Example sentences of "they 've [be] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in its star system , the accolades go to the miners — they 've been through hell , fire , earth and water to become hardened into heroes . |
| 2 | They 've been to bed and got up in the morning , and now they 're going off and doing things , like going to work and that . |
| 3 | I do n't know if they 've been on holiday with them |
| 4 | I mean they 've been on strike now for six months . |
| 5 | They 've been on loo while they 've been and done them . |
| 6 | But that still boils down to the fact that everybody thinks they know how schools work cos they 've been at school themselves . |
| 7 | They 've been at war with us for three years , you see . ’ |
| 8 | They 've been under scrutiny since they met — a considerable strain for any relationship , and doubly so for one as close as theirs . |
| 9 | Oh yes you mean the fact that they 've been in flower ? |
| 10 | You will be tested for rubella immunity and until you know you are definitely immune , you should avoid seeing anyone who thinks they 've been in contact with the disease . |
| 11 | They 've been in water but the bullet fits tightly in the cartridge case , and they do n't seem to have been in water long enough for much water to have got in to affect the charge . |
| 12 | ‘ The British people will say to themselves : ‘ Well here 's a government that 's got a majority of 100 , they 've been in office for 10 years , they 've had all these opportunities , and at the end of 10 years all they can think of to do is to make individual attacks on the Leader of the Opposition . ’ |
| 13 | They 've been in touch with the undertaker and when I left they were arguing about the funeral . ’ |
| 14 | They 've been in touch and they said everything 's going through , it 's |
| 15 | And er video camera and lighting among them and er they look as if they 've been in place for hours . |
| 16 | MEGADETH have revealed they 've been in group therapy for the past three years . |
| 17 | a lot of it is er propaganda by the Conservative if , if they were gon na get it right , why could n't they get it right in the thirteen years that they 've been in power ? |
| 18 | is , is , in London and we deal with the British Section which is are the particular bits , but the prisoners have to be vatted and looked at and found by the International Secretaires , then they 're passed on to British Section who pass them on to us and a great deal of research goes into making sure that they really are truly prisoners of conscience , that they 've been in prison for some er possibly because of their belief or religion or their race erm and they 've not taken or advocated violence not taken part in or advocated violence and then , then they are full prisoners of conscience erm we maybe allocated them . |
| 19 | In the past six months while they 've been in prison doctors have been battling to save thir victim 's eyes . |