Example sentences of "they [verb] be [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A lot of prisoners would never dream of reading one of Shakespeare 's plays because they fear being out of their depth . |
| 2 | Anyway , er they we , they moved out last Friday so this week when he rang me , they 'd been round past the hotel and er there 's walls being knocked down ! |
| 3 | Well he said they 'd been round with a helicopter , a plane taking photos of the houses , did I want to buy a photo of me house , twenty pound . |
| 4 | He had been let down several times , they had done all sorts of things without asking him , and sometimes he only found out what they 'd been up to when the papers rang for comment . |
| 5 | For many this was the first time they 'd been back to Parham in thirty six years . |
| 6 | They 'd been out of action because the church 's spire was too weak to support them . |
| 7 | In terms of erm , return to work , er , we also er have been very good , I think , in the sense that we now offer the twenty-five per cent bonus er , after pregnancy , do n't get me wrong on that , er , what happens is , people are actually recompensed , given back the money which they 've sacrificed because they 've been away from work for six months , and they get is back over the next two years . |
| 8 | Could they have been in with the real Communist underground ? ’ |
| 9 | What about livestock would they have been in at that time of year ? |
| 10 | Researchers at Leicester University are monitoring 400 water sports enthusiasts , who they believe are up to three times more likely to suffer viral disorders than the rest of the population . |
| 11 | What they felt was out in the open and they both knew it could go no further until whatever lay ahead was over . |
| 12 | What they do is up to them and you should n't feel that you have to copy them . |
| 13 | ‘ Only because the people they love are back in the city , ’ she reasoned . |
| 14 | The German Dynacord company remain relatively unheralded within the modern music industry , even though they 've been around for over forty years , in fact since the very inception of electronic amplification . |
| 15 | Thank you erm I hardly ever comment on these but I just , I was n't sure what because quite often these things go under another guise , but there are a number of schemes on the drawing board for investigation as you all know and Mr will know some of those they 've been around for , for some years . |
| 16 | they and er they 've been around for centuries of course but er erm there 's all sorts of myths about them some of which are half-truths and some which un-truths . |
| 17 | They 've been around along time , however , and there are those , Gavin Friday included , who would put their meandering career down to a Dublin penchant for beer , bars and general untogetherness . |
| 18 | No this is , cos Marion and Matthew they like Indians and they go both me ma , start again , they like Indian meals and they 've been round to quite a few and they said this is the best one they 've been to . |
| 19 | Cos they 've been on about people |
| 20 | They 've been on to us . |
| 21 | I do n't know , if you 're like me but , I must confess , I I get er , I would n't say pleasure , but I rather like those incidents where he tells the disciples off , not because he 's telling them off , but because I can fit in wi with what they 've been up to ! |
| 22 | When , when they 've been down , and they 've been back to school , they 've sent me a collections of drawings and nice little notes about it , and we 've come firm friends because first they look at me , on me as the pond woman , oh , they saw me on television getting my award , and erm they thought that was rather wonderful , and so we , we , we talk and now the , the first ones have quite grown up . |
| 23 | And they 've been trendy the last two or three seasons , they 've been back with the classics have n't they ? |
| 24 | They 've been back on the phone again despite Portsmouth awarding him a new two-year contract ! |
| 25 | So erm yes I think everybody 's very very disappointed as I think we probably heard with Paul Simpson because United certainly in my books , played some of the best football I 've seen them play since they 've been back in the second division in the erm first half , but really did let things slip away a little bit in the second . |
| 26 | then she said they 've been down at the this time of year |
| 27 | She 's act she er they 've been down for a for a flying visit , I think , th they like to fly and fly back because it gets th the fre used to the freedom . |
| 28 | That is just called pentate it is not called E M penta any more equally you do n't have sec butile alcohol turk turt butile alcohol they 've been out for ten years ! |
| 29 | They 've been out for fifteen minutes . |
| 30 | By which time the tenants have come home from work or they 've been out for a few hours , say they 've been out from twelve till six . |