Example sentences of "they have [vb pp] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 They 'd gone flying out of the door leaving her wide open to any sort of hurt .
2 By mutual consent they 'd begun to walk back towards the centre of the city , in the direction of Republic Square .
3 If you heard that someone had taken an amethyst to bed with them , you 'd probably think that they 'd forgotten to take off their jewellery .
4 Once or twice they 'd had to sleep down there , though not often because Gloria said it was n't nice to be all pressed up against people you did n't know .
5 They 'd got to sit up and lean against their pillows and their sheets had got to be turned down .
6 Erm they had n't got a survey going , they 'd got coming round to have a look at it , and they 'd got the environmental health from London to have a survey of it , and er everything .
7 Mostly she quizzed me about the burglars and I said they 'd tried to get in through the bathroom window and one of them had put a foot through it , probably coming from the roof next door , and I generally made out that there was a whole gang of footpads up there lying in wait for Santa Claus .
8 and stuff they 've asked to pick up and
9 " They 've gone to turn out the Owsla , and then we 'll be for it right enough . "
10 They 've started walking round already .
11 The hotel 's owners want to replace it with old people 's homes , but they 've agreed to hold back the bulldozers while the building 's inspected by an official from English Heritage .
12 He can tell them in training , but they 've got to perform out there on the pitch , and probably this game has come just at the right time , after suffering a defeat like that , this is the time to get out there and show the supporters what they can really do .
13 They 've got to go up to check it now have n't they Dave ?
14 They 've got to go up .
15 All they 've got to go on is that she spent a lot of time lying on the sofa , and that 's hardly unusual for a lady in her time and circumstances .
16 Now Bigwig 's put their backs up , and they 'll think they 've got to go on because he makes them .
17 erm Many primary school children have no timetable and they do n't bring homework home , and when the parents ask them what they did all day at school they say ‘ Nothing ’ , and some parents , that 's all they 've got to go on , and they , they get quite worried about it .
18 We do n't give out medical advice , cos we 're not qualified for that , but we do sit and listen to them and they talk about different things and what they 've got to go through .
19 yeah , and er , she gets them back and er they 've got to go through about twenty different processes before they 're allowed out the shop , or out the storage , cos even then , when they 're in store , they 're , they 're , some of them come back as cracked , you get ones coming back from er customers sort of thing , been and they come back and they 've got pins in them , they 've got bloody great er bits on the outside , of the outside .
20 Well they came and fetched the curtains on Thursday , they 've got to go back .
21 They 're worth watching and they deserve better than they 're getting , but they 've got to sharpen up in front of goal .
22 I do n't know if accounts 'll be ready because they 've got to set up new bank accounts in Norway and Denmark and accounts with the credit card companies in both of the countries separately .
23 Is that because they 've got fed up or because things have improved ?
24 I think to a certain extent the West Indian kids tend to get labelled and these labels they feel they 've got to live up to .
25 Not like what they 've got to put up with now — ferreting round in the council bins for old take-aways and kipping in cardboard boxes .
26 So they 've got to connect up as much as is humanly possible .
27 Well if they 've got to pick up at Norwood Gardens how 's the bus going to get to Norwood Gardens .
28 I mean I think that it 's erm a good idea for members to see what firemen and I 'm thinking in particular really of fire fight fighters I should n't say firemen , fire fighters , we 've got ladies , erm , who are retained and can be at their du place of work one minute , and twenty minutes afterwards they 've got to face up to ho horrendous sights , erm , it must have a tr traumatic effect on them .
29 I 've got seven English players in my team including lads like Gavin Peacock and Lee Clark and I 've told them they 've got to get up there to earn recognition . ’
30 They started to especially trainee managers , spending periods of time in the smaller branch , and they 've got to get on with that concern , but I think there are benefits since they 've been doing that .
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