Example sentences of "[Wh adv] they [verb] [been] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crippling difficulty about such ideas whenever they have been raised and examined closely arises from a problem about the nature of federal government . |
| 2 | Children described to the interviewers how they had been referred to the library to find information on Inuits and Eskimos in basic studies , Scott of the Antarctic in history , and Alexander Fleming in science , while one child described how : In RE sometimes Miss asks us to go and find out ( like ) some information and also in literacy ( like ) there are some people who write letters backwards and Miss asks us to go back and see if we could find any . |
| 3 | Leitzig pointed to the rows of steel containers submerged in the water , and described how they had been transported to the plant in 100 tonne flasks with walls fourteen inches thick . |
| 4 | At first she did not , then she remembered Oliver 's parting words to Tim in the rue du Bateau and understood how they had been interpreted . |
| 5 | Assets were sold not to be reinvested in mobile assets or to provide better services , but simply to take profits out of the company without regard to how they had been earned . |
| 6 | Finally they told me where they had been and how they had been ushered into a sort of waiting room by the proprietress , who had endeavoured to make them feel at ease by offering them marrons glacés . |
| 7 | Well there 's that I mean there 's all , there 's a whole range of things , there 's ghoulish voyeurism right , I mean that that 's important , there 's also the way the Royals have been peddled by the media over the decades and the fact that you know this has been how they 've been tendered this is what they actually are and that y you , you know what I 'm saying that erm or whatever it is between this is what they are , this is what we 've been and they do n't match , they really do n't match . |
| 8 | In a sense responding to our questions , naturally , depending on how they 've been treated by their employer can we have your comments about the sort of legal framework you think the pension fund should be in and then Jeremy will take over . |
| 9 | Well I suppose ringing them up and telling them how they 've been going , how they 're galloping , how they do n't gallop . |
| 10 | If there are any costs to be paid on your account , we will send you a separate statement , with your usual statement , showing how they have been calculated . |
| 11 | TWO more British Olympic medallists told yesterday how they have been hit by dole office meanies . |
| 12 | It is perhaps worth taking a minute or two to invite the Secretary of State to answer those arguments in his reply and to explain how they have been overcome in the new council tax system . |
| 13 | Horses can produce all sorts of conditioned psychological needs , according to how they have been handled by their owners . |
| 14 | However — particularly in this chapter — I have also referred freely to the research strategies adopted in specific projects , so that readers might assess how they have been implemented in the field . |
| 15 | A vase containing flowers that have been left over is also put at the well so people can see for themselves how they have been incorporated into the picture . |
| 16 | In this chapter we analyse the nationalized industries , explain how they have been run , and assess their performance . |
| 17 | compare the assets and liabilities at the beginning and end of an accounting period to determine where funds have come from and how they have been invested . |
| 18 | The men also can be said to live up to how they have been described . |
| 19 | This distinction can be limpid if the artist is directly interviewed , and the interview is verbatim ; but there are problems of evidence with filming and tape recordings , as well as with interviews , since the viewer or reader is unlikely to know how they have been edited . |
| 20 | It is simplest to describe them according to how they have been preserved . |
| 21 | Another feature shared by many is how they have been located on the outside of bends . |
| 22 | True , there had been a few unhappy minutes when they 'd been having coffee in Karlovy Vary when she and Ven had reared up at each other . |
| 23 | They did n't fire a response in her , but it felt nice , like when they had been holding hands . |
| 24 | Their dream reports included more water-related imagery , such as lakes or snow , as well as some explicitly thirst-satisfying objects , such as Pepsi Cola , than on control nights when they had been allowed fluids ad lib . |
| 25 | One young constable had come to the house last year when they had been burgled and , very laboriously , had written the details of the crime into a book . |
| 26 | All except , I can see , you know when they 've been asking for this money ? |
| 27 | Though sometimes , when they 've been smashed into and then I have to turn the other way , they go oh ! |
| 28 | Natural selection favours those individuals that can tell when they have been parasitised and eject the cuckoo 's eggs . |
| 29 | Certainly some famous recording artists have had some frightening moments when they have been nudged and brushed past by these two ghosts . |
| 30 | The Book of Ezra records that when Cyrus captured Babylon in 539BC , to Jerusalem , whence they had been exiled by their Babylonian conquerors . |