Example sentences of "they [verb] been [adj] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The atmosphere with the actual returnees themselves is one of concern and apprehension I guess , because they 're concerned that they 've been involved in this , this crisis and they 're not quite sure what 's happening , and they are er not really being told by everybody , you know , there 's just too many people to make it very clear where they 're all going and when they 're all going . |
| 2 | ‘ They 've been besotted with each other more or less since they were children . |
| 3 | They had been close like this before but not at Felipe 's instigation . |
| 4 | Since then they had been awkward in each other 's company and everything seemed to have gone wrong . |
| 5 | He did not say whether they had been involved in any of the English advice or whether they were advising on the valuations as going concerns as bus stations or advising on the development values . |
| 6 | The three alleged leaders arrested were Moslem Brotherhood members , although their lawyer on March 15 denied that they had been involved in any type of illegal activity . |
| 7 | The performance of students was also examined with regard to whether or not they had been involved in some type of formal study during the two years prior to entry to the DipHE . |
| 8 | Young , innocent , they had been malleable in those hands which were so practised in making something valuable out of raw or damaged material . |
| 9 | They had been married for more years than she and Rob had lived . |
| 10 | Perhaps the Indians would have done so if they had been conscious of any pressure of numbers on the land , but North America was not crowded and the Indians assisted the new settlers and showed them how to grow the local crops . |
| 11 | They had been dead for several days when police were called in by neighbours in the millionaire 's district of Rancho Sante Fe , near San Diego , California . |
| 12 | They had been fucking like this for a few months , slyly , without letting on to the outside world . |
| 13 | Recently , they have been subject to many what one might call ‘ extraordinary audits ’ , which have been concerned with these matters . |
| 14 | Each in his time has painted over the inheritance of his predecessor , but the Oak Leaf camps have remained because they have been necessary for each new Czar 's survival . |