Example sentences of "they have been [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Competition among them has been intense in the past decade as a result of the switch to reimbursement based on diagnostic related groups rather than historic costs , a difficult regulatory environment aimed at reducing short stay hospital capacity and at cost containment , and a much tougher climate for research funding . |
| 2 | I do n't have to look too far back in there when we started this whole process , four or five years of throwing it all up in the air to say that I felt every pupil could comment in some way , something that they had enjoyed , something they felt they 'd been successful at , something they felt they found difficult , something that had pleased them , surely every child could comment on wo , if it 's just one of those things |
| 3 | Britain broke off diplomatic relations with the Syrians four years ago after allegations that they 'd been involved in trying to below up and Israeli airliner . |
| 4 | The participants were willing and the setting was ideal ; they 'd been close to it often enough , so what was happening now ? |
| 5 | They 'd been good to Mam , though , sending her money when they could . |
| 6 | ‘ They 'd been married for nearly forty years , did you know that ? ’ she said in a small voice . |
| 7 | Brand told me that they 'd been friendly from way back and when I leaned on him a bit he admitted that they 'd had a thing going but it had been broken off two or three years ago . ’ |
| 8 | I asked , wondering if they 'd been angry on behalf of Ban Bhāi because Chola and the other women had n't waited for his permission , or because they 'd cheated , sneaking out first and grabbing all the pine-needles at the edge of the forest without having to climb at all . |
| 9 | But she never suspecting it was , you know , when they 'd been alright for seven years you |
| 10 | They 'd been OK till then — well , I had n't thought about it , they were just my parents , you do n't complain , you do n't know any different — but then … |
| 11 | Carrie thought of bombs falling , of the war going on all this year they 'd been safe in the valley ; going on over their heads like grown-up conversation when she 'd been too small to listen . |
| 12 | It seemed as if they 'd been wrong about one thing and only too right about the other . |
| 13 | They 'd been happy behind their cork and we 'd torn down their cover . |
| 14 | Did n't , did n't they mean that as in a period of time they 'd been stuck in the Ark . |
| 15 | They 'd been builder-restored as a unit , and they looked too picturesque to be true . |
| 16 | Would they have been proud of us ? |
| 17 | So Waleran goes where his roots are , to keep them safe from being torn up , even if he must do homage to Anjou for the soil they 've been firm in for generations . |
| 18 | Well in the sense that they 've been involved in it . |
| 19 | They 've been involved in a ratings war with us . |
| 20 | We 're trying at the moment to get in non-conformist church records , or at least to get copies of them if the churches do n't want to let us have them , because they 're quite important for the nineteenth century history of East Sussex , and erm really any help that we can get from the general public who 've got old documents relating to their properties , minutes of any organisation that they 've been involved in , or that used to exist and that 's now collapsed , anything like that that can add to the history of the county we 're always very grateful to receive . |
| 21 | We 're trying at the moment to get in Nonconformist church records , or at least to get copies of them if the churches do n't want to let us have them , because they 're quite important for the nineteenth century history of East Sussex , and erm really any help that erm that we can get from the general public who 've got old documents relating to their properties , minutes of any organisations that they 've been involved in or that used to exist and that 's now collapsed , anything like that that can add to the history of the county , we 're always very grateful to receive . |
| 22 | The atmosphere with the actual returnees themselves is one of concern and apprehension I guess , because they 're concerned that they 've been involved in this , this crisis and they 're not quite sure what 's happening , and they are er not really being told by everybody , you know , there 's just too many people to make it very clear where they 're all going and when they 're all going . |
| 23 | They 've been available for two weeks at 350 Oxfam shops . |
| 24 | They 've been married for 11 years and they 've always been so happy . |
| 25 | and , and if she 's already scared of his temper and they 've not even lived together , well they have lived together for quite a while actually so I mean it 's not like they do n't know each other but once they 're married and they 've been married for a couple of years I reckon , and he starts thinking of her more as a possession sort of thing I can , I can really imagine |
| 26 | They 've been loyal to me , and I 'll stay loyal to them . ’ |
| 27 | The fans were right to give me stick but they 've been good to me and it 's great to come off to a reception like that . ’ |
| 28 | Sandy must be having company , pulled the blind down I think that 's why they 've been good about the parking this week , cos I mean Irene 's pulled her car , we saw Irene pull her car in was you here when she I saw her get in it , it must of been teatime yesterday |
| 29 | I know but what all going on is the history , that fact is since the mid-fifties we , we have had dealings cos they 've been one of the stronger of the world |
| 30 | In fact they 've been instrumental in providing some of the greatest pleasures in my life to date . |