Example sentences of "they have [be] [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been together for eighteen months or more , and she had no one else . |
| 2 | They 've been together for fourteen years , they met at school . |
| 3 | Broadstone Estate Agents , they 've been there since last . |
| 4 | But they 've been there for twenty years on that spot . |
| 5 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
| 6 | But you do n't do anybody until they 've be here for six months . |
| 7 | Then he held out his arms and she went into them , laughing , wiping out the days they had been apart in that one eager meeting . |
| 8 | The Lords were more diehard , as they had been ever since 1911 , but unless their powers were restored they would denounce the government in vain . |
| 9 | They had been there for six months , the duration of their marriage . |
| 10 | They had been together for six months but fell out when he told her he wanted to see more of his friends . |
| 11 | And again when they had been together for two years and he was still seeing other women : ‘ They were my protection against these feelings I had for her , ’ he said . |
| 12 | There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly . |
| 13 | Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time . |
| 14 | The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences . |
| 15 | They have been there since last week . |
| 16 | The most difficult part of getting out a galvanised hot water tank is likely to be disconnecting the pipes leading to and from the boiler particularly if they have been there for some time . |