Example sentences of "they 've [adv] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They 've both been through the same transmogrification . ’ |
| 3 | They 've already been to the Jonquil because of Sabine 's death . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Children should always wash their hands before handling food , particularly if they 've recently been in contact with pets . |
| 7 | Yes they 've always been like that and they always will be like that . |
| 8 | Erm the loyalist paramilitaries have become much more sophisticated than they 've ever been in their history . |
| 9 | They 're much more sophisticated than they 've ever been in the past . |
| 10 | And , and how do people find out about you if they 've perhaps been through psychiatric illness ? |
| 11 | You realise they 've all been at it a lot longer than I have . |