Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] be [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new Landrat of Gunzenhausen , a former Franconian bastion of National Socialism , wrote in his first monthly report after the end of the Third Reich , in August 1945 : ‘ Although the war has only been over for a few months , National Socialism is hardly ever spoken about , and when at all , only in a negative sense . |
| 2 | Another argument is that advertising has only been around for a while , so how can that be the reason for all our hang-ups , but that 's not true either . |
| 3 | He has n't been round for a while , Andy , has he ? |
| 4 | It has certainly been around for a hundred years , and it is probably the most vital of aspect of life as we know it today . |
| 5 | I decided to give her Arsenicum Album LM1 in a 100ml bottle and within 1 month she was feeling much better , her period had been the best she could remember and she 'd even been out to a party . |
| 6 | It 's estimated there are up to a thousand homeless people in Swindon … and the Breakfast Club is seen as one way to make life more tolerable … |
| 7 | He had only been in for a few nights after his first summer holiday in the five years I 'd owned him . |
| 8 | He had only been back for a few hours when company orders were posted showing that Colonel Hamilton wished to see Lance-Corporal Trumper at eleven hundred hours the following morning . |
| 9 | You 've not been on for a while have you ? |
| 10 | Good you 've not been on for a while either have you ? |
| 11 | I did n't know Julia had n't been in for a long while . |
| 12 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 13 | tonight and then I 'm on me raffle next week , but after next , I mean I can stop in the next , I mean I was , I 've never been out since a week on Tuesday cos I was n't on the raffle Friday |
| 14 | I 've never been in on a Friday afternoon because erm |
| 15 | No , Lindsey told herself , as she showered and slipped into a warm towelling robe , it had actually been over for a long time . |
| 16 | How do you know this is love , your prose side whispers like a sceptical lawyer , it 's only been around for a few weeks , a few months . |
| 17 | ‘ Look dear , Joe 's just been up with a tray of sumptuous goodies . |
| 18 | In the story above , David says that he 's the only boy in his class who 's not been out with a girl . |
| 19 | ‘ I have n't been up for a while , ’ her father said , implying a total absence of mind , and some of body , too . |
| 20 | Cos you know she usually do if I have n't been round for a while she 'll say oh what 's the matter , have I done something wrong or why you have n't been round or Perhaps she thinks well it 's too far to come . |
| 21 | But the they give it you at the end of the quarter , even if you have n't been in for a quarter . |
| 22 | As one teacher said , ‘ I rather resent people coming in and criticising when they have n't been in on a regular basis ’ . |
| 23 | We have n't been out for a drink us since , I think last time we went out New Year 's Day |