Example sentences of "they have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were allowed to see it for one hour , before it was taken back , and none of them has been able to get hold of it since . |
| 2 | Competition among them has been intense in the past decade as a result of the switch to reimbursement based on diagnostic related groups rather than historic costs , a difficult regulatory environment aimed at reducing short stay hospital capacity and at cost containment , and a much tougher climate for research funding . |
| 3 | It will be necessary to confirm that all restrictions have been observed and if they have not been observed , to confirm that consent to vary or discharge them has been forthcoming . |
| 4 | The promotion prospects of the geologists were almost non-existent , some of them having been Temporary Acting Geologists for over 20 years with no pension rights . |
| 5 | However , Lagan and Cooper DH ( both Alliance ) were the source of 1,700 non-transferable votes which could conceivably have affected the issue either way if they has been transferable . |
| 6 | Both split suddenly with clubs where they 'd been successful — Clough from Derby County in an almighty uproar , Dalglish from Liverpool in a still unsolved mystery . |
| 7 | I do n't have to look too far back in there when we started this whole process , four or five years of throwing it all up in the air to say that I felt every pupil could comment in some way , something that they had enjoyed , something they felt they 'd been successful at , something they felt they found difficult , something that had pleased them , surely every child could comment on wo , if it 's just one of those things |
| 8 | Oh , they 'd been polite , made him welcome , but they had n't trusted him . |
| 9 | His family was so poor that they 'd been obliged to sell him . |
| 10 | They 'd been delighted therefore to renew acquaintanceship at the beginning of the tour ; and thereafter had spent many an hour together , talking about old comrades they 'd known — those who 'd come through , and those who had n't … and reminiscing about some of the ‘ local talent ’ the GIs had been only too happy to discover , in Oxford itself and in some of the surrounding towns and villages . |
| 11 | ‘ But then I 'd have been worried if they 'd been lethargic , so you ca n't have it all ways ! ’ |
| 12 | Britain broke off diplomatic relations with the Syrians four years ago after allegations that they 'd been involved in trying to below up and Israeli airliner . |
| 13 | The participants were willing and the setting was ideal ; they 'd been close to it often enough , so what was happening now ? |
| 14 | They 'd been good to Mam , though , sending her money when they could . |
| 15 | Conditions were better for fishing now than they 'd been all night . |
| 16 | But if it 's just been brought out of the calf pens , fresh muck when it 's been spreaded in , and you know that tummy muscles , along mucking out the calf pens , they 'd been all the winter on this , getting tighter and harder , all through the winter . |
| 17 | ‘ They 'd been married for nearly forty years , did you know that ? ’ she said in a small voice . |
| 18 | oh , and they 'd been married , what she 's ten years older than you had been married |
| 19 | And Lucy called her in the morning , swept away all doubts with a rush of enthusiasm about the exhibition , and only when they 'd hung up did Jay realise that she had n't given her a date , a time ; that she — they ? — were just where they 'd been five months before . |
| 20 | Brand told me that they 'd been friendly from way back and when I leaned on him a bit he admitted that they 'd had a thing going but it had been broken off two or three years ago . ’ |
| 21 | I asked , wondering if they 'd been angry on behalf of Ban Bhāi because Chola and the other women had n't waited for his permission , or because they 'd cheated , sneaking out first and grabbing all the pine-needles at the edge of the forest without having to climb at all . |
| 22 | Bandaging up people when they 'd been hur-hur-hur — ’ |
| 23 | But she never suspecting it was , you know , when they 'd been alright for seven years you |
| 24 | Well then th they must have been she said they 'd been concerned all day . |
| 25 | Would that apply if they 'd been independent but gone back into it ? |
| 26 | So far , they 'd been lucky ; the Atlantic weather systems had been kind , the days bright and warm , the nights calm and never completely dark . |
| 27 | They 'd been OK till then — well , I had n't thought about it , they were just my parents , you do n't complain , you do n't know any different — but then … |
| 28 | Carrie thought of bombs falling , of the war going on all this year they 'd been safe in the valley ; going on over their heads like grown-up conversation when she 'd been too small to listen . |
| 29 | John and Simon always left the doors open upstairs , as if casually , so that anyone who suspected , but did not know , would think they 'd been wrong . |
| 30 | It seemed as if they 'd been wrong about one thing and only too right about the other . |