Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd watch them quietly ; and he often told me how he had a good idea where they 'd been taking their honey : if they came to their hives low , they 'd most likely have come off a field of clover . |
| 2 | ‘ Not on a degree course but at the Cultural Centre for Foreigners where they 've been going since last September . ’ |
| 3 | Where where they 've been bombing it |
| 4 | As the boats began to leave the mouth of the River Tees , where they had been barring the way to Teesport , they claimed their eight-hour show of strength had been a success . |
| 5 | It was not known yesterday if the three had returned to Scotland or to the Costa del Sol where they had been living before their arrest . |
| 6 | He began anagramming , twisting letters round , keeping in mind where they had been going , where Mary was still going … |
| 7 | The lorry 's battery landed where they had been standing . |
| 8 | Up to 400 Cuban military advisers are reported to be at fortified bases in northern Panama , where they have been training the the militia of the Dignity Battalions , the Washington Times said yesterday . |
| 9 | A GROUP of British students has recently returned from a trip to South America , where they have been researching into the flora and fauna of the Colombian Amazon basin . |
| 10 | Er , although they 've been moving around with me , but er they did very well in their studies in the end . |
| 11 | Although they have been living together for years they have had no idea how the other really felt . |
| 12 | During the past decade the poverty stricken countries of the South have been paying far more money to the rich North than they have been receiving in new money . |
| 13 | But after a four month lay-off the people who have to open them can get rather out of practice , so they 've been sharpening their skills against each other . |
| 14 | James had stayed behind and Lewis had been sullen for the half-hour or so they 'd been walking before suddenly announcing he wanted to be alone . |
| 15 | PS : I bought ten copies to send to friends at home and abroad , so they have been joining in the fun from Runcorn , to Malta . |
| 16 | You see even when they tell the truth , if they 've been telling lies for a long time , even if they , when they tell the truth you do n't believe them |
| 17 | Sometimes my tears are so hot they feel as if they 've been baking inside me , sometimes they feel bigger and wetter , sometimes rather lighter and not so salty . |
| 18 | If they 've been boozing , you could end up with erm enough blood |
| 19 | Well as long as you do n't mind the high mileage cars but if they 've been going up and down the motorway all the time |
| 20 | If they 've been changing the pipes or digging them up or something they often flush it through with a load of chlorine , the water of or b Boil it erm As water get 's hotter , and something like sugar , would you get would you find , Let's say you get a cup of cold water and you try and dissolve as much sugar as you can in it , and then you try hot water , try disolv |
| 21 | A good A&R Manager can earn sixty or seventy grand , whilst successful A&R Directors can earn upwards of a hundred grand and considerably more if they 've been doing it for a while . ’ |
| 22 | They were soon strolling with me round the house as if they 'd been expecting me for weeks . |
| 23 | They might just possibly have been able to find the morning 's path if they 'd been starting again from the road , but tracking backwards was incredibly difficult . |
| 24 | Dot wondered if they 'd been arguing . |
| 25 | Even if they 'd been sitting down to breakfast with a headless horseman . ’ |
| 26 | It was nearly a year since Dunkirk , and if they 'd been going to come , surely they 'd not have waited this long . |
| 27 | boy , boy friends before , they married them , they were n't sleep , if they 'd been sleeping around then I would of said something , then I would of said something to them , |
| 28 | It looked as if they 'd been having a party and had just taken off in the middle of it . |
| 29 | The English had not been acquiring new subjects in the first century and a half of their overseas expansion ; for the next century and a half they acquired new subjects at a rate which would have been quite inconceivable if they had been dealing with men and women who thought about their political rights and obligations in terms of nationalism . |
| 30 | ‘ Did you want me , Myra ? ’ she asked as calmly as if they had been discussing the weather and not within an ace of making either love or war . |