Example sentences of "[pron] they 've [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Register Office , handful of guests , parents optional , drink-up at couple 's house ( in which they 've been living for several years already ) . |
| 2 | That is , people tend to forget either in a motivated way , or accidentally , people will tend to minimise or trivialise the abuse to which they 've been subject in some cases because maybe saying that you 've been sexually abused as a child and that is why you 're so screwed up at the moment um that 's not necessarily a very self-benefiting thing to say . |
| 3 | Erm is one they 've been in a very similar position to in so much as competition 's forced them to cost down dramatically I mean |
| 4 | No this is , cos Marion and Matthew they like Indians and they go both me ma , start again , they like Indian meals and they 've been round to quite a few and they said this is the best one they 've been to . |
| 5 | But , like I say , I 'm a really big fan of guitarists and I 've always been a fan of the guitarists in the group , whoever they 've been . ’ |
| 6 | And of course the deterrents that we 've had , over the years , when they they 've been of the emotive and knee jerk sort , and I remember the short sharp shock for instance , under Whitelaw , they did n't work , because they were n't thought out , they were just to make them clap at the Tory party conference . |
| 7 | Rumour has it they 've been perfecting the belly crawl and crawling down rabbit holes to hide . |
| 8 | The thing is , young officers coming into the force , doing what they 've been taught is their job , the next thing they know they 've got people making complaints against them . |
| 9 | ‘ They will use you to taste what they 've been given , You may die like those men of Pesaro 's . ’ |
| 10 | All the people that I 've seen trying to do it have all my sympathy , because I know what they 've been going through . |
| 11 | I know that our children by enlarge er their vocabulary does n't extend to erm what er , polysyllabic words which which might really sum up for an adult what they 've been going through , how they 've enjoyed it but what is the terrible form we had last year in seventh year , was it seven G ? |
| 12 | It 's sometimes easier for them to cope if they distance themselves from it and rebuild their lives as single parents , without telling people what they 've been through . ’ |
| 13 | Let's see what they 've been doing to you . |
| 14 | Yes , she absolutely is so , we 'll have to erm , find out from you what they 've been talking about . |
| 15 | And adequate software must be made available to ensure G M B activists can put into practice what they 've been taught and use it to the labour movement 's advantage . |
| 16 | A game of tag ( see below ) may well be just the thing ; but if they 've just come in from the playground and that 's what they 've been doing for the last fifteen minutes , it would be a bit of a waste of time . |
| 17 | I ask each group what they 've been doing . |
| 18 | review with them where they 're at , record how they 're doing , you know tra , I mean I ca n't tell them to do that , but actually ask them to spend five or ten minutes each session talking to different pupils and what they 've been doing and you know even if it 's a personal timetable some people wo n't get into it but it 's you know , trying to get them to be what are tutors are , you know , I 'd like them to do . |
| 19 | I admire them for being able to sit there in front of everybody and say they actually , what they 've been through because it must have been sheer hell er , trying to come off and withdrawal symptoms , I mean , I do n't know much about it cos I 've never taken well I smoke |
| 20 | What they 've been told has led to the establishment of a major police investigation , assisted by three full time social workers , going back over 20 years . |
| 21 | And that 's what they 've been cut off for . |
| 22 | And we 're , we are , we 're ourselves if you 're in a mess then people out there have got virtually no training other than what they 've been given |
| 23 | Because er it 's marvellous what they 've been able to do . |
| 24 | You seen what they 've been doing ? |
| 25 | What they 've been saying is that some authorities might have experiments in the cabinet arrangement we 're not advising to go down that road because and on which point we do n't agree with that type of of government . |
| 26 | I do n't know , if you 're like me but , I must confess , I I get er , I would n't say pleasure , but I rather like those incidents where he tells the disciples off , not because he 's telling them off , but because I can fit in wi with what they 've been up to ! |
| 27 | If you delegate it , then the authority need to get these forms in , get to actually doing what they 've been asked to do . |
| 28 | Is that a nice way of saying that there 's going to be a lot of fighting , is that what they 've been planning ? |
| 29 | and I live in a place where there 's a lot of old people and they come round to us and they tell us they 've been scared the night after |
| 30 | Avon and Somerset Police told us they 've been monitoring the situation closely , but so far they 've been unable to press criminal charges . |