Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pers pn] have [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they had left the cinema , they found it had been raining so Yanto decided the standing position would be favourite . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | When she was found they reckoned she 'd been lying there for three hours . |
| 4 | ‘ I suppose they showed he 'd been drinking ? ’ |
| 5 | They knew we 'd been talking to their pop idols and they just wanted to touch us . |
| 6 | They knew she 'd been drinking on the way in . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | they said they had been bringing in one of their nets , which had seemed very heavy . |
| 9 | 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 . |