Example sentences of "they [verb] [vb pp] [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Why could n't they 've made it the Soton game ? ?
2 Yeah because what they did they they 've done it a few a times though different people , look and see how far it is before it 's a blind spot .
3 Fortunately they 'd given her the job back at the shoe shop , and she and I had to spend only evenings and weekends together .
4 But they 'd seen him the moment he saw them , so he kept on walking towards them .
5 Timothy Gedge , with his hollow cheeks and his gawkiness , had picked on them even though he did n't know them , even though they 'd done him no harm .
6 They 'd heard her a little at rehearsal , but not properly , not consistently , and not without interruption and background noise .
7 If they did report a rape and they 'd told him the woman opposite , at the top last night er , next week come back .
8 He wished they 'd left him the radio mast , so that he could at least listen to some music and pick up the news .
9 Well if er , if they 'd left it a bit later
10 And they 've assigned me a prolific blighter ( 'lific blighter ) —
11 They 've made it a , a , a sort of through cut there , which is now going to allow people to cross over erm , it 's , it 's going to make erm , two points of pedestrian access shown on the north boundary at the site , will create new rights of way and will become short cuts for pedestrians and especially children .
12 And he said yes but it 's , it 's the accommodation we 've got , maybe it 's a Company move and they 've given them an apartment or something , seven months old , you know , that big , so by the time
13 My Uncle Stan and Aunt Alice are very good to me and more than good to Carrie , they 've given her a start in life she would never have had here .
14 They 've given me a roomette or some such , but I take this thing seriously .
15 They 've given me a theatre for a season .
16 They 've given me a major interrogation — I 'd told you about the Englishman — that 's what I should have been working on , not an idiot fire .
17 They 've given me a lot of furniture and other things that have been passed down through the generations .
18 Now she came away thinking I 've got this secondhand car and they 've given me a warranty .
19 It 's a compliment in itself that they 've given me the chance … ’
20 They 've given me the main facts .
21 They 've given me an elbow crutch , and I can make the journey perfectly well now , if I thought the blasted train would stay on the lines , but there 's not much I could do once I got to Moila , is there , if I ca n't walk ?
22 They 've given him a price just for painting the walls .
23 As John Major said , they 've given us a bloody nose .
24 They 've given us a German prisoner of war again . ’
25 It 's going through that system , and once they 've given us the go ahead then we can go to the solicitor in Lancaster .
26 You tend to be rather poorly which is why they 've given you the blood transfusion .
27 They 've given you the clefs .
28 Your background , your pedigree , yes you you you 've been brought up in a , possibly your fa your your parents , they 've taught you the right way , they are thrilled pieces , or they were if if they ma , they may well have been de dead by that time , but they were thrilled to pieces when you as a pharisee became a teacher , and a ruler , a leader amongst your people !
29 Yeah they 've charged me a fiver 's fucking commission on that .
30 I add them up yesterday and said what 's it , what do I do , I 've not come to , now they 've sent me a temporary one .
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