Example sentences of "they have [been] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you ask medical staff how often they have seen someone die , rather than if they have been around at the time , surprisingly few will say they witnessed the actual event . |
| 2 | They have been around for a very long time , as I said , dating right back to Model Book 35 in fact , which appeared in 1982 . |
| 3 | I do n't think that Judaism or Christianity will be altered by any of this — they have been around for too long for that . |
| 4 | They have been around since Egyptian times , which makes them one of our oldest decorating materials . |
| 5 | Recently , however , they have been down to Lord Mayor Treloar College where they are helping to buy TNS 's , a battery powered device which produces small low powered electric shock — something like pins and needles — designed to ease muscle pain for people with disabilities such as spina bifida and muscular dystrophy . |
| 6 | ‘ You , Sir , ’ he wrote to Sir John Franklin , ‘ fully understand this pleasure particularly when one 's visits are directed to a fresh field abounding with novelties ; if I find my labors as much rewarded here as they have been in V. D. Land , I shall consider myself amply paid . ’ |
| 7 | Previously they have been in with an instructor or parent . |
| 8 | Since then , they have been out of order frequently — seven days in August alone . |
| 9 | Employment Training should be opened up to unemployed people over 50 , irrespective of how long they have been out of work . |
| 10 | Long-term unemployed have to attend Restart interviews if they have been out of work for six months . |
| 11 | They have been out for fifteen minutes . |
| 12 | Oh I see , they have been about for a while . |