Example sentences of "they [verb] been [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Despite a review in 1989 , by the end of 1991 half of all senior registrars were accredited , one third of them having been in the grade for over six years .
2 All of which explained that when I arrived at the BMC 's International Meet halfway through the week , the climbers that drifted into breakfast that morning looked like they 'd been on the receiving end of a very nasty artillery barrage .
3 So that created a problem and we then found that a number of people were leaving Brothers to seek their fortunes elsewhere because the work that they liked to work on and you know traditionally they 'd been on it for years , er was no longer there and er subsequently there was a slip in the numbers employed .
4 They 'd let him resign , just when they 'd been on the point of sacking him .
5 She knew they 'd been on the verge of drawing at least a little closer to each other , yet she had been the one to ruin the opportunity .
6 It would encourage newcomers ; especially if they 'd been on a few walks and seen the problems .
7 I th I think they 'd been on holiday and , she took ill on the holiday and , and came erm , she was stopping at erm , Edith 's and er it happened then .
8 They 'd been out and er I do n't know who they 'd been with like but he must of had a bit to drink .
9 Father and son exchanged looks , in better temper with each other than they 'd been for years .
10 They were both drunker than they 'd been for years .
11 They came up to view Heidi 's riding display then I went back with them and Vicki and Malcolm diverted from Barford on the Sunday where they 'd been for lunch and picked me up Sunday afternoon the sort of following weekend .
12 They 'd been for a meal and they came to the flat and they rung us to say they were there .
13 Cos they 'd been for a meal on the way as well !
14 They 'd been to other schools and the standard is high ?
15 What parties they 'd been to when they were young , and Tom Reynard was holding court for his friends and their children .
16 I suppose ( now ) they 'd been to bed together .
17 Well when I was down at the er council that May , I told them there and then that er I 'm prepared to er let one of the council men come to our house , about eight o'clock in the morning , and then stop till ten and then come back again about two and wait till they come home from school which they would n't have come home from school , but they go across the road and come back again , double back as if they 'd been to school
18 Yet they 'd been to Spain , Italy and Greece time after time , and surely it would have been natural for Isabelle to want to show off the country of her birth .
19 They had been friends for long enough , they 'd been to school together for a little while until geography had pushed them apart , then they 'd met up again as older teenagers , both interested in bars and snooker , then in girls .
20 Er they 'd been to chapel with them , been to school with them , worked in other places with them , and it ended like it did .
21 They 'd never been to Blackpool , last year they 'd been to Spain
22 Cos , Claire was saying when they went , they went , they 'd been to Wales , France , and Scotland while they 've been here he said , .
23 er , she said that they 'd been to the said this man had been to her house .
24 They 'd been to the hospital , and they 'd been over the flat so I said to them well pop the blankets on and come over here then and have your supper and go back .
25 She says , Ali Carver , she said they 'd been to that last Saturday night with a couple from and she said they paid fifteen pound just them
26 This was the middle of an argument they 'd been at home .
27 He used to sort of let the girls know what they 'd been at .
28 Erm that probably because they 'd been at the bottom so long , er it did n't appear that there was
29 They 'd been at the Nuffield Press in Oxford all their working lives until this week .
30 And , they were often not released until they 'd been at this casual ward for two days .
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