Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] have been [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was like an old car that had been around in the neighbourhood for a long time , loaned out among your friends , used and passed on , so that when it got to you in your time , you knew what you were getting . |
| 2 | Few ‘ moderate missions ’ are definite either , despite proposals that have been around for many years . |
| 3 | Electronics is a universal tool that has been around for a while and which can be used to control electrical circuits — not a common art form . |
| 4 | We joined the group that had been out in sleet and gales in December , hoping to experience a typical day 's training . |
| 5 | Computer Users of Europe ( CUE ) , a user group that 's been around for some time on an informal basis , has gone official : it has drafted a constitution and has a steering committee working on making it formal . |
| 6 | Armies are the main conventional weapon and have been around for over five millennia in various forms . |
| 7 | So far there have been no serious incidents as a result of lights that have been out of action , but there is a possibility of accidents occurring . ’ |
| 8 | Er it 's partly using some questions that 've been around for a very long time but there 're some subtle variations and some new ones added in , okay ? |
| 9 | The men at the headman 's house decided , on behalf of the village , that every dog that had been out in the night , possibly taking part in the fight and helping bring down the rabid dog , would have to be killed : and all bitches on heat , whether they 'd been inside or out , must also be killed . |
| 10 | In 1825 , by which time he was 52 years of age and had been back in Australia for eleven years , a new Governor was appointed . |
| 11 | Dari Sound was also occupied over hurdles but had been out of action since running slightly disappointingly in a two-and-a-half-mile race at Uttoxeter early in December . |
| 12 | I mean surely that is a subject that 's been around for a hundred years ? |
| 13 | She had re-established contact with her friends and had been out on one occasion in the previous week . |
| 14 | As veteran commentator George Melly remarked : ‘ The trad boom was both unexpected and untypical ; its heroes were far older than the norm and had been around for much longer ; the emphasis was instrumental rather than vocal ; the sexual aspect was almost non-existent . ’ |
| 15 | We decided to test a model that has been round for some time on the professional market , and is popular amongst tradesman working on side — the Makita 6012HDW Cordless Driver Drill . |
| 16 | If you have not kept up with the nursing journals or have been out of practice for a long time then you will have to trust to luck or the recommendations of others as to the relevance and value of any course you choose to attend . |
| 17 | It 's er in the report that we produced , most of the families are in fact single parent families , most of them are on Social Security benefits and have been on for considerable periods of time , but there are a number of people who are in employment or who have had periods of employment , but they are in low paid jobs , so when you 're talking about an income of one hundred pounds a week , with the sort of housing costs there are and other costs , then there simply is n't enough money to go round . |
| 18 | They got fed up when there was one and only a party that has been out of power and living in blinkers for the past 12 years could possibly propose returning to a naked property tax . |