Example sentences of "they have been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They 'd been watching the site for some time . |
| 32 | They 'd been watching the premises for several months . |
| 33 | They 'd been queuing since 5 a.m. in the morning and as the wait continued , so did the length of the queue . |
| 34 | Though Jan was not initially aware of it , this was not the first time they 'd been cast together . |
| 35 | I managed four , but they tasted like they 'd been pickled in piss . ’ |
| 36 | The pickets knew what to expect : they 'd been warned it could turn nasty , and it did . |
| 37 | They 'd been feeding her up ( according to Danielle , they would have taken extra food from the other children ) . |
| 38 | They 'd been feeding it down at the where they give the horses |
| 39 | What did he care about getting rid of the Corn Laws either — which was what the whole argument had been about — since they 'd been created in the first place for the benefit of his land-owning friends ? |
| 40 | They were soon strolling with me round the house as if they 'd been expecting me for weeks . |
| 41 | Because the people of really did n't feel they 'd been consulted , I , I carried out a little survey of my own and got a very good response . |
| 42 | But , at that time , none of us had seen Hell in person We 'd seen a picture of The Heartbreakers that Malcolm had brought back from New York — the one in which it was meant to look like they 'd been shot in the heart but in fact looked like they d all had the same accident with a ketchup bottle . |
| 43 | ‘ It 's A Game ’ , ‘ Money Honey ’ , ‘ Shang A Lang ’ and , um , a lot of padding from the Rollers ' post ‘ 77 career after they 'd been shot down in flames , plucked , shucked , gutted , roasted , eaten , shat out and buggered in the back of the neck and then locked in the attic with Mad Auntie Maude from Nottingham for two weeks by the ultimate manufactured band , the Sex Pistols . |
| 44 | They 'd been shot 21 times . |
| 45 | Nobody left the queue : they were n't going to lose their place , they 'd been queueing for an hour . |
| 46 | They 'd been strolling through the individual gardens within the whole for more than two hours , while Rune told her about the traditions of the gardens and how , despite attempts at imitation , they remained unique in Europe — if not the world — before they reached the area set aside for the funfair and he suggested she might like a ride on some of the attractions . |
| 47 | They 'd been entwined in an embrace , and Sandy 's hair had been spread like a fan ; by Aldridge 's account it had been a touching , harrowing sight . |
| 48 | Maybe they 'd been meeting in secret for a while . |
| 49 | So after they 'd been using this stuff with no windows open or anything , one of the workmen began to feel a little bit groggy so he said to his mate and open the back door Charlie , will you , I 'm feeling a bit groggy . |
| 50 | The aroma that exuded from the chemist shop in those days like er Depends what they 'd been using you see ? |
| 51 | I pushed by a couple of drunks who had just appeared bearing the same bottle of Hirondelle they 'd been using to get into parties all year and made my way upstairs . |
| 52 | They were there only because they 'd been stopped at gunpoint from going any farther — by the Turkish army , a key NATO ally of the US and Britain . |
| 53 | The scenery they 'd been flashing through was spectacular , endless coconut and banana palms , glimpses of white sand and water , fluttering green against deep blue and silver . |
| 54 | They 'd been engaged twice but she kept breaking it off because he could n't hold a job down . |
| 55 | She was wearing biker leathers and cowboy boots which all looked as if they 'd been applied with the aid of a shoehorn . |
| 56 | We usually got one back saying they 'd been accepted and they 'd deal with them at a certain time you know . |
| 57 | One reason I was disappointed is because what it says in these minutes , Robert 's people reported they 'd been speaking to the R and Abbey Leisure Service in London that had been considerable interest in the Edinburgh Festival Programme and in everything |
| 58 | You got a lot of people slacking up because there 's no real punishment … there 's a lot of people in this school what would have worked if they 'd been pushed . ’ |
| 59 | They 'd been sharing a cell for the last two years . |
| 60 | He 'd watch them quietly ; and he often told me how he had a good idea where they 'd been taking their honey : if they came to their hives low , they 'd most likely have come off a field of clover . |