Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] [verb] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say they have been innocent victims in a crime for which the law says they must also be punished . |
| 2 | They say she 'd been depressed in recent days |
| 3 | They say she 's been able to transplant a gorilla 's brain into a human body , or maybe a human brain into a gorilla 's body . ’ |
| 4 | Villagers are demanding the removal of their local bobby because they say he 's been over-zealous in handing out parking tickets . |
| 5 | ‘ Now they say there has been secret dumping of waste from the submarines and nuclear icebreakers . |
| 6 | Only then did they discover what had been wrong with Edna Popple from 31 St George 's Road , Solihull , Birmingham . |
| 7 | It has to be the subject of a proper report er by the er audit commission , but the district auditor and if they find that there has been er er wrong doing , if they find that there has been any er wilful neglect or if they find there has been any er unacceptable er maladministration then I will certainly join with the er the Secretary of State in condemning that . |
| 8 | I do n't have to look too far back in there when we started this whole process , four or five years of throwing it all up in the air to say that I felt every pupil could comment in some way , something that they had enjoyed , something they felt they 'd been successful at , something they felt they found difficult , something that had pleased them , surely every child could comment on wo , if it 's just one of those things |
| 9 | Here they felt there had been much progress . |
| 10 | They think they 've been successful if they have kept busy . |
| 11 | They said it had been captive but had escaped . ’ |
| 12 | Yeah that 's what he , they said he 's been marvellous , this treasurer . |
| 13 | These courses , designed to provide this information , were over-subscribed and the feedback from those who attended was that they wished they had been available earlier . |