Example sentences of "they 've been [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've been digging for the chemicals , been tortured and crucified , again and again . |
| 2 | It was found in a garden where they 've been digging for the past six weeks . |
| 3 | Of course not , they 've been elected for a period , they serve to the end of that period , whether they 're made redundant or not , so they go on for the four year term . |
| 4 | he feels they 've been treated in a shabby way . |
| 5 | During their 2 year study of the site , Thames Water have been at pains to co-operate with local action groups , but environmentalists say they 've been misled about the plans for the reservoir . |
| 6 | This week it was the first time they 've been beaten by the Irish in the league . |
| 7 | They 've been replaced by the L and the M series . |
| 8 | they 've been cooked in the microwave for twelve minutes |
| 9 | They 've been expanding for the last four years . |
| 10 | They 've been calling for an alternative route to the A 421 since World War Two . |
| 11 | It 's when the family come in and they 've been prepared by a doctor whose speciality it is , and they have lists of things that they have witnessed you do , that have embarrassed and humiliated them . |
| 12 | All we would like to do in the lab is make that same compound in a different way , and many of the compounds which are used are the same as those found in nature , the only difference is they 've been prepared in a test tube instead of being prepared in a plant . |
| 13 | They 've been protesting against the council 's decision to stop the car park there from being women only . |
| 14 | Then nine tenths of the rubbish they 've been printing for the last few weeks will be seen for what it is . |
| 15 | Yet they are n't fakes , for it would appear that they 've been printed by the county 's National Mint . |
| 16 | You see at Banbury School our governing body erm has expressed itself clearly as against the tertiary education proposals as they were first put forward , and I am very pleased to have heard during the debate that they 've been amended as a result of quite a lot as a result of the discussion that has gone on . |
| 17 | If someone knows they 've been contaminated by a needle or a knife , for instance , then I think the testing certainly is available . ’ |
| 18 | Each time they 've been reprieved at the last moment . |
| 19 | But hospital staff say they 've been vindicated by the inquest verdict . |
| 20 | They 've been engaged for a year , and it was decided the wedding could take place during August , when there is just routine spraying and pruning to be done , well before the vendange itself , when I can not do without him . ’ |
| 21 | But beware — the Black Night 's ghoulish cohorts are everywhere , and rumour has it that they 've been dabbling in the dark arts … |
| 22 | Aggie 's friend knows about him , but , as he said , they ca n't pin anything on to him ; they 've been tryin' for a long time . |
| 23 | They 've been relegated from the Vauxhall Conference . |
| 24 | Well I think there is , there are n't many problem with the trained people because they 've been trained in the same areas as oneself and therefore understand what you 're on about . |
| 25 | They 've been living for the last ten years in an environment where they expect there to be a high level of occult activity in society . |
| 26 | And for the last 3 days , they 've been living on the food they 'd planned to give to the children . |
| 27 | There was a bit in the paper today about er Ratners , in the Samuels outlet selling carriage clocks for three hundred pounds and claiming that they are solid mahogany cases , but as they 're chipboard with a mahogany veneer , and er they 've been had by the Trades Descriptions Act , three , who would pay three hundred pounds for a mahogany one anyway ? |
| 28 | They 've been involved at every stage through carpentry , electrical and painting work through to its present state |
| 29 | Brighter are so deeply drippy that they make Blueboy look like the English Metallica , Brighter sound like they 've been locked in a bedroom for the past six years and are still trying to come up with that ‘ C86 ’ audition tape . |
| 30 | Yeah , they 've been advertising in the Echo |