Example sentences of "they have been [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For many this was the first time they 'd been back to Parham in thirty six years . |
| 2 | They 'd been out of action because the church 's spire was too weak to support them . |
| 3 | they and er they 've been around for centuries of course but er erm there 's all sorts of myths about them some of which are half-truths and some which un-truths . |
| 4 | They 've been around along time , however , and there are those , Gavin Friday included , who would put their meandering career down to a Dublin penchant for beer , bars and general untogetherness . |
| 5 | Cos they 've been on about people |
| 6 | When , when they 've been down , and they 've been back to school , they 've sent me a collections of drawings and nice little notes about it , and we 've come firm friends because first they look at me , on me as the pond woman , oh , they saw me on television getting my award , and erm they thought that was rather wonderful , and so we , we , we talk and now the , the first ones have quite grown up . |
| 7 | ‘ Women lose confidence being out of the labour market , men tend to lose confidence if they 've been out of work ’ , says Michaels . |
| 8 | and I thought well I 'm not gon na eat them now they 've been out of bag , so I thought oh I 'll boil them up for dog |
| 9 | They had been back at Ca' del Leone a little over two hours when Maureen phoned . |
| 10 | Recently , however , they have been down to Lord Mayor Treloar College where they are helping to buy TNS 's , a battery powered device which produces small low powered electric shock — something like pins and needles — designed to ease muscle pain for people with disabilities such as spina bifida and muscular dystrophy . |
| 11 | ‘ You , Sir , ’ he wrote to Sir John Franklin , ‘ fully understand this pleasure particularly when one 's visits are directed to a fresh field abounding with novelties ; if I find my labors as much rewarded here as they have been in V. D. Land , I shall consider myself amply paid . ’ |
| 12 | Employment Training should be opened up to unemployed people over 50 , irrespective of how long they have been out of work . |
| 13 | Long-term unemployed have to attend Restart interviews if they have been out of work for six months . |
| 14 | Since then , they have been out of order frequently — seven days in August alone . |