Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] have been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Langbaurgh Liberal Democrat candidate Peter Allen : ‘ In the last 45 years this country has suffered whichever government has been in power . |
| 2 | Nonetheless , Ace hoped that Daak 's flamboyant display of aerobatics had dislodged whatever creature had been on the hull . |
| 3 | ‘ If I say we know your brother has been with you , then you can believe we do know . |
| 4 | Indeed , he was able to forecast accurately which women would develop the disease merely by knowing which midwife had been in attendance . |
| 5 | Two used coffee cups and an ashtray full of cigarette ends suggested that the two men who awaited their arrival had been in long and deep discussion . |
| 6 | One woman , whose son is an epileptic , said her son had been to hospitals in Newcastle , Middlesbrough , Northallerton , Oxford , Sedgewick near Kendal , and Cookridge near Leeds , before Thornton Lodge . |
| 7 | On the same night , a follow up to a known address in the village in a hunt for a missing suspect led to vehement denials from a mother who said her son had been in bed all the evening . |
| 8 | But his wife , who 's the Mayor of Cirencester , said her husband had been under a lot of pressure recently . |
| 9 | Said his wife had been in need of a holiday and he had been unable to get away . |
| 10 | His solicitor , Raymond McMenamin , said his client had been in a hurry to get to Edinburgh . |
| 11 | David Livingstone , father of Andrew and of the same address , said his son had been at home weight training when he was supposed to be out throwing stones . |
| 12 | His father , Jonathon said his son had been in trouble with the police before but had never stolen cars . |
| 13 | Everyone 's got their problems , and no-one knows what life 's been like for anyone else . |