Example sentences of "they 've been [v-ing] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , although they 've been moving around with me , but er they did very well in their studies in the end . |
| 2 | Cos they 've been building up like that and they 're bound to fall down . |
| 3 | This partly explains why they 've been struggling on for around six years now , but is no excuse in the current climate for them not gaining some long overdue recognition . |
| 4 | Remember the the boat 's been filling with water , they 've been bailing out in desperation , after they 'd done everything that they can do they then turn round and said , Lord , do n't you care we 're gon na drown ? |
| 5 | Although these are ‘ laboratory ’ specimens , they 've been kicking around for about six months and I 'd expect them to be detected quickly . |
| 6 | They 've been hunting here for 150 years . |
| 7 | They 've been knocking around since Christmas . |
| 8 | Mind you the best ones would be by er those ones they 've been selling off to the highest offer . |
| 9 | The sales force is a problem they 've been working on for awhile and could be in a position to snap off in a few months . |
| 10 | And and they 've been waiting since for it to happen . |
| 11 | ‘ They 've been waiting there for ages , ’ said Gurder . |
| 12 | They 've been doing so since bathing machines first appeared on Long Island in about 1794 . |
| 13 | " But , hell , they 've been navigating safely to Aru for centuries . " |
| 14 | They feel comfortable in bed together — they 've been sleeping together for years after all , and the new-found passion is lovely and exciting . |
| 15 | What I 'd like you to do , is to try and put into words , what the main problems are at the moment , when they occur , where they occur , and how long they 've been going on for ’ . |
| 16 | In fact ever since the pair of them started going out together they 've been going on about having to find poor old Jenny a new man . |
| 17 | They 've been going out on and off for years . ’ |
| 18 | They 've been coming here for over 60 years and even a recession wo n't spoil the festive spirit . |
| 19 | Some of these things as well , they 've been pinching back from upstairs , toys they , they 've played with when they were smaller and they do n't play with them now and I put them upstairs out of the way and they keep going and finding them and bringing them down . |
| 20 | They 've been sitting there for over a week |