Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [conj] have been [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I have n't got a clue , it 's up to you there 's a box of wine that 's been in the fridge for about six weeks ! |
2 | These attitudes are in striking contrast to the British tradition , where party conflict is the primary institutional feature of Westminster and has been for over a century . |
3 | Now , once again , the topic was timely as a substantial area of policy that had been within the ambit of the Royal Commission , but one which had not been pre-empted by Government intentions for legislation . |
4 | there 's been a lot of people that have been on that level for a long while . |
5 | One crucial element in this was the resumption of centre stage by a type of music that had been in the dominant culture throughout Punk rock — black disco music . |
6 | Swan Hunter , whose present workforce numbers 2,200 , is now in the hands of receivers and has been in acute crisis since failing to win a vital Ministry of Defence helicopter-carrier order . |
7 | They were glad to be free of the flatboat and the smell of death that had been with them ever since the battle . |
8 | ‘ There is a need for fish that has been on the market a couple of days . |
9 | I agree with the Secretary of State that the matters involved are highly technical and that the Hydrotechnica report deals with matters that have been at the heart of the controversy . |
10 | Asprey , 5p higher at 290p , is flush with cash and has been on an acquisitions spree in the last 15 months . |
11 | So I do n't know if any of you are old enough to have worked in factories or have been in any in the services ? |
12 | Of the two , Mr Yates , who will be 81 in November and has been in Congress almost without a break since he was first elected in 1948 , had the easier time of it . |
13 | Lesley 's elder brother Dave , 34 , said last night : ‘ She had always wanted to be in uniform and had been in the Wrens . |
14 | Yet , he still somehow manages to listen to virtually everything that 's sent in and retain the same enthusiasm for music that has been with him through his 23 years at Radio 1 . |
15 | Yet , he still somehow manages to listen to virtually everything that 's sent in and retain the same enthusiasm for music that has been with him through his 23 years at Radio 1 . |
16 | ‘ Oh , you 've repaid him : you 've opened his eyes to things that 've been under his nose , and he could n't see the wood for the trees . |
17 | Virtually everybody there had been held on remand or had been to prison before , so knew how the prison ran . |
18 | My children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
19 | My children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
20 | Yes my children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
21 | Yes , it 's always sad to say farewell to colleagues that have been with you for a number of years , but all things have to come to an end , we say farewell with sadness and er fond memories to those who 've been with us for so long , but we welcome all those who are joining us and we can promise them a thriving future . |
22 | He had an accident at work and has been off work for two weeks . |
23 | Election expenses are limited by statute and have been since 1883 . |
24 | Septimus , who was a philosopher by nature and had been in a French prison before , made the most of his breakfast in a way peculiarly his own . |
25 | Romero is a provincial film-maker by choice and has been since the 1960s , long before this was common — if indeed it is even now , despite the growth of independent film-making and its important contribution to the artistically enfeebled Hollywood mainstream . |