Example sentences of "they have been at [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've been at loggerheads with the Government over a ten million pound capping row . |
| 2 | They 've been at war with us for three years , you see . ’ |
| 3 | They achieved this by combining two different methods : a longitudinal study , following the same children for four years from before they were able in read until they had been at school for two or three years ; and a training programme that looked at the effect of giving pre-school children specific training in categorising sounds . |
| 4 | She could not help but pause in her misery to be proud of the fact that , without her supervision , they had been at work in the garden . |
| 5 | They had been at supper on that far-distant evening when Mr Curdle , white with panic , had drummed madly on the glass of the hall door . |
| 6 | Contamination of blood and its products for medical use has been virtually eliminated by the testing of blood for antibodies to HIV , by heating blood products to kill HIV and by voluntary withdrawal from blood donation by people who know , or think , they have been at risk of HIV infection . |