Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] they [verb] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | You seen what they 've been doing ? |
| 2 | After her husband told her they had been ruined by Wickens , she stormed off to confront him , only to see him setting off on his bicycle . |
| 3 | He hated untidiness and waste ; he thought that babies who threw things from their cradles should be punished , and children who would n't eat their food should be starved until they ate what they had been given in the first place . ’ |
| 4 | Avon and Somerset Police told us they 've been monitoring the situation closely , but so far they 've been unable to press criminal charges . |
| 5 | They told us they had been there since the outbreak of the war — approximately 34 hours previously . |
| 6 | Jack 's heart lurched as he saw the ambulances and the busy , functional building and he immediately forgot everything they had been saying . |
| 7 | The eagle stared back at him proudly and without fear and Mr Wolski wondered how long he would be here in captivity , staring out at the same things year after year , his great wings never feeling the power and support of the wind , his talons never arcing forward and down as they did what they had been made for and struck at prey . |