it 's bloody , I mean , how can , how can they expect , you know , the ordinary working man to put up with bloody awful increase , if , if they go and give bosses increases like that , I mean it does n't make sense . |
| 14 | They can either admit they 've made a mistake , or they can make it compulsory . |
| 15 | They 've made a mistake have n't they ? |
| 16 | er they say , and if then they 've made a mistake you have done what you are told , I mean if you take a big ladder and it 's only a wee fire , a small car bump and then there is a big fire later on , somewhere else and they have n't got their , the right appliances because you 're at that place with the wrong stuff , then that would cause problems would n't it ? |
| 17 | Doctors believe they 've made a breakthough in the treatment of breast cancer using drugs instead of surgery . |
| 18 | Nearly a thousand years ago the first settlers made the Glemmtal valley their home , and ever since they 've made a point of extending a warm welcome to all-comers . |
| 19 | they snapped it up at that price that his er sold and then they could n't pay er when , when the time came , you know the everything went off , so they sold it and bought something else and they 've made a lot of money on that so they 've paid it off and have er a lot of money on the house |
| 20 | Maybe or putting in erm that cable cos they 've dug a trench around it . |
| 21 | No and right and their people they 've uncovered a path to the bigger . |
| 22 | So they 've heard a lot about what happens here and they 've had the opportunity to look around . |
| 23 | ‘ They want to meet you , they 've heard a lot about you . ’ |
| 24 | Or is it , is it that they 've become a sort of exclusive club , arising al almost always through the ranks of the of the law , and gradually , gradually got withdrawn from the way that ordinary people think and feel . |
| 25 | ‘ They 've adopted a sheepdog approach and put priorities on everything , except for environment and university research , ’ says one observer . |
| 26 | I often wonder if , when they 've selected a person say right , I 'll choose number three , when number one goes by and number two goes by afterwards if they think oh you know , no , I would have preferred number two . |
| 27 | That 's why a blood donor if they 've given a pint of blood they 're told not to smoke afterwards if they 're a smoker . |
| 28 | Things are definitely happening over in Jersey : they 've converted a fort in St. Helier into a leisure centre , with squash courts etc . |
| 29 | Four children and their father set off on a bear hunt in high spirits , but by the time they 've forded a river , squelched through mud , survived a snowstorm and a wild wood to penetrate the bear 's dark cave , all they are capable of is running home again , with bear in hot pursuit . |
| 30 | The Polytechnic usually receives hundreds of phone calls from students trying to find out if they 've secured a place at college . |