Example sentences of "they have been [verb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | P.P.S I see they 've been feeding Mark H on the raw meat again : - ) ) ) How did ‘ Antiscum United ’ go on over the weekend by the way ? ? |
| 2 | They 've been chasing Richard all round the grass , all round the lawn . |
| 3 | But they can count the number of times they 've been to see Elvis the Musical ; 38 to date and it will be forty by the end of the week . |
| 4 | ‘ I know they 've been questioning Mr Willard but he was the one who found her . ’ |
| 5 | They have n't been fighting , they 've been beating Chris up . |
| 6 | They had been drinking Cisco , a fruity , wine-based fluid that smells and tastes like a mixture of cough syrup and bathtub gin . |
| 7 | They had been to see La Boheme , at which Mr O'Hara had cried quite openly , and which Ellie had sat through dry-eyed , but with a breaking heart . |
| 8 | They had been visiting Trabuc and their guide had made reference to the use of the famous grottoes as a meeting-place by the Camisards . |
| 9 | In peacetime two of them have been appointed Lords Lieutenant of English counties . |