Example sentences of "they 've be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the month they 've been without it , Barbara , who 's divorced and her children Joelle , eighteen and fourteen year-old Bobby are getting used to managing without a car . |
| 2 | I do n't think the theatre 's ever been endowed with a great deal of fundings but one or two companies in the town that have been prepared to fund obviously the one that strikes me is Gilbey 's cos the Gilbey bar I mean that was funded and like they 've been over the years they have given money even fact as a sad note cos Gilbey 's have actually demised now erm General Portfolio have actually taken on the role in Harlow of funding many things if you actually look all most things that have sponsored until recently have been sponsored by General Portfolio so they 've been to the fore in er fundering funding . |
| 3 | Oh I 'm sure it would mean an awful lot to them and the fact that you 're so successful coming out of Ireland would mean a lot to them as well you know and er er it 's nice to be able to er you know to do that for them if they 've been over here living for you know some of them have never been back maybe and some of them have never seen Ireland because maybe their their parents or their grandparents came from there . |
| 4 | Equally , everybody knows why everybody stays , they 've been through all the arguments a hundred times before and now they do n't need to any more , now they know they 're not to blame and their husbands are n't the homicidal maniacs some theorists would have them be . |
| 5 | And in its star system , the accolades go to the miners — they 've been through hell , fire , earth and water to become hardened into heroes . |
| 6 | They 've been through a lot . |
| 7 | They 've been through rehearsals and are ready to go for the big money . |
| 8 | They 've been through rehearsals and are ready to go for the big money . |
| 9 | Neil says he does n't like the swimming and the lakes have been cold while Derek says they 've been through the pain barrier and have had to spend up to ten hours a day in the saddle but they 've had a good back up team … he also jokes that there has n't been a day when he would n't have rather stopped in bed |
| 10 | Simon now lives at a nursing home in Hampshire … but after all they 've been through together , he 's spending time with his mum and dad . |
| 11 | They 've been through a lot and want to put it behind them . |
| 12 | we 'll see , they 've been outside a little while , so |
| 13 | They have been extremely efficient and effective in carrying out their onerous tasks , and they 've been of enormous assistance in ensuring the smooth running of this enquiry , and indeed it has run smoothly . |
| 14 | And of course the deterrents that we 've had , over the years , when they they 've been of the emotive and knee jerk sort , and I remember the short sharp shock for instance , under Whitelaw , they did n't work , because they were n't thought out , they were just to make them clap at the Tory party conference . |
| 15 | They 've been to bed and got up in the morning , and now they 're going off and doing things , like going to work and that . |
| 16 | I spect they 've been to a party . |
| 17 | I reckons they 've been to the baths in Silchester Road . |
| 18 | That 's why they 've been to the baths . |
| 19 | I do n't think the theatre 's ever been endowed with a great deal of fundings but one or two companies in the town that have been prepared to fund obviously the one that strikes me is Gilbey 's cos the Gilbey bar I mean that was funded and like they 've been over the years they have given money even fact as a sad note cos Gilbey 's have actually demised now erm General Portfolio have actually taken on the role in Harlow of funding many things if you actually look all most things that have sponsored until recently have been sponsored by General Portfolio so they 've been to the fore in er fundering funding . |
| 20 | They have many caring initiatives and erm they 've been to York and they 've erm had marriage seminars er and they do an hel help with parenting er I just wonder if I could give the address of this so if anyone is interested |
| 21 | Erm , and has , we have n't got anybody here who has relatives living in Canada , erm , but once or twice I found that people recognised that because , they 've been to Canada , visit relatives and they they they they therefore know and they they 've heard . |
| 22 | He says people have been to myself and I know they 've been to the doctor , crying in the surgery over there not being a burial ground , because obviously when one 's loved ones die they wish to have them buried here . |
| 23 | He says people have been to myself and I know they 've been to the doctor , crying in the surgery over there not being a burial ground , because obviously when one 's loved ones die they wish to have them buried here . |
| 24 | Well nowadays I do n't know whether you should record this or not , but nowadays erm they 'll not go unless they 've been to the bar or something before that well unfortunately Leslie 's not able to drink now , he ca n't after his operation , he ca n't take , it just upsets him altogether so he ca n't go to the bar and all the rest of the company have been to the bar and they 're in a different mood than what Leslie is , so Leslie 'll just not go , and it just , it 's kind of , cut him off |
| 25 | Well he 's taken us out when they 've been to bloody shop working and come back and wa I admitted that , but I mean just to go out for an evening . |
| 26 | They 've been to his little boy 's primary school , interviewed the teachers and headmistress and all the school friends and everything just trying to get a dirty story . |
| 27 | And I learnt from various teachers that when you go to these private schools and they 've been to schools , they hold them back because they like , they do n't like the |
| 28 | No this is , cos Marion and Matthew they like Indians and they go both me ma , start again , they like Indian meals and they 've been round to quite a few and they said this is the best one they 've been to . |
| 29 | It 's the first time they 've been to Britain , even though some have been teaching English for twenty years ; they 're staying at the Oxford House School of English , and will also visit the Oxford University Press as the trip has been made possible by an East German publishing house . |
| 30 | I 've been having discussions too , only in my case they 've been with the Hughes family who run Cheshire Restaurants . |