Example sentences of "[noun] have been [prep] [noun prp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now in his third full season with the HB NSR , Bradl 's main change has been from Michelin to Dunlop tyres |
| 2 | Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche has been in England since 1975 and most ordained people take either Kelsang or Gyatso in their names . |
| 3 | Timex has been in Dundee for 47 years . |
| 4 | The RAF has been at Abingdon since 1932 . |
| 5 | The Brigade has been in Normandy since the 6th June in constant contact with the enemy until we reached the Seine . |
| 6 | In spite of the fact that the Carews had been in Ireland since the middle of the seventeenth century , he still regarded himself as an expatriate living among a semi-barbarous people in a semi-barbarous land . |
| 7 | His first action had been in Greece in late 1940 : ‘ We soon went to the border , and the Germans invaded from Bulgaria and Yugoslavia which they had romped through . |
| 8 | Now fantastic rumours started to circulate to the effect that the Virgin of Fatima might appear again — her last apparition had been in Portugal on 13 October 1927 . |
| 9 | The type has been in Ireland for at least 4,000 years , according to archaeological evidence , and it is within the same ancestral group as the White Park , the Welsh cattle and the old Scottish breeds , and also the European remnant breeds such as the Hérens of the Alps and the Camargue of southern France , to which the Kerry bears a noticeable likeness . |
| 10 | But now Ellen the time I have long awaited has come and I write to tell you that an Italian maidservant by name of Gigia who is travelling home to Florence having been in Scotland with a family who are friends of the Brownings is to come to you to collect Oreste and take him to Liverpool where she will be joined by Mr Ogilvy and from whence they will sail for Italy . |
| 11 | The original proposal had been for PR in the cities but this was opposed by Unionists who were concerned to protect the efficacy of the business vote ; Central Office also opposed the alternative vote when it was put forward in the debates , and the majority of Unionist MPs and the National Union never backed either system . |
| 12 | Ash had been in London for a programming interview with some big insurance company and had offered me a lift back home , or to Gallanach anyway , as I 'd exiled myself from Lochgair . |
| 13 | Hugh had been with NLS for some nine years but unfortunately developed a heart condition which left him unable to drive at work . |
| 14 | She 's in April , she and Anthony had been to Florence for four days . |
| 15 | Albert Sandison had been in Naples for three weeks and he was beginning to forget why he had come . |
| 16 | " All men fought ; all men in England had been to India for the duration of the last war , leaving behind them a country of women . |
| 17 | The business has been in Middlesborugh since 1936 . |
| 18 | The first meeting had been at York in 1831 ; thereafter the Association visited the university cities of Oxford , Cambridge , Edinburgh and Dublin , before in 1836 venturing to Bristol and subsequently to other large towns . |
| 19 | An alternative to thinking that Harald had been in England since 1016 , and returned to Denmark with part of a disbanded fleet in 1018 , might be that he had in the interval been expelled from it , and sailed with the fleet in 1018 in an attempt to regain control . |
| 20 | Jackson had been in Singapore since Saturday , giving two concerts and enjoying a final day of relaxation that included a visit to the zoo and a meeting in his hotel with six orang-utans . |
| 21 | Hugh and Joyce Gardiner have been with Timex for a total of 44 years and never believed that their fight could have reached such a pitch . |
| 22 | Jimmy Moon is an independent builder and repairer whose workshops have been in Glasgow since 1985 and before that on the Isle of Arran , off the West coast of Scotland . |
| 23 | The elder has been in Normandy for four years now , Stephen can hardly count him as the staunch supporter he used to be . ’ |
| 24 | Robin has been with CCG for over ten years , initially in personnel and training in Scotland , and since 1985 in operational management . |
| 25 | Manager Douglas Scott has considerable experience in catering having been with CCG for almost 10 years . |
| 26 | Besides , Jessie had been with Marion for years , following her from production to production , doing sewing and little chores in between times when Marion was ‘ resting ’ . |
| 27 | Appiah had been in England from 1944 — 54 and married the daughter of Stafford Cripps . |
| 28 | Mr Katz has been with Dillons for nearly three years — at Hatfield and Kingston — before which he was export divisional manager of Aaronson Bros furniture business . |
| 29 | Down , Leonard has been in Newry since 1983 . |
| 30 | The pupil had been at Magdalen for a year , and then left to join the Army . |