Example sentences of "[verb] they 've be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 're crossing somebody out even if you er alter it and initial it , someone will know they 've been crossed out . |
| 2 | Went to ladies just before quarter to five to find they 've been removed . |
| 3 | The detailed plans were unveiled after a two year study , but local people say they 've been misled , and councillors say it would be an environmental disaster . |
| 4 | During their 2 year study of the site , Thames Water have been at pains to co-operate with local action groups , but environmentalists say they 've been misled about the plans for the reservoir . |
| 5 | They 've also blocked off the railway line , and British drivers say they 've been threatened at knife point . |
| 6 | But hospital staff say they 've been vindicated by the inquest verdict . |
| 7 | Martin and Koda plan just as ambitious a schedule of costume exhibitions at their new home — three per year — and they say they 've been given a mandate to do that . |
| 8 | Tenants in a house at Brockworth near Gloucester , who say they 've been paying rent for six months , barracaded themselves in when they heard they were being evicted because their landlord had defaulted on his mortgage . |
| 9 | Because of it they say they 've been forced to live in a tent with their young children . |
| 10 | Dressed in black , undergraduates say they 've been gagged and had their hands tied in their attempts to persuade the governing body to maintain Somerville as a single sex college . |
| 11 | Dressed in black , undergraduates say they 've been gagged and had their hands tied in their attempts to persuade the governing body to maintain Somerville as a single sex college . |
| 12 | Workers at a Grand Prix racing team which is facing receivership , say they 've been betrayed by their management . |
| 13 | They say they 've been promised full consultation with the college 's governing body before a final decisionis made — and so far that has n't happened . |
| 14 | Chelsea have not confirmed their approach to him and the Swindon board say they 've been told nothing . |
| 15 | Mrs Draper says they 've been trying to get a larger home for years . |
| 16 | He says they 've been hoodwinked and the noise is an intrusion on their lives . |
| 17 | is the space like he , he says they 've been woken by . |
| 18 | They do n't feel they 've been robbed of anonymity . |
| 19 | When someone discovers they 've been betrayed by their partner they get angry . |
| 20 | Byrne reckons they 've been playing brill recently and are just waiting for a chance like this — but he was talking before they got turned over 0–3 by the makems last night . |
| 21 | I know they 've been writing them . |
| 22 | ‘ I know they 've been questioning Mr Willard but he was the one who found her . ’ |
| 23 | I know they 've been doing that for ages . |
| 24 | In actual fact your Pete and Margaret have moved more , in the twelve years that they were married , I know they 've been married longer now , but when , th they been married twelve years and they moved four times , |
| 25 | I know they 've been pulling a lot out |
| 26 | Oxford ca n't grumble they 've been winning for 15 years … its Cambridge 's turn but Oxford will be back on top next year |
| 27 | But the deputies believe they 've been singled out as a obstacle to producing cheaper coal in Britain 's pits , in the run up to privatization . |
| 28 | But some traders believe they 've been let down . |
| 29 | I do n't think they 've been to take the photographs yet |
| 30 | And if you , an intelligent man who can think , can be swept away by him , how do you think they 've been affected ? |