Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] they have been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I learnt from various teachers that when you go to these private schools and they 've been to schools , they hold them back because they like , they do n't like the |
| 2 | The way we see it , they both did a runner and they 've been in hiding ever since . ’ |
| 3 | Not only had it been obvious from the map that they were ninety degrees off course but they had been on tarmac for nine miles after being told that the track in In Salah was dirt from its start . |
| 4 | She had assumed they were going to his friend 's colourful flat but they had been on the motorway for several miles and the road signs said they were travelling north . |
| 5 | ‘ They are old friends and they have been through a lot worse than this over the years . |
| 6 | However fourteen days later they were still pulling out er live babies and they 'd been in there in the rubble for fourteen days . |
| 7 | The Psalms offer a rich mixture of spiritual , literary and musical expression and they have been at the heart of the Church 's daily worship since biblical times . |
| 8 | Maurice Hope held a similar view , though he favoured social rather than genetic factors : ‘ Black people are natural fighters ; they 've been fighting for survival and they 've been in that condition all their lives . |