Example sentences of "they 've been [v-ing] in " in BNC.
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1 | But beware — the Black Night 's ghoulish cohorts are everywhere , and rumour has it that they 've been dabbling in the dark arts … |
2 | His face had an unpleasant shine to it , the kind of shine you get on the walls of places where they 've been cooking in cheap fat since for ever . |
3 | Yeah , they 've been advertising in the Echo |
4 | A resident of the North Shore will look at a wave and say , ‘ Bad weather they 've been having in Alaska ’ , or ‘ I see Siberia is in trouble again ’ . |
5 | I 'm a teacher myself and if my children come home and tell me things they 've been doing in maths which might seem very perplexing to somebody who knows about modern maths , I understand the educational reason for them doing so . |
6 | If learners can see and recognise the language they 've been studying in use in realistic situations this has two benefits : |
7 | ‘ They 've been arriving in scores , each delegation with one appointed English speaker ’ said an official . |
8 | They are the way forward now for the British mining industry erm they 've been coming in very steadily and now they are at virtually every pit in the country . |
9 | They 've been sitting during this meditation on her short useless history as a Socialist , they 've been sitting in the dark and now the moon rises , full and amber against a bar of cloud and Harriet 's face is bowed ; a drink at one hand ; and a cigarette droops glowing from the other . |