Example sentences of "they [verb] be [adv prt] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Researchers at Leicester University are monitoring 400 water sports enthusiasts , who they believe are up to three times more likely to suffer viral disorders than the rest of the population . |
| 2 | They 've been out for fifteen minutes . |
| 3 | That is just called pentate it is not called E M penta any more equally you do n't have sec butile alcohol turk turt butile alcohol they 've been out for ten years ! |
| 4 | By which time the tenants have come home from work or they 've been out for a few hours , say they 've been out from twelve till six . |
| 5 | They continued their research , but their reports were no longer published ( as they had been up to 1948 ) ; and , at a time when cost research was more clearly needed than ever before , Schiller 's team was starved of funds and talent . |
| 6 | They have been out for fifteen minutes . |