Example sentences of "they [verb] [pers pn] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're trying to make them think you 've been coming in to see me ? |
| 2 | When they had left the cinema , they found it had been raining so Yanto decided the standing position would be favourite . |
| 3 | They say they have been waiting to be moved from the ‘ temporary accommodation ’ ever since . |
| 4 | They say they have been waiting to be moved from the ‘ temporary accommodation ’ ever since . |
| 5 | and they say I 've been waiting seventeen years for this pollack , or having your tooth out or having your tonsils extracted |
| 6 | All that those LA police offices had to say to get acquitted of beating Rodney King was that they believed he had been using PCP . |
| 7 | When she was found they reckoned she 'd been lying there for three hours . |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose they showed he 'd been drinking ? ’ |
| 9 | We broke that , or that was broke er , but we 'll blame the carrier now and look at it , then our security guy goes out and they know it 's been sitting around someone 's you know , it 's been there for months ! |
| 10 | They knew we 'd been talking to their pop idols and they just wanted to touch us . |
| 11 | They knew she 'd been drinking on the way in . |
| 12 | What would these people think , I wondered , if they knew he 'd been living like an Apache most of his life and right up until a little while ago ? |
| 13 | Time flows strangely and travellers become lost for years although they think they have been walking only hours . |
| 14 | They think he 's been pedalling . ’ |
| 15 | I expect they think I 've been drinking . |
| 16 | But they 've they 've been doing that since er last century . |
| 17 | they said they had been bringing in one of their nets , which had seemed very heavy . |
| 18 | Three people with incendiary devices were found in a car … they said they had been intending to commit a serious crime and they just walk out of court . |