They've

Definition

they've /ðeÇv/ short form they have. ❍ HAVE

Examples

1. ‘In any case
2. they've had a clean-up of natural debris and the sand is white and clean.’
3. ‘So there's a lot of stock they've sent here which I'm just going to be throwing away.’
4. ‘They're a contrary lot
5. and they've been known to cause a few upsets in the past.’
6. ‘He wants what's best for them and if they want to do well
7. that's who they've got to listen to.’
8. ‘What I do know is that naming these people before they've been charged is a very bad idea.’
9. ‘They reckon it is a licence to print money and let's face it they've got lots of experience in this field.’
10. ‘I expect that in a few more days we'll find out they've both joined a cult or something.’
11. ‘Well fear not and control your excitement because they've started their own blog.’
12. ‘What they've got now is around 500
13. 000 people coming two or three or four times a year.’
14. ‘Now all I have to do is wait to see whether they've managed to get the authorisation codes right.’
15. ‘They want the club to progress and everyone feels they've got the potential to progress.’
16. ‘We sit side by side at the bar counter of an old fishermen's shack where they've been filming.’
17. ‘The elder one has a partner and they've been living together for about nine years.’
18. ‘No one knows when they died or who they are because they've been completely forgotten.’
19. ‘But then they've got less to compare him with
20. and have had no time to get sick of him.’
21. ‘Sea eagles hang out in the arctic north of Norway because they've been pushed back there by us.’
22. ‘Oh well
23. they've been dancing for longer than me so I guess I have some time to catch up!’
24. ‘How on earth can people afford to buy stuff in the January sales when they've just had Christmas?’
25. ‘In that case
26. why were they continuing to ask for lots of money to do the research they've already done?’
27. ‘I know that it's occurred to Matt and Nick because they've both talked about it with me.’