Example sentences of "what they have [be] " in BNC.

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1 Some of his male colleagues boasted about how they 'd felt with various women , raising an arm to show what they 'd been like .
2 It had n't been what they 'd been told to expect by the Daily Mail .
3 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 .
4 But then they 'd still presumably report back to the main group about what they 'd been doing .
5 He used to sort of let the girls know what they 'd been at .
6 Some of them very negative , and how much they hated doing what they 'd been made to do er , and others very surprisingly made it known that they had thoroughly enjoyed it .
7 That 's what they 'd been told to do .
8 The aroma that exuded from the chemist shop in those days like er Depends what they 'd been using you see ?
9 The vibrancers had truly believed what they 'd been taught and had never questioned anything .
10 ABC tracked me down after seeing some of the papers in my case and wanted to know if I could confirm what they 'd been told .
11 Some could n't say what they 'd been wearing themselves , but their female colleagues usually gave us some idea . ’
12 in the end she took the children home with her , erm it was so different from what they 'd been used to in those erm
13 I mean everybody knew what was going on , they might have had their own interpretations of what they 'd been told , but that happens , and as I said you know , every decision was voted on by the full lodge of the three quarries .
14 What they 'd been over there to a stallion ?
15 They , they , what they 'd been doing was shooting them over and they 'd just had n't been exploded , they said dud shell or something .
16 Oh god , mind you there was a fire last night , and the fire could n't tell , just by looking at somebody , what they 'd been up too , you get .
17 That 's what they 'd been fighting for for twenty years .
18 The thing is , young officers coming into the force , doing what they 've been taught is their job , the next thing they know they 've got people making complaints against them .
19 ‘ They will use you to taste what they 've been given , You may die like those men of Pesaro 's . ’
20 All the people that I 've seen trying to do it have all my sympathy , because I know what they 've been going through .
21 I know that our children by enlarge er their vocabulary does n't extend to erm what er , polysyllabic words which which might really sum up for an adult what they 've been going through , how they 've enjoyed it but what is the terrible form we had last year in seventh year , was it seven G ?
22 It 's sometimes easier for them to cope if they distance themselves from it and rebuild their lives as single parents , without telling people what they 've been through . ’
23 Let's see what they 've been doing to you .
24 Yes , she absolutely is so , we 'll have to erm , find out from you what they 've been talking about .
25 And adequate software must be made available to ensure G M B activists can put into practice what they 've been taught and use it to the labour movement 's advantage .
26 A game of tag ( see below ) may well be just the thing ; but if they 've just come in from the playground and that 's what they 've been doing for the last fifteen minutes , it would be a bit of a waste of time .
27 I ask each group what they 've been doing .
28 review with them where they 're at , record how they 're doing , you know tra , I mean I ca n't tell them to do that , but actually ask them to spend five or ten minutes each session talking to different pupils and what they 've been doing and you know even if it 's a personal timetable some people wo n't get into it but it 's you know , trying to get them to be what are tutors are , you know , I 'd like them to do .
29 I admire them for being able to sit there in front of everybody and say they actually , what they 've been through because it must have been sheer hell er , trying to come off and withdrawal symptoms , I mean , I do n't know much about it cos I 've never taken well I smoke
30 What they 've been told has led to the establishment of a major police investigation , assisted by three full time social workers , going back over 20 years .
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