Example sentences of "what they [vb past] been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aroma that exuded from the chemist shop in those days like er Depends what they 'd been using you see ? |
| 2 | Some could n't say what they 'd been wearing themselves , but their female colleagues usually gave us some idea . ’ |
| 3 | That 's what they 'd been fighting for for twenty years . |
| 4 | But then they 'd still presumably report back to the main group about what they 'd been doing . |
| 5 | They , they , what they 'd been doing was shooting them over and they 'd just had n't been exploded , they said dud shell or something . |
| 6 | The American people told him at the polls what they had been screaming from the rooftops for two years . |
| 7 | There they brought the coracle ashore lightly , and drew in , with reluctance and the reverence of finality , what they had been hunting with such assiduity , and so persistently hoped they would not find . |
| 8 | Of course , compared to what they had been producing with a typewriter and some rub-down lettering , the desktop publishing system was producing wonderful material — it just did n't conform to any of the professional standards . |
| 9 | All three were still dressed in what they had been wearing in the camp : corduroy trousers , khaki shirts and pullovers and big nailed boots . |
| 10 | He did n't know what they had been doing to him , but whatever it was he did n't like it , and he was going to let them know it in the only way he knew — by making as loud a noise as he could ! |
| 11 | Everywhere there was evidence of abandoned normality as though everyone had put down what they had been doing , and then simply vanished ; half finished cups of coffee , dishevelled beds , games of scrabble and cards laid out , play suspended . |
| 12 | The head explained that the school had a lower/middle/ upper division and the lower school head briefly explained that the children were going to show the parents and new children what they had been doing . |
| 13 | As soon as most dealers actually knew anything , they would get disgusted with what they had been doing , and wanted out . |
| 14 | That 's what they had been doing before . |
| 15 | The APM and the report provided an opportunity for governors to explain , justify and evaluate what they had been doing , especially with regard to the quality of education offered . |
| 16 | Although this was the exact opposite of what they had been saying in the previous year , it was consistent in suggesting that there was a conflict between leaders and members . |
| 17 | Hundreds more will follow , prompting Mr Hildesheimer to suggest that the best commemoration would be not to perform Mozart at all until next year , so that everyone could realise what they had been missing . |
| 18 | The established , and now publicized , fact that women 's sexual capacity increases with age , at least until the late twenties , and stays at this peak for decades , while men 's is already declining , came as a shock both to men , who suddenly discovered they were the unlucky sex , and to women who had not realized what they had been missing . |