Example sentences of "[noun pl] they have been [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | My my s young bones they 've been pulled down with carrying these er er all these pails of water . |
2 | Chief Inspector Chips Salter was one of the officers they had been sent in to bring under control and Salter both guessed this ( although all such information was supposed to be highly confidential ) , and naturally — resented it . |
3 | Free sparring accustoms beginners to being attacked and teaches them how to handle certain situations using the techniques they have been taught up to that stage . |
4 | ‘ As rural communities have become increasingly marginal to national economies they have been given less political priority … |
5 | The wicker ones they 've been thrown out have they ? |
6 | On all the occasions they have been made before , they have been unconditional . |
7 | Furthermore , when Joseph explained to his brothers the purposes of God that had been running through the events they had been caught up in , he used terms recalling the promises of Genesis 12 : ‘ … you meant evil against me ; but God meant it for good , to bring it about that many people should be kept alive , as they are today ’ ( 50.20 ; see , too , 45.4–11 ) . |