Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adv] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People had got no money you see having a load of kids and they keep always being in the family way , naturally trying to get rid of them you see because they did n't want them obviously . |
| 2 | People ring up about the match they 've just been to and complain or say who they think should be the next England manager , etc . |
| 3 | They 've both been through the same transmogrification . ’ |
| 4 | They 've already been to the Jonquil because of Sabine 's death . |
| 5 | They 've not been in a flat |
| 6 | The Upside Down Catfish tend to nip one another as they swim round the tank — they 've only been in the tank for five days , so would the nipping be due to the fact that they 're still settling in ? |
| 7 | This was very common in the past and I 'm sure many shop stewards here who 've dealt with redundancies in the past , know about the poor members who get quite a nice lump sum redundancy , but in fact , they 've only been in pension schemes a short while , so they ca n't provide for themselves in old age , once they 've spent the redundancy money . |
| 8 | Children should always wash their hands before handling food , particularly if they 've recently been in contact with pets . |
| 9 | Yes they 've always been like that and they always will be like that . |
| 10 | Erm the loyalist paramilitaries have become much more sophisticated than they 've ever been in their history . |
| 11 | They 're much more sophisticated than they 've ever been in the past . |
| 12 | And , and how do people find out about you if they 've perhaps been through psychiatric illness ? |
| 13 | You realise they 've all been at it a lot longer than I have . |
| 14 | It is often the case that the specializing groups are of type ( i ) , with formal membership , but they have also been of types ( ii ) and ( iii ) . |
| 15 | They have also been to the fore in the planning of opposition to the recent Anglo-Irish talks even though they know that the collapse of those talks will make it very unlikely that the constitutional Catholic Social Democratic and Labour Party will take its place in the Assembly . |
| 16 | They have also been among the major victims of the failure of the government 's inner city policies . |
| 17 | It is just that they have both been at it too often recently . |
| 18 | They have both been to school and like to speak their few words of English when their elders are not looking . ) |
| 19 | Conflicts of both interest and duty are not new to the City of London ; indeed , they have traditionally been of great concern to financial market regulators . |
| 20 | they have n't been for a long time them two so they 're cast off , well they must of been they 've had to join |
| 21 | I do n't like the cold snaps but they have n't been for long have they ? |
| 22 | Because they have n't been on the market for long , it 's not possible to say how well they 'll stand the test of time . |
| 23 | ‘ They have n't been in touch with me since so I 'm wondering what they 're going to do about it , ’ said Stuart . |
| 24 | And , that chap that lives two below Mrs , they have n't been in very long with |
| 25 | It 's funny er when Richard came in the other day and said he 'd been he 'd been to the dentist and you said oh well they have n't been in touch with us yet . |
| 26 | They have not been for some time except to people who still remember The Beatles and The Animals . |
| 27 | They have not been under the same review process as pension funds where every three years or so managers are changing . |
| 28 | The problem is not just that the children have not attended a school where English is taught ; they have not been to a school of any description for years on end . |
| 29 | Where they have not been in government ( eg , the ex-communist Party of the Democratic Left in Italy ) , they have profited , being relatively scandal-free . |
| 30 | If male doctors have difficulty accepting or understanding this it is probably because they have not been in such powerless positions since childhood . |