Example sentences of "[coord] they [vb past] be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 They 'd been to the hospital , and they 'd been over the flat so I said to them well pop the blankets on and come over here then and have your supper and go back .
2 However fourteen days later they were still pulling out er live babies and they 'd been in there in the rubble for fourteen days .
3 Treasurer Keating had used high interest rates as his main weapon in the struggle to reduce the country 's current account deficit , but they had been for blamed for contributing to the loss of business confidence .
4 Not only had it been obvious from the map that they were ninety degrees off course but they had been on tarmac for nine miles after being told that the track in In Salah was dirt from its start .
5 She had assumed they were going to his friend 's colourful flat but they had been on the motorway for several miles and the road signs said they were travelling north .
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