Example sentences of "they 've be [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The German Dynacord company remain relatively unheralded within the modern music industry , even though they 've been around for over forty years , in fact since the very inception of electronic amplification . |
| 2 | Thank you erm I hardly ever comment on these but I just , I was n't sure what because quite often these things go under another guise , but there are a number of schemes on the drawing board for investigation as you all know and Mr will know some of those they 've been around for , for some years . |
| 3 | they and er they 've been around for centuries of course but er erm there 's all sorts of myths about them some of which are half-truths and some which un-truths . |
| 4 | They 've been around along time , however , and there are those , Gavin Friday included , who would put their meandering career down to a Dublin penchant for beer , bars and general untogetherness . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Oh , they 've been here about a few years now . |
| 7 | They 've been here before us . |
| 8 | Cos they 've been on about people |
| 9 | They 've been on to us . |
| 10 | Do n't worry , they 've been away from England for ten years … |
| 11 | In terms of erm , return to work , er , we also er have been very good , I think , in the sense that we now offer the twenty-five per cent bonus er , after pregnancy , do n't get me wrong on that , er , what happens is , people are actually recompensed , given back the money which they 've sacrificed because they 've been away from work for six months , and they get is back over the next two years . |
| 12 | I mean to our children , although they 've been away from Butchwana for quite a few years now it 's still home |
| 13 | 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 ! |
| 14 | They 've been twice to Scotland , but no well they went there when they come from Australia , instead of coming straight here . |
| 15 | No matter what Bob says or Harry or any other member of the Conservative group , and I accept that they 've always been consistent on it the same as the Labour group has always been consistently against the merger I accept that they 've been consistently in favour of a total merger . |
| 16 | You see , what it is , it 's where they 've been behind with their mortgage , we will pay a slightly higher rate , but it 's only |
| 17 | They 've been together for fourteen years , they met at school . |
| 18 | They 've been together for the past six years — which she cites as one very good reason why she did n't fall for Craig McLachlan while playing his leading lady . |
| 19 | Broadstone Estate Agents , they 've been there since last . |
| 20 | Mhm cos they 've been there for ages have n't they Mary do n't you think ? |
| 21 | But they 've been there for twenty years on that spot . |
| 22 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
| 23 | I mean these have n't just been put here , they 've been there for a long time ! |
| 24 | but erm yes the garden 's alright but then they 've been there in the garden all the winter as well |
| 25 | When , when they 've been down , and they 've been back to school , they 've sent me a collections of drawings and nice little notes about it , and we 've come firm friends because first they look at me , on me as the pond woman , oh , they saw me on television getting my award , and erm they thought that was rather wonderful , and so we , we , we talk and now the , the first ones have quite grown up . |
| 26 | And they 've been trendy the last two or three seasons , they 've been back with the classics have n't they ? |
| 27 | They 've been back on the phone again despite Portsmouth awarding him a new two-year contract ! |
| 28 | So erm yes I think everybody 's very very disappointed as I think we probably heard with Paul Simpson because United certainly in my books , played some of the best football I 've seen them play since they 've been back in the second division in the erm first half , but really did let things slip away a little bit in the second . |
| 29 | ‘ And very careful they 've been too about period detail , Dr Cameron . ’ |
| 30 | then she said they 've been down at the this time of year |