Example sentences of "they have [been] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half the drivers surveyed said they 'd been in a skid … most reckon they can handle one |
| 2 | They represent enemy ships sunk by torpedoes , and the crossed guns on the left means they 've been in a surface action — that 'd be when they got the German destroyer — and the dagger below is a special operation . ’ |
| 3 | There must be armies of males squirming uncomfortably at the breakfast table , feeling they 've been in a similar movie . |
| 4 | ‘ Wigan will certainly know they 've been in a game . |
| 5 | But some times when I when people tell me that they 've been in a certain environment . |
| 6 | Erm is one they 've been in a very similar position to in so much as competition 's forced them to cost down dramatically I mean |
| 7 | Even those near the edge stand a better chance of survival than if they had been in a solitary nest far away in a place where local foxes can consume everything that is available . |
| 8 | The storm was just triggering memories of the last time they had been in a storm together . |
| 9 | And they have been in a position to determine the way they are investigated and the manner of their public exposure . |
| 10 | This has been in part because the universities have a perfectly general responsibility for disseminating among schools up-to-date advances in knowledge and theoretical changes within disciplines , but also , more specifically , through the Local Examination Boards they have been in a position to determine the syllabuses for public examinations , and so to a large extent to dictate a curriculum even for those pupils at school who may never themselves enter the door of a university . |
| 11 | There is a small , but increasing risk of HIV infection in heterosexuals unless they have been in a mutually monogamous relationship for a number of years . |
| 12 | It applies to all goods in the categories listed in the box , irrespective of the time they have been in a country . |
| 13 | Indeed , introduced as they have been in a climate of manpower cuts by an allegedly insensitive senior management , the main effects of these developments may be to produce ‘ not just disgruntled employees ’ but also ‘ ineffective organisation ’ ( Plowden , 1985 , p. 410 ) . |
| 14 | In Cuba , for example , ‘ figures of the Wars of Independence , like Marti and Maceo , or of the 1933 revolution [ against the dictator Machado ] … give the revolution legitimacy by linking it with the historic past and , at least in the case of the heroes of 1933 , they have been in a very real sense the inspiration of the present revolutionary leaders , to a far greater degree than Marx and Lenin' ( Lambert : 1977 , p. 237 ) . |