Example sentences of "[noun pl] [that] have [been] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 When they first moved far enough into the courtyard to glimpse Gabriel sitting on his cloud , the morning sunshine dazzled eyes that had been indoors for days on end .
2 She brushed away the dullness that settled itself on her whenever she thought too hard about his death , about the way he had chosen to live parts of his life , the worries that had been there within her , deep below the surface , and forced herself to concentrate on finding the right numbered exit to this magnificent part of Gloucestershire .
3 You know a lot of the erm shops that have been here for many years
4 There were none of the crowds that had been there during the day and we could really pray .
5 He was wearing the leather shoes that had been only for best until they grew too small for his feet and now had to be worn for school .
6 High living standards had encouraged migration to these republics from other parts of the USSR , and this became one of the issues most central to the development of a powerful and widely supported nationalist movement in the late 1980s , particularly since the Baltic nations were relatively few in number and tended to have low birth and high divorce rates ( in Latvia , where golden and silver wedding anniversaries had formerly been celebrated , there were ceremonies in the 1980s for couples that had been together for just a few years ) .
7 It was very good very very good for women that have been home for a long time and want to get their confidence back .
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