Example sentences of "if they [verb] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Women lose confidence being out of the labour market , men tend to lose confidence if they 've been out of work ’ , says Michaels . |
| 2 | Allow your tiles to acclimatise at room temperature for at least 24 hours before laying — especially if they 've been stored in cold conditions |
| 3 | Most of the flowerbeds that look as if they 've been there forever were in fact made after Peter 's death . |
| 4 | The graphics look as if they 've been ported directly across from a Spectrum . |
| 5 | A good A&R Manager can earn sixty or seventy grand , whilst successful A&R Directors can earn upwards of a hundred grand and considerably more if they 've been doing it for a while . ’ |
| 6 | Most shops are prepared for your to do this with expensive boots , but do n't expect them to be exchanged if they 've been marked in any way or worn outside ! |
| 7 | Here again , do n't expect them to take the boots back if they 've been marked or worn outside . |
| 8 | It looks as if they 've been washed . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's almost as if they 've been told to keep their distance . ’ |
| 10 | and if they 've been there , people have been really nice to them |
| 11 | If they 've been boozing , you could end up with erm enough blood |
| 12 | If they 've been changing the pipes or digging them up or something they often flush it through with a load of chlorine , the water of or b Boil it erm As water get 's hotter , and something like sugar , would you get would you find , Let's say you get a cup of cold water and you try and dissolve as much sugar as you can in it , and then you try hot water , try disolv |
| 13 | Sometimes my tears are so hot they feel as if they 've been baking inside me , sometimes they feel bigger and wetter , sometimes rather lighter and not so salty . |
| 14 | They erm they tend to perhaps have a different attitude if they 've been given company shares , because they 're handled shares er fairly regularly , and that 's a different matter , erm I mean erm are there many people here who have privatized issues ? |
| 15 | No real problems if they 've been sensible with their money . |
| 16 | I do n't mind if they 've been , but if they 're waiting or |
| 17 | They will also completely cover up imperfections , have good sound and heat insulation properties and , if they 've been treated with protective spray , will last for years and years — long after paint has become chipped and discoloured , and paper faded . |
| 18 | And if they 've been malnourished since they were kids , they 're often slow in learning and remembering . |
| 19 | Rolling bream are not frightened bream , nor do they hang around in the swim if they 've been spooked by an escaping fish . |
| 20 | The thing about the Paddies is that some of them can pass as English if they 've been brought up here . |
| 21 | If they 've been with us for quite some time there are always ways we can enhance people 's skills are n't there ? |
| 22 | There is a lot of work ahead to check with other forces on what 's been stolen.The police will contact people who 've reported antiques stolen to tell them if they 've been recovered . |
| 23 | Well do do n't look as if they 've been used does it ? |
| 24 | I did hang them up matron said Mary Lou mildly , I know I did , then Mary Lou 's tennis racket sudden showed three broken strings , they were not frayed , but looked as if they 've been cut , Mary Lou was upset . |
| 25 | Oh all of my stuff has been up in the loft it 's like you say , I mean if they 've been double wrapped and everything and you wash them |
| 26 | Well as long as you do n't mind the high mileage cars but if they 've been going up and down the motorway all the time |
| 27 | I do n't know if they 've been on holiday with them |
| 28 | But once , if they 've been washed in really hot water they tend to distort . |
| 29 | You see even when they tell the truth , if they 've been telling lies for a long time , even if they , when they tell the truth you do n't believe them |
| 30 | Oh I 'm sure it would mean an awful lot to them and the fact that you 're so successful coming out of Ireland would mean a lot to them as well you know and er er it 's nice to be able to er you know to do that for them if they 've been over here living for you know some of them have never been back maybe and some of them have never seen Ireland because maybe their their parents or their grandparents came from there . |