Example sentences of "[pron] have been [adv] [subord] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I mean I mean I 've been up since half past three this morning , |
| 2 | In the early days , they simply challenged the notion of " excessive trade competition " and were not " prepared to admit that there has been much if any reduction in the price paid [ elsewhere ] for good bookwork , which has always formed the staple of the Edinburgh trade " . |
| 3 | Thus there has been more than enough time for selection to generate specific DNA sequences of the required length . |
| 4 | But surely there had been more than that ? |
| 5 | There have been more than half a million applications for asylum in Europe this year . |
| 6 | It 'd been more than half a year since the Long Drive , and she 'd never taken much notice of mechanical things , but she could n't help thinking the old lorry cab had been a lot less crowded . |
| 7 | She wished he had been here when that unpleasant Mr Coleby had called . |
| 8 | It 's been downhill since those blokes who did n't play on Frankie Goes To Hollywood went . |