Example sentences of "they [vb base] been [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | he feels they 've been treated in a shabby way . |
3 | They 've been calling for an alternative route to the A 421 since World War Two . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | If someone knows they 've been contaminated by a needle or a knife , for instance , then I think the testing certainly is available . ’ |
8 | 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 . ’ |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | Because they 've been pressured into an opinion on one particular aspect of their letter . |
12 | Rolling bream are not frightened bream , nor do they hang around in the swim if they 've been spooked by an escaping fish . |
13 | They claim they 've been taken for a ride . |
14 | But this week they 've been confronted by a whole host of vegetarian dishes . |
15 | When they 've been promoted to a high ranking job . |
16 | The Cult only ever had one truly great riff of their own — ‘ She Sells Sanctuary ’ — but on ‘ Electric ’ and ‘ Sonic Temple ’ they at least had the intelligence to plunder the repertoires of The Stones and Zeppelin , here , they sound like they 've been dipping into a library of unreleased Uriah Heep doodlings … uninspired , to say the least . |
17 | Sorry if it 's the first thing you see in the morning , still it 's not everyone who can say they 've been sleeping with a Jesuit . |
18 | Maybe just some Iranian hotheads getting upset because they think they 've been subjected to a con trick by the arms dealers . |
19 | This is a firm and they 've been going for a number of years . |
20 | The other thing we do sort of every now and then , and next time will be Easter , we actually have some people in costume who actually reoccupy the house over Waster weekend in this case as as the household of William and they 've been coming for a long time now and they 've got set into the set into their roles quite well . |
21 | It 'll be alright cos they 've been sealed in a plastic bag |
22 | I assume that people are put on the list if they have been connected with an offence relating to prostitution or have been cautioned . |
23 | They have been inspired by a reverence for the so-called ‘ feminine ’ , an essentially patriarchal construct which participates in the whole Madonna/whore syndrome . |
24 | They have been developed under an article ( Article 118A ) specially added to the Treaty of Rome for this purpose . |
25 | They have been joined by a host of small ‘ micro brewers ’ producing a limited barrelage but adding variety and choice in the genuine free trade . |
26 | The delicate fondant decorations look like they have been crafted by an expert , yet they are surprisingly easy to master if you follow our simple step-by-step instructions . |
27 | Each a study in itself , with titles like ‘ No two feathers ’ , ‘ Butterflyman ’ , and ‘ Angel and the Dreamer ’ , they have been flown as an aerial ballet to classical music , wind harps and synthesisers . |
28 | This means they have been inspected by a team of professional experts and the standard of their work has been approved . |
29 | However , the children of your unmarried partner can not inherit from you unless you adopt them or make a will even if they have been living as a family with you both . |
30 | ‘ Piano Song ’ , for instance , includes lines like ‘ My vulnerability rushes up to me ’ and ‘ The deeper I delve into the conciousness of me and you ’ , which sound as though they have been selected from a random computer-search for meaningful phrases in a dictionary of pretension . |