Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] they 've been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not on a degree course but at the Cultural Centre for Foreigners where they 've been going since last September . ’ |
| 2 | That seems to me , a very evil thing , if people are kept in prison for months before they 've been found guilty . |
| 3 | This is ideal for draining vegetables once they 've been taken off the hob . |
| 4 | ‘ It also happens in public schools , where new arrivals are considered ordinary weaklings until they 've been pushed out to survive some sort of ordeal so they can re-enter the group with a new identity . ’ |
| 5 | They 'd be secondhand shoes because they 've been worn for three days . |
| 6 | The explosion of smaller ‘ funky ’ labels sees a wealth of records in the clubs and record shops days after they 've been cut , not months . |
| 7 | Erm I would say that in the past the loyalist paramilitaries , apart from the obvious thing which was easy going out just and killing catholics as they 've been doing recently . |
| 8 | The Building Societies say they 're often unaware that tenants have moved in to properties until they 've been repossessed . |
| 9 | Thames Valley Police say they ca n't comment on the figures until they 've been discussed by the relevant committee next week . |
| 10 | But what happens to those families when they 've been housed and they gradually improve their position , do we send our officers down and say ah , you 've got some money in the bank now , you 're not in need , get out of this council house we 're gon na give it to somebody else . |
| 11 | ‘ We 've lost many of our localised products because they 've been taken over by multi-nationals . |
| 12 | I 'm a perfectly engineered Kill machine , which will carry out its orders until they 've been implemented or I 've been destroyed . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's probably sour grapes after they 've been beaten 4-2 by nine men . |
| 14 | Because the original dimensions were in imperial measure , either 12in or 15in on each side , we stick to these sizes since they 've been tried and tested so many times . |
| 15 | Wash chopping boards , knives , other equipment and your hands after they 've been used in the preparation of raw food . |
| 16 | He says it 's going to get bigger and bigger and alot of our pasture land is going to be cannabis plantations and they 're going to be legal ones because they 've been granted licences to possess and grow it . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It need n't be so : first thoughts are often best , cheeringly rehabilitated by third thoughts after they 've been loured at by seconds . |