Example sentences of "they have been " in BNC.

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1 The Beach-heads hear they 've been cursed by a Swells SOTW
2 P.P.S I see they 've been feeding Mark H on the raw meat again : - ) ) ) How did ‘ Antiscum United ’ go on over the weekend by the way ? ?
3 Well you see they 've been brainwashed to that sort of music so they 're bound to , bound to like it .
4 Of all the hedges I 've seen they 've been about eighteen two foot , about that far apart
5 I do n't they 've been doing anything to me yet okay .
6 However , Lagan and Cooper DH ( both Alliance ) were the source of 1,700 non-transferable votes which could conceivably have affected the issue either way if they has been transferable .
7 They 'd been in it only a year , but Mrs Yardley had lavished as much effort on it as she had on her beautiful cake .
8 And Lucy called her in the morning , swept away all doubts with a rush of enthusiasm about the exhibition , and only when they 'd hung up did Jay realise that she had n't given her a date , a time ; that she — they ? — were just where they 'd been five months before .
9 ‘ At the moment this is not always done and yet there are people who , if they 'd been approached , would have been willing to give permission . ’
10 Nobody left the queue : they were n't going to lose their place , they 'd been queueing for an hour .
11 They 'd been friends for some time when I first knew them but I did n't realise how long .
12 It had one of the best acoustic sound-dubbing rooms in Europe — they 'd been fitted out some time in the thirties to be used for putting soundtracks on to movies .
13 One day in the shop she 'd been waiting for Malcolm 's girlfriend and partner , Vivienne Westwood — they 'd been planning to go somewhere but Vivienne had n't turned up , she 'd phoned to tell this American girl that .
14 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 .
15 They 'd been happy behind their cork and we 'd torn down their cover .
16 Thanks to Charlie boy , they 'd been able to splash a bit on the wedding and Marilyn could have the white satin and the four bridesmaids she 'd set her heart on .
17 They 'd been pals since they were schoolkids . ’
18 They 'd been to other schools and the standard is high ?
19 They 'd been planning it , moving , for a year .
20 It was a secret they 'd been in the house .
21 Some of his male colleagues boasted about how they 'd felt with various women , raising an arm to show what they 'd been like .
22 Dot wondered if they 'd been arguing .
23 They felt as if they 'd been scoured out with a Brillo pad .
24 Though Jan was not initially aware of it , this was not the first time they 'd been cast together .
25 They 'd been waiting for me , it seemed , in a mutual absence of civility .
26 They might just possibly have been able to find the morning 's path if they 'd been starting again from the road , but tracking backwards was incredibly difficult .
27 And poems in a novel simply did n't work ; they 'd been crap poems anyway .
28 The classroom was the warehouse they 'd been in before .
29 Maybe they 'd been meeting in secret for a while .
30 ‘ The man , who was known to the police , was one of the knockers they 'd been keeping an eye on .
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