Example sentences of "they [verb] been [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 They 'd been together for eighteen months or more , and she had no one else .
2 What about livestock would they have been in at that time of year ?
3 They 've been together for fourteen years , they met at school .
4 Broadstone Estate Agents , they 've been there since last .
5 But they 've been there for twenty years on that spot .
6 See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ?
7 They 've been out for fifteen minutes .
8 That is just called pentate it is not called E M penta any more equally you do n't have sec butile alcohol turk turt butile alcohol they 've been out for ten years !
9 By which time the tenants have come home from work or they 've been out for a few hours , say they 've been out from twelve till six .
10 They continued their research , but their reports were no longer published ( as they had been up to 1948 ) ; and , at a time when cost research was more clearly needed than ever before , Schiller 's team was starved of funds and talent .
11 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 .
12 The Lords were more diehard , as they had been ever since 1911 , but unless their powers were restored they would denounce the government in vain .
13 On the previous days they had been out to some meals , but she had also cooked for them .
14 They had been there for six months , the duration of their marriage .
15 They had been together for six months but fell out when he told her he wanted to see more of his friends .
16 And again when they had been together for two years and he was still seeing other women : ‘ They were my protection against these feelings I had for her , ’ he said .
17 They have been around since Egyptian times , which makes them one of our oldest decorating materials .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 They have been out for fifteen minutes .
22 They have been there since last week .
23 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 .
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