Example sentences of "[verb] they [verb] be [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know they 've been doing that for ages . |
| 2 | I mean they 've been doing that for half a century or more , only now it 's getting more and they ca n't . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But they 've they 've been doing that since er last century . |
| 6 | Mr Andrews believes they have been accepted this year because they are running as a family team . |