Example sentences of "[verb] been [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Information has been around since the garden of Eden . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | Forty-five years later Erika Barnes has been back to the village , now a thriving community . |
| 5 | Iain saying he has been back to the body , and looked into Christopher 's eyes . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | A legend in the power boat world , Shurdington signwriter , John has been in at the top of his sport for over 30 years . |
| 8 | I have n't seen my , never saw my grandfather and so family has been out of the country for a few generations now . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Striker Robbie Turner , 26 , and on a weekly contract , has been out of the side with a broken leg since February . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | 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 ! |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | It looked as if she 'd been up in the loft for something , which I suppose was rather rash in her state of health . |
| 16 | She 'd been back to the shop twice hoping to chase the progress of her textiles order . |
| 17 | Maggie immediately thought of the lack of seagulls she 'd noticed when she 'd been down at the sea-front . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ If you 'd been out on the street — ’ Georgiades looked at Nikos — ‘ instead of sitting on your ass in a cool office — ’ |
| 20 | Checking his watch , he found that he 'd been out of the cabin for a little over three hours . |
| 21 | After all , I 'd been out of the Army a full six weeks by then . |
| 22 | It was the first time I 'd been out of the cell since 15 May . |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | She no doubt thought I 'd been out in the sun too long . |
| 25 | 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 |
| 26 | Robert might have been up in the house . |
| 27 | At the first , a middle-aged woman with an enormous bosom was digging a fork into a plate of salad with the precision of an accountant jabbing at his calculator , before transferring the accumulated forkful up to her rapidly masticating jaws ; and Morse knew that if he had married her , it would all have been over within the week . |
| 28 | → Sorry to have forgotten about the Pacifica , Graham — although , come to think of it , Charvel/Jackson might also have been in on the act back in the mid-eighties . |
| 29 | Well I know I know is the only one that realised I would 've been more shocked if had yeah I would have been out on the pavement here whistling with a banjo whistling Dixie there you are that one no not yet no . |
| 30 | If he had , my furniture would have been out on the street by now and Springsteen and I would have been queuing down the night shelter . |