Example sentences of "they [vb past] been [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and erm as usual this was erm , this created a bit of controversy because erm temporary staff , according to the reading of the minute , did n't er , were n't entitled to war bonus because erm , they 'd been appointed at a certain salary and er that was that and er , but in the end we managed to get our war bonus as well so we were on equal pegging with the , with the other staff . |
| 2 | ‘ They all looked as though they 'd been written at a different time from the rest of the notes on the cards . |
| 3 | Lone travellers , they 'd been talking at the bar , and Lily had said how much she enjoyed dancing . |
| 4 | The maximum ACT offset is limited to the amount of tax that would have been payable on the profits assuming they had been charged at the basic rate of tax ( s 239(2) ) . |
| 5 | They had been staying at a log cabin holiday home at Cropton , near Pickering , and yesterday , Ray Allanson , manager of the Forestry Commission 's Keldy Forest cabins , said : ‘ They left without any maps unaware of the dangers of walking in the forest at night . |
| 6 | They had been staying at a 16th century chateau near Compeigne . |
| 7 | They will trawl back in their minds for comments and clues that , if they had been understood at the time , might have enabled them to be more helpful . |
| 8 | Two Cameroonian journalists claimed they had been tortured at an army barracks and made to promise " not to write anything against President Biya " . |
| 9 | There were no non-sick ( workhouse ) beds at the Bedford Institution ; they had been closed at the beginning of the war . |
| 10 | They were all three at the table where they had been sitting at a meal , the curry soup before them , a dreadful static group , posed as for a stage set . |
| 11 | JUST WHEN you thought that too many of them had been offed at the end of the first one , out rides the sequel . |
| 12 | JUST WHEN you thought that too many of them had been offed at the end of the first one , out rides the sequel . |