Example sentences of "they 've [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've become such regulars as they 've followed the national tour they now give the Star , Clayton Mark , a lift back to Cheltenham every Saturday night . |
| 2 | They 've lobbied every Labour conference since 84 . |
| 3 | Leyhill prison on the Gloucestershire Avon border is as far from the popular conception of a jail as you can get.Modern buildings cluster around borders boasting blooms that many public parks would be hard pressed to match.Leyhill is an open prison … the last port of call for inmates nearing the end of their sentences.A hundred prisoners work on the nearly forty acres of lawns , borders and market gardens.Their skills won them a silver medal at Chelsea for this display of garden design.And at Leyhill , they 've created a spectacular show … with drifts of brightly coloured pelargoniums competing for attention with giant cannas … and a fine show of roses.New borders are being created all the time … giving the prisoners an opportunity to express themselves and learn techniques that could help them go straight when they 're released : |
| 4 | They 've created a civil service , and trained Arabs to work like French bureaucrats . |
| 5 | However , it 's not as if they 've erected a Chinese Wall . |
| 6 | They 've invested the that 's found along the path . |
| 7 | I mean , it 's a , it 's a wooden prefab type hut , it 's very hardy done , concrete floors , they 've made a good job of it . |
| 8 | And they 've made a good job of tiling have n't they ? |
| 9 | ‘ well , they 've made a bloody mess of that city . ’ |
| 10 | They 've made a great start , but five shots after one round is nothing in this tournament . ’ |
| 11 | and they just say it totally randomly and the last one just the first pers person who says Mornington Crescent is the winner but they 've made a great big sort of fiction as to how why , when it is suitable to say Mornington Crescent |
| 12 | So she went and they 've made a lovely job of it ! |
| 13 | And with the help of breeders all over the world , they 've made a dramatic comeback . |
| 14 | Let's have a look at this , er well they 'd supposedly done weightlifting they 've made , they 've made a few er , they 've seemed to have done some alterations on it so they must have done that one , er wheelchair slalom |
| 15 | Doctors believe they 've made a significant breakthrough in the fight against one of Britain 's fastest growing illnesses . |
| 16 | Now scientists working at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford believe they 've made a significant discovery in how asthma is passed down the family tree . |
| 17 | Now they 've made the whole workforce redundant , and will also have to issue redundancy pay . |
| 18 | For nearly 3 years they 've made the 2 and a half mile trip from their temporary classrooms back to their homes . |
| 19 | That 's what they 've made the old Anglesey Road hospital into . |
| 20 | ‘ They 've made an excellent job of it , Janet . ’ |
| 21 | Six months after a seventy year old man was found beaten to death in his home , police say they 've made an important breakthrough . |
| 22 | And you know these telephone-holes — when they 've dug a good hole they put a sort of canvas tent on top , so that they can work in comfort underneath . |
| 23 | because they 've dug a big hole does n't mean you measure the big hole . |
| 24 | They 've heard a relieving fleet 's on the way . ’ |
| 25 | Perhaps they 've heard the economic forecast . |
| 26 | Oxfam aid workers say they 've become the new targets in the war in Somalia . |
| 27 | It was a real nice place two years ago ; nothing but luxury houses for the super-rich , but then the snakes bought it and they 've painted a big yellow cross on their runway . |
| 28 | Both Mike and Brian say they 've gained a great deal … |
| 29 | In the late seventies , the authorities allowed many refugees to stay , but now they 've adopted a tougher policy . |
| 30 | For starters , they 've witnessed a marked shift in the make-up of their audience : though there 's a sprinkling of residual bagginess in tonight 's crowd , the lion 's share of the faithful fit the dishevelled , T-shirted stereotype of the diehard pop kid . |