Example sentences of "they 've [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | And they 've made a very nice restaurant on the top floor . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | They 've made a er |
| 34 | And they 've made a good job of tiling have n't they ? |
| 35 | 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 ? |
| 36 | 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 |
| 37 | because they 've dug a big hole does n't mean you measure the big hole . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | Maybe or putting in erm that cable cos they 've dug a trench around it . |
| 40 | No and right and their people they 've uncovered a path to the bigger . |
| 41 | So they 've heard a lot about what happens here and they 've had the opportunity to look around . |
| 42 | They 've heard a relieving fleet 's on the way . ’ |
| 43 | ‘ They want to meet you , they 've heard a lot about you . ’ |
| 44 | 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a sort of exclusive club , arising al almost always through the ranks of the of the law , and gradually , gradually got withdrawn from the way that ordinary people think and feel . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | Both Mike and Brian say they 've gained a great deal … |
| 47 | ‘ They 've adopted a sheepdog approach and put priorities on everything , except for environment and university research , ’ says one observer . |
| 48 | Having read through the er N Y N Y six and N Y seven , I 've got to acknowledge that it 's er far from easy to draw up a unified strategy for employment land in North Yorkshire and I can sympathize with the County Council er in their difficulties with the methodology and I think that they 've adopted a very fair minded approach to this , they 've er highlighted weaknesses wherever they occur , erm and I think that will be very obvious . |
| 49 | In the late seventies , the authorities allowed many refugees to stay , but now they 've adopted a tougher policy . |
| 50 | 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 . |
| 51 | Mike Evans , Managing Director of Pacplas , summed up the judges ' view : ‘ First , they 've achieved a great deal and the spirit of the team means they 'll get better and better . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | Some companies do have genuine offers after April 5 because they 've begun a new accounting period and will be keen to impress their investors . |
| 55 | Things are definitely happening over in Jersey : they 've converted a fort in St. Helier into a leisure centre , with squash courts etc . |
| 56 | And in recent years they 've played a growing role in encouraging the public to recycle their rubbish . |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | The stoppage means some students will have to wait longer to learn whether they 've secured a college place . |
| 59 | The Polytechnic usually receives hundreds of phone calls from students trying to find out if they 've secured a place at college . |
| 60 | Now having said that I mean the late long established er unit trust group , I mean as a , as a company we 've got to be very careful who we use , we 've got an approved list erm in London and in Bournemouth we have erm a , a department which analyzes products , and those products come onto our approved list when they 've , when they 've fulfilled a number of criteria . |