Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] have been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To a lesser extent the preacher and the witness stand in the same relationship to their message , as they declare what has been revealed to them or that which they have personally witnessed . |
| 2 | All of a sudden they realised they had been tricked from the very beginning . |
| 3 | When they had left the cinema , they found it had been raining so Yanto decided the standing position would be favourite . |
| 4 | Martin and Koda plan just as ambitious a schedule of costume exhibitions at their new home — three per year — and they say they 've been given a mandate to do that . |
| 5 | Because of it they say they 've been forced to live in a tent with their young children . |
| 6 | They say they 've been promised full consultation with the college 's governing body before a final decisionis made — and so far that has n't happened . |
| 7 | They say they have been waiting to be moved from the ‘ temporary accommodation ’ ever since . |
| 8 | They say they have been waiting to be moved from the ‘ temporary accommodation ’ ever since . |
| 9 | One or two of the boys would go in there , fellers of the village , and they would stop there all night , and the next night ; and they say it had been known for it to go the week ; have a week settin' in , staying in the pub . |
| 10 | and they say I 've been waiting seventeen years for this pollack , or having your tooth out or having your tonsils extracted |
| 11 | They say he 's been stopped from dispensing NHS prescriptions . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Why , they say he has been thrown into prison for debt ! ’ |
| 13 | They believed she had been murdered by the Grantley Ripper although as yet no body had turned up . |
| 14 | All that those LA police offices had to say to get acquitted of beating Rodney King was that they believed he had been using PCP . |
| 15 | But these I tried , but they 'd they 'd been used . |
| 16 | When she was found they reckoned she 'd been lying there for three hours . |
| 17 | ‘ I suppose they showed he 'd been drinking ? ’ |
| 18 | They discovered it had been hired by a Swiss honeymoon couple and they put out an alert for them . |
| 19 | We broke that , or that was broke er , but we 'll blame the carrier now and look at it , then our security guy goes out and they know it 's been sitting around someone 's you know , it 's been there for months ! |
| 20 | These results clearly challenge any notion that women are giving informed consent for their babies to be tested , even though they believe themselves to have been informed . |
| 21 | Students have to show that they understand what has been learned so deeply that they are able to look down on it and assess it critically for themselves . |
| 22 | If systems are developed without the involvement of the users , they may be unwilling to accept the new systems because they feel they have been imposed on them . |
| 23 | So far , they feel they have been spurned . |
| 24 | But over ninety disabled workers say they feel they have been abandoned by the council , and that without the workshops they have no hope of other employment . |
| 25 | They claim they 've been taken for a ride . |
| 26 | They claim it has been put in the story by the early Church , during the period of the oral tradition , to show that Jesus thought his mission was primarily for the Jews and not the Gentiles . |
| 27 | They felt they had been abused themselves ; they felt impotent against the power weighed against them ; they felt they had no way to fight back . |
| 28 | They felt they 'd been made fools of … and the ring is some sort of family heirloom and his father went on as if it was all Rick 's fault that Angy had made off with it . ’ |
| 29 | Erm yes , they er , they felt they 'd been let down by the Railway men , I think , or someone else at the beginning at the Strike , and they were out on a limb but er they 'd got to make the best of it . |
| 30 | They knew we 'd been talking to their pop idols and they just wanted to touch us . |