Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] have been [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know young Neil Lewis coming in for a game like this is tremendous performance and Michael Whitlow and Colin Hill have been up against it but they 've worked hard and I think it 's been a great game and er one nil probably does n't er justify both sides . |
| 2 | Neil MacDonald has been out in Chile meeting the leaders of the fishing community … |
| 3 | Mo Johnston has been out of favour at Everton for some time . |
| 4 | The night of Mandy Kelly 's murder George had been out on one of his walks . |
| 5 | Builder Ivan James has been out of work for a year . |
| 6 | The 18 months that Del Amitri have been away from the spotlight have n't been wasted and they 've come up with some belting songs to prove it . |
| 7 | Secondly , a while ago I mentioned that a guy called Alan Byrne had been over for a trial , in Elland Road , from Shamrock Rovers in Dublin . |
| 8 | Al Mutahm has been off since springing a big surprise in a Group Three at Ascot back in April and this trip is probably a bare minimum for him over hurdles . |
| 9 | Mr Kronweiser had been on to something . |
| 10 | Muldoon nervously introduced the plan , saying that as Fred Klepner had been over on special assignment from Detroit to help Mark in the final preparation of the Plan and the presentation , he would hand over to Fred and let him take the committee through the proposals . |
| 11 | Graham Townsend has been back at work for only 4 weeks . |
| 12 | This particular day Tom Smith had been out on the drink the previous night and now had a sore head and a filthy mood on him . |
| 13 | But Mr Evans had been there before her … |
| 14 | Young Martin 's been out of work for a year now , ever since he left school . |
| 15 | That morning Sara had been up with the dawn to walk for the last time in the castle grounds to say goodbye to her doves , her servants , her horses and her hounds , the last of which seemed to sense what was happening and started howling as soon as she had departed . |
| 16 | But for all its forced and rather infuriating serenity , the letter 's tone was partially warranted , if one thinks of all that France and de Gaulle had been through since June 1940 . |
| 17 | Like Doreen had always been putting the food on the table , like the old dog Oswald had been there for as long as they could recall . |
| 18 | Ivor Jones has been out of work for six months . |
| 19 | My department 's equivalent of Inspector Morse has been on to the change-of-address problem . |
| 20 | Donal Lunny came down , and Gerry O'Beirne and Mary Custy and Eoin O'Neill , my sister Mary , and Adam Calyton , Mike Scott and Steve Wickham had been over in Spiddal at the time , working with John , so they came over for the crack . |
| 21 | Forty-five years later Erika Barnes has been back to the village , now a thriving community . |
| 22 | Deng Xiaoping had been out of circulation since being accused of provoking the Tiananmen Incident . |
| 23 | ‘ Lady Nugent-Scott has been up to her tricks again . |
| 24 | To her considerable surprise Joanna had been entirely on her side . |
| 25 | There were interruptions : Oliver coming to ask what Ruby Dobby had been up to , and Shildon asking Rain for the latest news about the murder . |
| 26 | ‘ A girl called Louise Stacey has been on to them , asking how she could contact you . |