Example sentences of "they [vb past] [been] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Conditions were better for fishing now than they 'd been all night . |
2 | well they were having a biology lesson , she 'd been all about these , they 'd been this biology |
3 | Not that you 'd know they 'd been most days . |
4 | Gould , the ornithologist , was with him , and as they had been some days without anything to eat , except what they shot , they enjoyed a good breakfast . |
5 | In fact , she had almost convinced herself that they had been some sort of reaction to the arrival of that poison pen letter . |