Example sentences of "they [verb] been [v-ing] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they insisted that they did n't want more drink simply because they 'd been drinking but because they just , well , wanted it . |
| 2 | They rightly deserve the publicity they 've been getting and the pats on the back . |
| 3 | ‘ They 've been workin' and diggin' in those s … fields for years and do you know what it is ? |
| 4 | They 've been touring and doing the same thing for forty , fifty years and nothing has changed for them , and so I do n't think it 's a real resurgence in the US , but it 's great to see it happening over here . ’ |
| 5 | The responsibility will now be theirs and they 'd better get on with it and better show things that they 've been arguing and get along . |
| 6 | review with them where they 're at , record how they 're doing , you know tra , I mean I ca n't tell them to do that , but actually ask them to spend five or ten minutes each session talking to different pupils and what they 've been doing and you know even if it 's a personal timetable some people wo n't get into it but it 's you know , trying to get them to be what are tutors are , you know , I 'd like them to do . |
| 7 | They 've been coming and going all day . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We do n't know where the men had been or where they were going or whether they had been drinking or not . |
| 9 | Bicker was there , looking as tired as if he and not they had been riding and fighting in the past three days . |
| 10 | After they had been searching and moving on quietly for some time , they reached a place from which they could see that the field below them broadened out . |
| 11 | I had the idea that they had been quarrelling and had n't quite made it up . |
| 12 | To her annoyance she found that just for a while there , while they had been swimming and afterwards when they 'd first gone into the club , she had actually been enjoying his company . |
| 13 | We enter the area that they had been defending and everything shows that the Germans have pulled out in a hurry . |
| 14 | Once again there was a flurry of bodies from the doorway they had been defending and another charge . |
| 15 | because part of the reason why were very successful and profitable was because they 're very cagey on money we spend and on , on the resources erm , they had been advertising but it was on a very small limited regional budget , national advertising is actually , they 'd of been a or too |
| 16 | They were now expected to settle down with the very people with whom they had been fighting and who had been responsible for killing some of their comrades-in-arms . |
| 17 | Drunks and drug-takers are less susceptible to pain , because their senses are numbed by whatever they have been drinking or taking . |
| 18 | talk to the teacher and each other about the books and stories they have been reading or listening to ; |
| 19 | In corporate finance , the conventional view in America and Britain still is that Japanese firms rely for most of their money on friendly banks that they have been wining and dining for years . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ In the last three months they have been breeding and there are lots of them all over the place . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ In the last three months they have been breeding and there are lots of them all over the place . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ In the last three months they have been breeding and there are lots of them all over the place . |
| 23 | Although the last allegation is regarded with some scepticism by royal watchers , their speculation is heightened because the royal couple have barely been seen to exchange words or glances so far in the tour , even though they have been smiling and cheerful to those they have met . |