Example sentences of "they have [been] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been here on holiday , enjoying a lifestyle worlds apart from the one they endure in Russia . |
| 2 | They 'd been here on holiday , enjoying a lifestyle worlds apart from the one they endure in Russia . |
| 3 | In terms of erm , return to work , er , we also er have been very good , I think , in the sense that we now offer the twenty-five per cent bonus er , after pregnancy , do n't get me wrong on that , er , what happens is , people are actually recompensed , given back the money which they 've sacrificed because they 've been away from work for six months , and they get is back over the next two years . |
| 4 | I mean to our children , although they 've been away from Butchwana for quite a few years now it 's still home |
| 5 | No matter what Bob says or Harry or any other member of the Conservative group , and I accept that they 've always been consistent on it the same as the Labour group has always been consistently against the merger I accept that they 've been consistently in favour of a total merger . |
| 6 | ‘ And very careful they 've been too about period detail , Dr Cameron . ’ |
| 7 | They had been away from home for eight weeks , and one evening the captain showed us the presents he had bought for his wife . |
| 8 | Every day more young people are infected with HIV — often completely unaware they have been personally at risk — and risky behaviour is on the increase again . |