Example sentences of "they have [be] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , er they we , they moved out last Friday so this week when he rang me , they 'd been round past the hotel and er there 's walls being knocked down ! |
| 2 | Well he said they 'd been round with a helicopter , a plane taking photos of the houses , did I want to buy a photo of me house , twenty pound . |
| 3 | They 'd been here on holiday , enjoying a lifestyle worlds apart from the one they endure in Russia . |
| 4 | They 'd been here on holiday , enjoying a lifestyle worlds apart from the one they endure in Russia . |
| 5 | He had been let down several times , they had done all sorts of things without asking him , and sometimes he only found out what they 'd been up to when the papers rang for comment . |
| 6 | How could she confess that they 'd been right about Ryan ? |
| 7 | They 'd been together for eighteen months or more , and she had no one else . |
| 8 | For many this was the first time they 'd been back to Parham in thirty six years . |
| 9 | They 'd been out of action because the church 's spire was too weak to support them . |
| 10 | They 'd been there for more than fifteen years . |
| 11 | They 'd been there at the wedding , when the wine , that water had been turned into wine . |
| 12 | Could they have been in with the real Communist underground ? ’ |
| 13 | What about livestock would they have been in at that time of year ? |
| 14 | The German Dynacord company remain relatively unheralded within the modern music industry , even though they 've been around for over forty years , in fact since the very inception of electronic amplification . |
| 15 | Thank you erm I hardly ever comment on these but I just , I was n't sure what because quite often these things go under another guise , but there are a number of schemes on the drawing board for investigation as you all know and Mr will know some of those they 've been around for , for some years . |
| 16 | they and er they 've been around for centuries of course but er erm there 's all sorts of myths about them some of which are half-truths and some which un-truths . |
| 17 | They 've been around along time , however , and there are those , Gavin Friday included , who would put their meandering career down to a Dublin penchant for beer , bars and general untogetherness . |
| 18 | No this is , cos Marion and Matthew they like Indians and they go both me ma , start again , they like Indian meals and they 've been round to quite a few and they said this is the best one they 've been to . |
| 19 | Oh , they 've been here about a few years now . |
| 20 | They 've been here before us . |
| 21 | Cos they 've been on about people |
| 22 | They 've been on to us . |
| 23 | Do n't worry , they 've been away from England for ten years … |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I mean to our children , although they 've been away from Butchwana for quite a few years now it 's still home |
| 26 | I do n't know , if you 're like me but , I must confess , I I get er , I would n't say pleasure , but I rather like those incidents where he tells the disciples off , not because he 's telling them off , but because I can fit in wi with what they 've been up to ! |
| 27 | They 've been twice to Scotland , but no well they went there when they come from Australia , instead of coming straight here . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 |
| 30 | They 've been together for fourteen years , they met at school . |