Example sentences of "what they [verb] 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 | Yes , she absolutely is so , we 'll have to erm , find out from you what they 've been talking about . |
| 7 | What they 've been saying is that some authorities might have experiments in the cabinet arrangement we 're not advising to go down that road because and on which point we do n't agree with that type of of government . |
| 8 | Is that a nice way of saying that there 's going to be a lot of fighting , is that what they 've been planning ? |
| 9 | Let's see what they 've been doing to you . |
| 10 | A game of tag ( see below ) may well be just the thing ; but if they 've just come in from the playground and that 's what they 've been doing for the last fifteen minutes , it would be a bit of a waste of time . |
| 11 | I ask each group what they 've been doing . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | You seen what they 've been doing ? |
| 14 | All the people that I 've seen trying to do it have all my sympathy , because I know what they 've been going through . |
| 15 | I know that our children by enlarge er their vocabulary does n't extend to erm what er , polysyllabic words which which might really sum up for an adult what they 've been going through , how they 've enjoyed it but what is the terrible form we had last year in seventh year , was it seven G ? |
| 16 | The American people told him at the polls what they had been screaming from the rooftops for two years . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | All three were still dressed in what they had been wearing in the camp : corduroy trousers , khaki shirts and pullovers and big nailed boots . |
| 20 | 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 ! |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | As soon as most dealers actually knew anything , they would get disgusted with what they had been doing , and wanted out . |
| 24 | That 's what they had been doing before . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | We ca n't we devise publishing concepts which capture children 's imaginations in such a way that they are confident to spend as much time talking about what they have been reading as they are about last night 's episode of ‘ Neighbours ’ ? |
| 30 | ‘ I know exactly what they have been saying on TV . |