Example sentences of "and they [verb] been [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not all of them I accept and they 've been very helpful and when it comes to erm any other issue , I think basically , unfortunately sir , I think that we have strayed from the debate , we 've strayed onto ethnic issues er er and I think it 's a shame Mr , there was no need to introduce that and of course it was bound to bring a backlash , it was bound to introduce it it it it 's coloured it it 's made opaque the issues because you make it complicated , in actual fact er er I think that er being a governor of a school , I think that 's absolutely marvellous that some youngsters the future , I think the future will decide , I think there are kids out there will turn round one day and say how could you have done that ? |
| 2 | No but they have n't , Charlie apologized on Monday and they 've been really nice to me , been getting on really well with Jim and Charlie in lessons |
| 3 | The sections had been hard at work since 0600 hours , and they had been very successful at keeping all the teams on the road . |
| 4 | Erm we both feel you 've had a chance in detail and they 'd been quite blank in design . |
| 5 | ‘ The success of drink drive campaigns hinges on urging society as a whole to reject this behaviour — and they have been particularly successful among younger drivers ; the same tactics should be employed to target unsafe driving . ’ |
| 6 | The nationalities concerned are generally Lutheran ( Estonians and Latvians ) or Roman Catholic ( Lithuanians ) by religion , not Orthodox , and they have been under Soviet rule for a much shorter period of time than most other nationalities , since 1940 rather than the immediate post-revolutionary period ( when communist-led governments were briefly established in all three republics ) . |
| 7 | ‘ Shandwick offered the opportunity to retain our own name and develop autonomously with no interference and they have been totally true to their word . |
| 8 | I have quite a few contacts — people who knew me when I was designing for Carnega — and they have been very encouraging . |
| 9 | And they have been very much but I though that Swatch cost that much no there are |