Example sentences of "[noun] they 've be [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's the chance they 've been waiting for . |
| 2 | I 'm a teacher myself and if my children come home and tell me things they 've been doing in maths which might seem very perplexing to somebody who knows about modern maths , I understand the educational reason for them doing so . |
| 3 | Paul Groombridge says it 's the good news they 've been waiting for . |
| 4 | A lot of people started handing in pellet guns and antique muzzle-loaders they 've been keeping for years without a licence . |
| 5 | Then nine tenths of the rubbish they 've been printing for the last few weeks will be seen for what it is . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's some depth they 've been working at , ’ he said . |
| 7 | In fact one of the things that 's most disturbed me about some of the recent discussions that have taken place in the great debate has been that on the one hand people have talked about educating people for adult life and learning more about the way people earn their living , learning more about industry , more about productive things , and on the other hand they 've been talking about maintaining standards . |
| 8 | It 's tempting , but probably inadvisable , to accept their statements — often pat slogans they 've been repeating for years — at face value . |
| 9 | If learners can see and recognise the language they 've been studying in use in realistic situations this has two benefits : |
| 10 | A resident of the North Shore will look at a wave and say , ‘ Bad weather they 've been having in Alaska ’ , or ‘ I see Siberia is in trouble again ’ . |