Example sentences of "they [verb] been [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Black people , although they 've been here such a long time , have n't assimilated into the business community , or education , as they have in America . |
| 2 | because they 've been so much more technology , you know , since it 's started |
| 3 | It was obvious that they had been outside all the time , probably in a van . |
| 4 | But she said that they had been so many months or when everybody else had a pay rise they only had a little bit . |
| 5 | They had been about half way through when the message had come from the District Chief . |
| 6 | They had been together all morning , but little had been said . |
| 7 | Still , to look on the bright side : if they had been together all this time , by now they might already be a dull settled couple , instead of which the long separation had preserved the thrill of courtship in their marriage , with letters passing between them constantly . |
| 8 | And they have been very much but I though that Swatch cost that much no there are |
| 9 | They have been together all day . ’ |