Example sentences of "[verb] they [verb] [been] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is only when you stop scanning the horizon for monumental shapes that you realise they have been looming unnoticed in the foreground all along . |
| 2 | They say they 've been promised full consultation with the college 's governing body before a final decisionis made — and so far that has n't happened . |
| 3 | Mair interviewed a clutch of former BR executives who claimed they had been made redundant for pressing their inquiries too closely , and the understandably defensive chairman of British Rail 's Parcels Board , Gordon Pettitt , who admitted that things had gone wrong but could n't see what all the fuss was about . |
| 4 | Byrne reckons they 've been playing brill recently and are just waiting for a chance like this — but he was talking before they got turned over 0–3 by the makems last night . |
| 5 | I know they 've been doing that for ages . |
| 6 | I mean they 've been doing that for half a century or more , only now it 's getting more and they ca n't . |
| 7 | We do n't want them thinking they 've been sold short or rumbled . ’ |
| 8 | Some tenants to whom this happens every few months said they 'd been told that next time they 'd have to sort it out themselves . |
| 9 | When people thought that the difficulty had been the credit firm 's fault , about half said that the company had made some mistake — such as claiming that arrears were owed , when in fact payments were up to date ; about half said they had been refused some type of credit which they had applied for . |
| 10 | Sources said they have been given six weeks to finish their assignments and another four weeks severance . |
| 11 | But they 've they 've been doing that since er last century . |
| 12 | Mr Andrews believes they have been accepted this year because they are running as a family team . |