Example sentences of "[verb] been [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Purists might argue he should 've been out in the colds using his sketchbook , instead of a camera , but he disagrees .
2 Information has been around since the garden of Eden .
3 Wilson , who made a quiet yet effective impact in the 2–0 midweek World Cup defeat of Latvia has been around in the game with spells at Derby County , Ipswich , Chelsea and his present club where he is happy but would consider a move to a higher grade of football if possible .
4 Oh all of my stuff has been up in the loft it 's like you say , I mean if they 've been double wrapped and everything and you wash them
5 Forty-five years later Erika Barnes has been back to the village , now a thriving community .
6 Service intervals of 3000 miles , plus an initial 500-mile check , mean the car has been back to the Dartford factory five times since April and have produced bills for a total of £826.05 , although £96.50 of that was to replace one of the 205/45 ZR16 Goodyear Eagle GS-D tyres , which had collected a nail in its tread .
7 Iain saying he has been back to the body , and looked into Christopher 's eyes .
8 The man who ran the world 's first sub-four minute mile has been back to the track where he made history nearly thirty five years ago .
9 Last year a team from Hereford were the winners and the Castaways raft has been back on the Wye this week practising to make it a double .
10 A legend in the power boat world , Shurdington signwriter , John has been in at the top of his sport for over 30 years .
11 I have n't seen my , never saw my grandfather and so family has been out of the country for a few generations now .
12 If you want to eat a salmon at its best , try to find one that has been netted at the river mouth or offshore early in the spring , that has been out of the water for no more than twelve hours and still has sea lice on it .
13 Divided plants will take hold of the soil and grow new roots more quickly if they are replanted so quickly that the plant hardly knows it has been out of the ground .
14 Striker Robbie Turner , 26 , and on a weekly contract , has been out of the side with a broken leg since February .
15 rachel says she learnt to ski with Chantelle at Gloucester five years ago … she has been out to the snow a few times this season and to be good you have to be able to get out there but this slope is good … and almost like the real thing
16 A police squad has been out on the streets rounding up school truants .
17 Anyway , er they we , they moved out last Friday so this week when he rang me , they 'd been round past the hotel and er there 's walls being knocked down !
18 And we went , because it , it 'd been at five o'clock you see , it 'd been up to the second , that was when it was up to the second step
19 It looked as if she 'd been up in the loft for something , which I suppose was rather rash in her state of health .
20 She 'd been back to the shop twice hoping to chase the progress of her textiles order .
21 Maggie immediately thought of the lack of seagulls she 'd noticed when she 'd been down at the sea-front .
22 It was just that , well , I heard he 'd been down at the police station this morning .
23 He 'd been down to the coke-cellar beneath the church , where the stage was stored , and with the assistance of Mr Peniket he 'd tried the curtains for size .
24 ‘ If you 'd been out on the street — ’ Georgiades looked at Nikos — ‘ instead of sitting on your ass in a cool office — ’
25 Checking his watch , he found that he 'd been out of the cabin for a little over three hours .
26 After all , I 'd been out of the Army a full six weeks by then .
27 It was the first time I 'd been out of the cell since 15 May .
28 Yeah , well I 'd been out to the bin and er , he was just sort of erm by the ground by the bin bags the wood round the corner and er then he was sort of coming and he was like dying to come and have a stroke but
29 She no doubt thought I 'd been out in the sun too long .
30 I did n't , it was so cold yesterday , we 'd been out in the morning and I decided to put him in his cot , on the odd occasion I do , do , he 's gone to sleep without any problems
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