Example sentences of "they [verb] been good " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been good to Mam , though , sending her money when they could . |
| 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 | Because they 've been good boys we 've helped them extend their landholdings and they lease it back to their own peasants at exorbitant rates — that 's why their own people call them pirates . " |
| 4 | At least we did have boss , sometime it 's not being good you can say , they 've been good , and they say ah , it 's just what Phil wants . |
| 5 | I certainly have n't seen anything that offends me and when Telethon people have been down here , they 've been good . |
| 6 | Sandy must be having company , pulled the blind down I think that 's why they 've been good about the parking this week , cos I mean Irene 's pulled her car , we saw Irene pull her car in was you here when she I saw her get in it , it must of been teatime yesterday |
| 7 | No wait , there 's three men , there 's three men and they 're all getting sent to prison but because they 've been good they 're all gon na get a wish . |
| 8 | And they had been good years . |
| 9 | They had been good friends , had helped each other over the years . |
| 10 | Good times , yes , they had been good times … |
| 11 | She was special — and they had been good together . |
| 12 | But she 'd been born at a better time and there were arts councils and they had been good to her . |
| 13 | Children put out shoes filled with hay and , if they have been good , Saint Nicholas leaves them a present . |