Example sentences of "[adv] they [verb] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the new services permitted by the Act are simply those offered by many other financial intermediaries , requiring no especial change in the balance sheet but drawing upon societies ' general financial expertise which hitherto they had been prevented from using to its fullest extent . |
| 2 | Furthermore they had been joined by universities in commercial and industrial cities , beginning with London , and including Manchester , Birmingham , Leeds , Liverpool , Newcastle and Bristol . |
| 3 | An overdose can happen sometimes because the quality of drugs that are produced illegally vary according to how much they have been " tampered " with to increase the profit to the dealer . |
| 4 | Apparently they 've been a bit disturbed once or twice , recently . ’ |
| 5 | By 8am they have been joined by over 50 more , and at least 80 vehicles . |
| 6 | What I 'd like you to do , is to try and put into words , what the main problems are at the moment , when they occur , where they occur , and how long they 've been going on for ’ . |
| 7 | No one even knows how long they 've been here . |
| 8 | Well it 's how long they 've been going , I suppose . |
| 9 | How long they had been ‘ carrying ’ their susceptibility to that cold around with them just waiting to meet up with the right bugs will depend upon the individual circumstances of each of them . |
| 10 | No matter how long they had been unemployed , the Girls felt guilty when auditioning for other troupes . |
| 11 | Ruth had no idea how long they had been driving when Sean turned the horses off the road on to a narrow side track . |
| 12 | Robbie had no idea how long they had been stationary . |
| 13 | However long they had been in Wimbledon , the suburb had not yet managed to curb their enthusiasm . |
| 14 | Following the usual exchanges I enquired how long they 'd been there . |
| 15 | Employment Training should be opened up to unemployed people over 50 , irrespective of how long they have been out of work . |
| 16 | How long they have been in partnership I can not be sure , but they show all the signs of a close musical understanding — temperament and technique in the service of the music , rather than vice versa , plus a healthy respect for the demands of textural clarity . |
| 17 | Because the courts have held that appropriation does not occur instantaneously they have been able to expand and contract the term to catch those who are " manifestly guilty " . |
| 18 | Perhaps they had been staved in by a bath chair which had run amok ! |
| 19 | Perhaps they had been discussing me . |
| 20 | Perhaps they had been loaded on the train many hours before Holly , because they seemed to him to be sleeping when he had first seen them in the darkened carriage . |
| 21 | Perhaps they had been dropped by birds . |
| 22 | Perhaps they had been his footsteps they 'd heard above them earlier . |
| 23 | Perhaps they had been mistaken about Wang Sau-leyan . |
| 24 | Perhaps they had been in the Rorim long enough for the animals to become used to each other . |
| 25 | Perhaps they had been carried out on the orders of someone else ? |
| 26 | Perhaps they had been on the other side of the ditch all the time and were hidden by it now . |
| 27 | Yes , they were household names — and perhaps they had been around too long . |
| 28 | I mean when you 're on picket line it 's very depressing it 's very heart breaking unless you get some comedian or something you know it gets er y you do n't know what to do with yourself and perhaps they 'd been taking pots of this paint I 'm not saying . |
| 29 | Perhaps they 've been for their walk , this one looks as if he 's so old he can hardly ! |
| 30 | Perhaps they 've been in and done it now . |