Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] they have been " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean they 've been doing that for half a century or more , only now it 's getting more and they ca n't . |
| 2 | I was about the last one with a tanker er before er strike I mean they 've been there afterwards but er and er a certain tank was empty . |
| 3 | I mean they 've been on strike now for six months . |
| 4 | I mean they 've been a rabble all afternoon anyway , have n't they ? |
| 5 | But I just thought , you know , it 'd be nice to give it because they have been , I mean they 've been really helpful and |
| 6 | Well I mean I erm I mean they 've been so awa |
| 7 | you know , I mean they were so good when they came here but I mean they 've been shut in for months now ! |
| 8 | I expect they 've been in the gallery have n't you ? |
| 9 | ‘ I expect they have been taken back to the Wyrmberg . ’ |
| 10 | First and foremost , I hope they have been interesting — more than that , fascinating — for if language analysis fails to fascinate us , something is seriously rotten in the state of Denmark — and I learned that lesson from a Dane , Otto Jespersen , whose papers on language never failed to fascinate . |
| 11 | I reckons they 've been to the baths in Silchester Road . |
| 12 | I suspect they have been out here on this cold patch of mud waiting since half past ten . |
| 13 | When someone discovers they 've been betrayed by their partner they get angry . |
| 14 | I know they 've been writing them . |
| 15 | ‘ I know they 've been questioning Mr Willard but he was the one who found her . ’ |
| 16 | He says people have been to myself and I know they 've been to the doctor , crying in the surgery over there not being a burial ground , because obviously when one 's loved ones die they wish to have them buried here . |
| 17 | He says people have been to myself and I know they 've been to the doctor , crying in the surgery over there not being a burial ground , because obviously when one 's loved ones die they wish to have them buried here . |
| 18 | In actual fact your Pete and Margaret have moved more , in the twelve years that they were married , I know they 've been married longer now , but when , th they been married twelve years and they moved four times , |
| 19 | they were in , I know they 've been there years |
| 20 | I know they 've been doing that for ages . |
| 21 | I know they 've been pulling a lot out |
| 22 | I spect they 've been to a party . |
| 23 | The second letter told me so I thought they 'd been bombed out . |
| 24 | I thought they 'd been killed , she realized . |
| 25 | I th I think they 'd been on holiday and , she took ill on the holiday and , and came erm , she was stopping at erm , Edith 's and er it happened then . |
| 26 | ‘ I think they had been stationed in France . |
| 27 | I think they had been sold before they had been picked . |
| 28 | ‘ I think they 've been watching me to see what I eat . |
| 29 | I think they 've been told they ca n't have the money . |
| 30 | No I do n't think they should no I think they 've been there quite a while it 's a shame to . |