Example sentences of "they 've be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet this is twice they 've been here — first last Spring , and now for the New Year party . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Mind you , it 's the first time they 've been here , and if I 'm any judge it 'll be the last . |
| 3 | In fact ever since the pair of them started going out together they 've been going on about having to find poor old Jenny a new man . |
| 4 | They 've been a great help , actually . |
| 5 | They 've been sitting during this meditation on her short useless history as a Socialist , they 've been sitting in the dark and now the moon rises , full and amber against a bar of cloud and Harriet 's face is bowed ; a drink at one hand ; and a cigarette droops glowing from the other . |
| 6 | They 've been sitting during this meditation on her short useless history as a Socialist , they 've been sitting in the dark and now the moon rises , full and amber against a bar of cloud and Harriet 's face is bowed ; a drink at one hand ; and a cigarette droops glowing from the other . |
| 7 | ‘ You can see if there 's any disease from browning of the plant and you can see how well they 've been dried — they must n't be crusty round the edges . |
| 8 | If boards take up moisture once they 've been fixed , they will expand and distort . |
| 9 | ‘ Often you do n't realise the sheer range of functions of a good company secretary or administrator until they leave , because they 've been so efficient , ’ said Mr Sheppard . |
| 10 | ‘ They 've been forced , have n't they ? |
| 11 | ‘ The British people will say to themselves : ‘ Well here 's a government that 's got a majority of 100 , they 've been in office for 10 years , they 've had all these opportunities , and at the end of 10 years all they can think of to do is to make individual attacks on the Leader of the Opposition . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Like , say they 've been out on a run and there 's a call , they say they ca n't go out because they 're not in uniform and are all sweaty ’ ( FN 26/5/87 , p. 27 ) . |
| 14 | They 've been I putting the money into the tube and forgetting the dockets . |
| 15 | They 've been playing The Marquee every week . |
| 16 | They 've been to bed and got up in the morning , and now they 're going off and doing things , like going to work and that . |
| 17 | I spect they 've been to a party . |
| 18 | Many local authorities have had their budgets cut by reductions in central government They 've been given better education and higher expectations , but no future . |
| 19 | They 've been given a better education , a longer and healthier life and higher expectations , but no future . |
| 20 | ‘ They 've been arriving in scores , each delegation with one appointed English speaker ’ said an official . |
| 21 | They 've been building it for God knows how long , cancelling trains , people ca n't get on or off the platforms . |
| 22 | ‘ It also happens in public schools , where new arrivals are considered ordinary weaklings until they 've been pushed out to survive some sort of ordeal so they can re-enter the group with a new identity . ’ |
| 23 | I do n't question people very hard about where they 've been . |
| 24 | They 've been together , oh , for over a year . ’ |
| 25 | They 've been rescuing companies for so long they do it automatically now , I expect . |
| 26 | A lot of people started handing in pellet guns and antique muzzle-loaders they 've been keeping for years without a licence . |
| 27 | And how many people can be sure of things about themselves when they 've been brought up to please other people ? |
| 28 | ‘ They 've been in the night and dug it up ! ’ |
| 29 | They 've been around along time , however , and there are those , Gavin Friday included , who would put their meandering career down to a Dublin penchant for beer , bars and general untogetherness . |
| 30 | However knocked about they 've been . |