Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] they [verb] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesman for neighbouring Cleveland county council said they had been ‘ well aware of the Government 's intention to raise teacher 's salary well above the rate of inflation with a General Election coming up ’ . |
| 2 | American children whose mothers were called up during last year 's Gulf War felt they had been abandoned , an in-depth study of their feelings showed . |
| 3 | While the presiding officer in charge of a polling station has the right to ask questions of any voter whose identity or capacity to vote is in doubt , no one who attended at the station said they had been challenged . |
| 4 | A spokesman said they had been overwhelmed by the number of applications when the new disability living benefit was announced and said it had taken longer than anticipated to sort out . |
| 5 | Mum said they 'd been all over today ! |
| 6 | Bradshaw and Millar found that 24 per cent of lone mothers who were or ever had been on income support said they had been , or would be , unwilling to give such information to the DSS . |
| 7 | But one worker confirmed they had been in the office and seemed to be completely genuine . |