Example sentences of "[subord] they 've been [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Critics are demanding changes to 2 important pieces of legislation … the Children Act of 1989 and the Criminal Justice Act of 1991 , which forced the police to hand over to social services all offenders under the age of 15 once they 've been arrested and charged . |
| 2 | Books and other references sources can be extremely useful and I 've found the staff at most libraries very helpful … that is , once they 've been persuaded that they are not dealing with an imaginative miscreant ! |
| 3 | Here again , do n't expect them to take the boots back if they 've been marked or worn outside . |
| 4 | I 'm a perfectly engineered Kill machine , which will carry out its orders until they 've been implemented or I 've been destroyed . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But whether they 've been opened or closed it 's like a white elephant , I mean lovely place , look . |
| 7 | 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 . |