Example sentences of "they have [adv] been [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd only been married months , I thought they 'd had their first row and she 'd come home . |
| 2 | ‘ In 1945 , ’ Husband said , ‘ they were trading cigarettes-which were better than gold in those days — for party cards and affidavits that they 'd always been true Worker Youths-once they found themselves in the Russian Zone . |
| 3 | Cut price classical CDs are n't new but until now they 've either been old recordings or foreign orchestras have been used with relatively obscure performers and conductors . |
| 4 | They 've always been other years so I presume that |
| 5 | ‘ I 've bought a number of good-quality second-hand items and they 've all been excellent value . |
| 6 | They had both been ardent followers of such causes as Shelter , Freedom from Hunger and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament , the popular issues of the day for caring people with deep moral convictions . |
| 7 | They had never been close friends but they had got on well ; lately , however , a gap had opened . |
| 8 | They had never been observant Jews ; they had been steeped in German , not Jewish , culture and identified with it . |
| 9 | It is almost as if they had never been wild elephants — but only the day before yesterday , they were . |
| 10 | They had always been careful hands , and she sensed an extra reverence in them now . |
| 11 | They had all been staunch Congregationalists , and Mary occasionally felt sad that she had left it all behind in childhood . |
| 12 | They have both been occasional golfers , which they still enjoy when on holiday in Spain or Portugal . |
| 13 | I 've been lucky enough to play with several international captains — Colin Deans , Gary Callander , Finlay Calder and David Sole — and they have all been splendid leaders , different in their own ways but earning the respect of their colleagues . |
| 14 | They have always been notable sources of reference for serious scholars , of course , and there have always been just a few teachers and parents who have made it their business , over the years , to arrange educational visits both for themselves and for schoolchildren . |