Example sentences of "they have been for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | They 'd been for a meal and they came to the flat and they rung us to say they were there . |
2 | Cos they 'd been for a meal on the way as well ! |
3 | But if China really is now backing peace and free elections , the signs are more hopeful than they 've been for a decade . |
4 | The 1480s show an average comparable with the 1430s , although this figure is probably depressed by the bad years of 1482 and 1483 in the latter year prices were higher than they had been for a century , and wages did not rise proportionately . |
5 | One afternoon after they had been for a swim together , Sycorax said , as Ariel took her on her back again , grunting for the old woman had grown so much heavier , it seemed , since her immersion , ‘ You are having the red man 's child . ’ |