Example sentences of "[noun sg] they have been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mordecai had said that he usually approached the shop through the bazaar , and that was the side they had been watching . |
| 2 | The classroom was the warehouse they 'd been in before . |
| 3 | Houses are no longer the gold-plated investment they have been since the war . |
| 4 | They show the Deee-Lite dictionary they have been compiling — nearly 400 words that includes slang from around the world , Esperanto and Deee-Lite 's own language . |
| 5 | All the buying they 've been doing must be starting to hurt . |
| 6 | As a result they had been driven out of the city by Richard 's agents and the cathedral was closed for twenty-one months . |
| 7 | As a result they have been weak in the diplomatic arena . |
| 8 | I think , Chairman , that 's still subject to approval by the E A B , erm , which is at the end of the day , the important party that has to be satisfied , so , these are very successful negotiations , but we , we 're still awaiting erm , confirmation they 've been accepted . |
| 9 | But er unfortunately those on the ground who have shown their skill at wrecking anything that does n't suit their purpose with the support of the Labour group , those on the ground will still be there and I do n't believe that er giving the director of education the executive powers is going to stop them continuing to take the sort of action they 've been taking . |
| 10 | No one was jumping for joy because they 'd finally got the piece they 'd been searching for for years . |
| 11 | Once again there was a flurry of bodies from the doorway they had been defending and another charge . |
| 12 | Maybe this was the break they had been waiting for . |
| 13 | All the seats had been taken , but once Myeloski had waved his warrant-card at the ticket-desk they had been given seats . |
| 14 | Even in their heyday they had been fluid entities which could be dormant in specific areas for years at a time , but the decline at the turn of the century was much more widespread than earlier fluctuations . |
| 15 | At the same time by increasing their expenditure programmes at a rate far greater than the growth in tax revenue they have been led into creating inflation . |
| 16 | No wonder they had been covered up . |
| 17 | Shortly after lunch they had been reduced to 57 for eight . |
| 18 | Nell guessed from the centrifuges and freezers what type of work they had been designed for . |
| 19 | Chris described to her in painstaking detail the story of the cartoon they 'd been watching . |
| 20 | Source C " The impression left on the minds of those who heard the speech , after the first sensations of surprise had passed , was that the whole thing had been arranged long before and that , while in the Cabinet and committee they had been making panic stricken efforts to balance the budget , the whole business had been a humbug and make-believe . " |
| 21 | ‘ I have n't been drinking , Harvey , ’ she said patiently , as if this was a dialogue they had been through many times before . |
| 22 | And with Teddy Sheringham , back at the City ground for the first time since his move to Spurs , and Durie performing like statues , Forest quickly found the self-belief they have been lacking . |
| 23 | All over Spain , rebel officers put into action the plan they had been elaborating since December of the previous year . |
| 24 | You see the individual patient 's dilemma , we 've got no problem with the loner who comes for individual psychoanalysis they have been on their own th there 's no problem there , but but what about the group analytic situation ? |
| 25 | Conference , if you think back to all those times that you have sat at home watching the news after a day 's work like I have , and listen carefully to what is being said , you may well have been horrified and saddened to hear the many stories appertaining to people who have had accidents or died due to the fact that the machine they have been driving has been too powerful . |
| 26 | After a lengthy campaign they 've been offered compensation for drop in value of their homes . |
| 27 | While at Croydon SSD , Ambache had to support his director in a battle with a while couple who wanted to adopt a black child they had been fostering . |
| 28 | Since entering the wood they had been in severe anxiety . |
| 29 | One moment they had been crossing a burning glade of shoulder-high grass in the full glare of the sun and the next they descended abruptly into a dark , silent , mysterious world where the air was cool and moist , the earth soft and spongy underfoot , and dazzling orchids blazed suddenly among the deep green undergrowth . |
| 30 | She imagined Georg happy and married to some nice girl , while she went on in this gulf of misery for the rest of her life , hanging around waiting for glimpses of Gesner , spending every night reliving every moment they had been together , all the wonderful things he had said to her , the magic of his hands when he touched her — she shivered . |