Example sentences of "[Wh det] they have been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their courage in entering into the conflict and their presence of mind in circumstances in which they have been in enormous danger are a great tribute to the individuals themselves and to the institution that sent them . |
| 2 | What they 'd been over there to a stallion ? |
| 3 | He used to sort of let the girls know what they 'd been at . |
| 4 | Some of his male colleagues boasted about how they 'd felt with various women , raising an arm to show what they 'd been like . |
| 5 | She knew very well what they had been at ; she and Patten had been the same , when they were young . |
| 6 | This was a soft seduction of her senses , a sensuous reminder of what they had been to each other and what they had lost . |
| 7 | After that , the possibilities for the disturbed were very much what they were to remain until the introduction of the major tranquillisers — and indeed what they had been from Roman times . |
| 8 | What they have been in the past , in the face of their grim working lives , is resilient . |