Example sentences of "they [verb] been [adv] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What about livestock would they have been in at that time of year ? |
| 2 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
| 3 | Then he held out his arms and she went into them , laughing , wiping out the days they had been apart in that one eager meeting . |
| 4 | On the previous days they had been out to some meals , but she had also cooked for them . |
| 5 | There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly . |
| 6 | Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time . |
| 7 | The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences . |
| 8 | The most difficult part of getting out a galvanised hot water tank is likely to be disconnecting the pipes leading to and from the boiler particularly if they have been there for some time . |