Example sentences of "they [verb] been [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been here on holiday , enjoying a lifestyle worlds apart from the one they endure in Russia . |
| 2 | They 'd been here on holiday , enjoying a lifestyle worlds apart from the one they endure in Russia . |
| 3 | How could she confess that they 'd been right about Ryan ? |
| 4 | They 'd been together for eighteen months or more , and she had no one else . |
| 5 | They 'd been there for more than fifteen years . |
| 6 | They 'd been there at the wedding , when the wine , that water had been turned into wine . |
| 7 | Oh , they 've been here about a few years now . |
| 8 | They 've been here before us . |
| 9 | Do n't worry , they 've been away from England for ten years … |
| 10 | In terms of erm , return to work , er , we also er have been very good , I think , in the sense that we now offer the twenty-five per cent bonus er , after pregnancy , do n't get me wrong on that , er , what happens is , people are actually recompensed , given back the money which they 've sacrificed because they 've been away from work for six months , and they get is back over the next two years . |
| 11 | I mean to our children , although they 've been away from Butchwana for quite a few years now it 's still home |
| 12 | They 've been twice to Scotland , but no well they went there when they come from Australia , instead of coming straight here . |
| 13 | No matter what Bob says or Harry or any other member of the Conservative group , and I accept that they 've always been consistent on it the same as the Labour group has always been consistently against the merger I accept that they 've been consistently in favour of a total merger . |
| 14 | You see , what it is , it 's where they 've been behind with their mortgage , we will pay a slightly higher rate , but it 's only |
| 15 | They 've been together for fourteen years , they met at school . |
| 16 | They 've been together for the past six years — which she cites as one very good reason why she did n't fall for Craig McLachlan while playing his leading lady . |
| 17 | Broadstone Estate Agents , they 've been there since last . |
| 18 | Mhm cos they 've been there for ages have n't they Mary do n't you think ? |
| 19 | But they 've been there for twenty years on that spot . |
| 20 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
| 21 | I mean these have n't just been put here , they 've been there for a long time ! |
| 22 | but erm yes the garden 's alright but then they 've been there in the garden all the winter as well |
| 23 | ‘ And very careful they 've been too about period detail , Dr Cameron . ’ |
| 24 | Jack says practically that there is n't a beast because they 've not seen it and they 've been everywhere on the island . |
| 25 | They had been away from home for eight weeks , and one evening the captain showed us the presents he had bought for his wife . |
| 26 | Then he held out his arms and she went into them , laughing , wiping out the days they had been apart in that one eager meeting . |
| 27 | She was sitting on the opposite side of the grate and Louise Carter thought fleetingly how proud Nora had always been of her daughter even when they had been dramatically at loggerheads and how pleased she would be if she could see her now , in her elegant black dress and silver jewellery . |
| 28 | They had been much on Rose Hilaire 's mind because the buyer from one store , Morgan 's of Leeds , had shown signs of wanting to move away to a manufacturer offering lower costs . |
| 29 | The Lords were more diehard , as they had been ever since 1911 , but unless their powers were restored they would denounce the government in vain . |
| 30 | Some refugees in the embassy gardens said they had been there for days , but had not boarded the sealed refugee trains travelling through East Germany to Bavaria . |