Example sentences of "[verb] they [verb] [been] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This sparked immediate criticism that the MMC regulations requiring Bass to free pubs from the tie or sell them had been by-passed . |
| 2 | THE KITCHEN was a large stone-floored room whose low ceiling seemed to trap the heat of the stove and hold cooking smells long after the meal that created them had been forgotten . |
| 3 | Over dinner he gave an enthralling account of the entire mission , their excitement at penetrating the Flow undetected , matched only by their relief at finding the way out , and of how on reaching home waters they had been cheered into Wilhelmshaven by the rest of the German fleet and flown to Berlin for a celebratory banquet with Hitler . |
| 4 | He opened a bottle of champagne and before she had a chance to realise what was happening they had been making love . |
| 5 | She was fleetingly reminded of Shildon insisting they walked singly into the newsroom so no one should know they had been talking together . |
| 6 | If you 're crossing somebody out even if you er alter it and initial it , someone will know they 've been crossed out . |
| 7 | Halfway through the letter , Bruno said in German : ‘ Ah , he is a major in their Army , ’ and then smiled hastily at Maxim because he had forgotten they had been speaking German earlier . |
| 8 | ‘ I expect they have been taken back to the Wyrmberg . ’ |
| 9 | One reason I was disappointed is because what it says in these minutes , Robert 's people reported they 'd been speaking to the R and Abbey Leisure Service in London that had been considerable interest in the Edinburgh Festival Programme and in everything |
| 10 | It is only when you stop scanning the horizon for monumental shapes that you realise they have been looming unnoticed in the foreground all along . |
| 11 | Increasingly , skilled counterfeiting has led to some high street stores selling goods they believed were the real thing , only to find they 'd been had . |
| 12 | Went to ladies just before quarter to five to find they 've been removed . |
| 13 | There 's even a joke about the " reverse run " , which can happen when several people converge at speed towards the sound of a fallen durian , to find they have been beaten to it by a possessive and alcoholic tiger . |
| 14 | ‘ In a fairy story one of them would ride up to the avenue here on a white horse and say they 'd been wanting you as part of their lives for years , ’ Benny said . |
| 15 | Three tenants in the house say they 'd been paying £120 a week rent to their landlord , a Mr Vincent Cox . |
| 16 | The detailed plans were unveiled after a two year study , but local people say they 've been misled , and councillors say it would be an environmental disaster . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | They 've also blocked off the railway line , and British drivers say they 've been threatened at knife point . |
| 19 | But hospital staff say they 've been vindicated by the inquest verdict . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Tenants in a house at Brockworth near Gloucester , who say they 've been paying rent for six months , barracaded themselves in when they heard they were being evicted because their landlord had defaulted on his mortgage . |
| 22 | Because of it they say they 've been forced to live in a tent with their young children . |
| 23 | Dressed in black , undergraduates say they 've been gagged and had their hands tied in their attempts to persuade the governing body to maintain Somerville as a single sex college . |
| 24 | Dressed in black , undergraduates say they 've been gagged and had their hands tied in their attempts to persuade the governing body to maintain Somerville as a single sex college . |
| 25 | Workers at a Grand Prix racing team which is facing receivership , say they 've been betrayed by their management . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Chelsea have not confirmed their approach to him and the Swindon board say they 've been told nothing . |
| 28 | Friends say they had been looking forward to the holiday for months . |
| 29 | RSPCA staff say they have been inundated with inquiries about the dogs at Sadberge kennels following an article in The Northern Echo . |
| 30 | Some have criminal convictions , all say they have been cautioned or warned by the police several times . |