Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] been [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maddison , 22 , has survived four knee operations and he said : ‘ I 've been through the worst time of my career — now , at last , I 'm getting the chance to show what I can do . |
| 2 | It may be a consolation for them to know that I 've been at the receiving end myself . |
| 3 | I 've been on the other side of things often enough — guitar in hand , waiting for someone behind a mixing desk to give me the word to start playing — but they 'd never actually let me touch anything ! |
| 4 | I 've been on the other end I 've had people come sell it for to me . |
| 5 | ‘ I look as though I 've been on the wrong end of a Gestapo interrogation . |
| 6 | ‘ You 've been making a bloody exception in my case ever since I 've been on the corporate payroll ’ he yelled . |
| 7 | ‘ Ethel turned me into a frog and that 's where I 've been for the last day , and it was her fault . |
| 8 | Oh , I wish I could have continued as I 've been for the last year or so , with no hopes or fears , and no pleasures and no sadness . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Where I 've been for the past 200 years or so , we count ourselves lucky if we still have one . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I took it up as a form of exercise in Germany , where I 've been for the past two years , ’ he said yesterday . |
| 11 | I 've been to the open-air theatre on the island every year since it opened , and I always tell people that you 've never really seen Shakespeare until you 've seen it on Brownsea . |
| 12 | aha and he says I 've been to the nice wee man he says he remembers ah going round all the houses looking for somebody to do in Apple Street and he went and told what 's his name ? |
| 13 | I 've been to the Royal and I know where I 'd sooner be . |
| 14 | I 've been to the natural childbirth classes in Muswell Hill , I 've sat on sag-bags and chanted ‘ Ommmmmm ’ with the best of them . |
| 15 | I 've been round the whole periphery of D thirty nine er other than the southern side . |
| 16 | What excellent company you keep in recommending Chambers — not all of them are quite politically correct but I 've been after the broadest sweep possible . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , I 've been inside the big house hundreds of times , ’ boasted Jackie . |
| 18 | ‘ For the past four weeks I 've been in the Middle East on business , and this place has been empty and locked up . ’ |
| 19 | Self-employed John , 48 , from Dublin said : ‘ I 've been in the international scene for the past few years . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've been in the snug , ’ came the reply , ‘ your mate 's in there with his new girlfriend . |
| 21 | So far I 've been very fortunate in that I 've been in the right place at the right time ; buying land and property in a subdued market then selling it on when demand is high . |
| 22 | Well I 've been in the Daily Mail 's office , presumably much the same . |
| 23 | I have been to the Over-Sixties Club where they have some very good concerts and I go to services at Cotherstone Methodist Chapel whenever I can . |
| 24 | I have been to the Holy Land twice this year and have seen the appalling conditions Palestinians are living under . |
| 25 | I 'm more optimistic than I have been for the past few years . ’ |
| 26 | His father said last night : ‘ I have been through the usual Foreign Office channels . |
| 27 | Having watched Leeds from an early age when my father was a season ticket holder in the 60's , I have been through the good times and the bad times . |
| 28 | ‘ I have been in the 190s for more than a year , so I will be glad to get there , ’ said Dixon . |
| 29 | ‘ I have been in the Outer Darkness ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ But without doubt he was the greatest player I have been in the same side with and he helped me improve myself no end . |