Example sentences of "they [vb base] [been] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've been loyal to me , and I 'll stay loyal to them . ’ |
| 2 | The fans were right to give me stick but they 've been good to me and it 's great to come off to a reception like that . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ They 've been beastly to me always — always . |
| 4 | They 've been next to my telephone for four weeks . |
| 5 | Productivity-enhancing research and development in many lesser developed countries have often been harmful , where they have been accessible to farmers of those areas . |
| 6 | If they have been used to rushing home from work or watching the clock during any stolen time with friends , they may find it hard to adapt to the fact that there is no longer any need to hurry back . |
| 7 | People live in tents , and customs are so different from what they have been used to , that I really wonder how they reconcile themselves to their new mode of life . |
| 8 | Anyone who believes they have been subject to unfair dismissal can complain to an industrial tribunal . |
| 9 | They fit the animal 's information-gathering equipment to particular problems and , presumably , they have been subject to natural selection during evolution . |
| 10 | Recently , they have been subject to many what one might call ‘ extraordinary audits ’ , which have been concerned with these matters . |
| 11 | By s.24 goods are stolen for the purposes of handling if any one or four conditions is fulfilled : ( a ) they have been stolen contrary to s.1 ; ( b ) they have been obtained by deception contrary to s.15 ; ( c ) they have been obtained by blackmail contrary to s.21 ; ( d ) they have been subject to an act done in a foreign country which was both a crime in that country and had it occurred in England , would have been theft , obtaining by deception , or blackmail in this country . |
| 12 | But the spirit and the optimism of young people around the world has been clear : from Czechoslovakia to Romania , in Hungary and Germany , they have been vital to the movements that have brought such change . |
| 13 | A more unified European climate offers building and construction students significantly better career prospects than they have been privy to in recent UK history . |
| 14 | If they have been accustomed to carrying a baby on the hip , they start to curve in that direction without realising it . |
| 15 | I did wonder at first whether or not they realized what they were taking on because Baldersdale is another world compared to what they have been accustomed to — very different indeed . |