Example sentences of "[pron] have been in [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody seemed to accept that I 'd been in charge of my own body and my own medication for the best part of my life ; they seemed to think that was a very strange idea . |
| 2 | That was quite nice , to see somebody that I 'd been in prison with and still be able to sit down and talk the same old way . |
| 3 | With only an usher for company , he showed no outward signs of distress as he said : ‘ I had been in bed for five minutes waiting for my mummy . |
| 4 | I had been in hospital for about two days when they told me my tumour was malignant . |
| 5 | Carson Buchanan , Alf Jacobson and I had been in charge of the arrangements and a liberal supply of liquid refreshment was on hand to demonstrate our hospitality as ‘ The Friendly City ’ . |
| 6 | It would be true to say without exaggeration that throughout my mature life , in my quest to transform humanity , I had been in search of Mr White Face , as I thought of him . |
| 7 | he said in spite of the fact that I 've been in parliament for longer than he has , which surprised me cos I would n't have thought so this is the young Winston Churchill of course so the Chinese man said to him erm oh well the reason for that was that he had a famous grandfather |
| 8 | Madam chairman , er just as it happens er I 've I 've been in conversation with Mr assistant |
| 9 | Since then I 've been in contact with Kate Noble of Age Concern and we 've arranged for her to give a short presentation at the next meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council on Thursday 21st January at 7.30 p.m. in Scorton School . |
| 10 | " No good , Peter — I 've been in court in far too many fraud cases . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been in love with new clothes ever since I can remember . |
| 12 | Sheena , can I be the odd one out and say I 've been in love with one man for forty five years , I have n't heard any body saying any thing very nice about that , I would like to say its wonderful . |
| 13 | Nine years and two months I 've been in love with Chris . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been in love with you ever since we met . |
| 15 | God I 've I 've been in love with you ever since I met you all those where are you at the moment ? |
| 16 | ‘ Darling , I 've been in love with you for so long , fighting it , hiding it from you … |
| 17 | I 've been in business for 43 years . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been in touch with the museum and someone is coming over next week and in the meantime they said do n't touch anything . ’ |
| 19 | I 've been in touch with the Public Hall and I understand the Mill Yard will be in use as a car park for an Antiques Fair on 28th March 93 . |
| 20 | So I 've been in touch with Brian again erm and I said , ca n't you make sure that your blokes can do it in a day . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , of course , I 've been in touch with Liz during the last five years — how else do you think I was supposed to keep tabs on you ? |
| 22 | Then there was Octavia Hill ( ‘ I 've been in conservation for about two years ’ ) , Dr Barnardo , Florence Nightingale and Charles Dickens . |
| 23 | I 've been in prison for assault , robbery , shoplifting and burglary . |
| 24 | Just because I 've been in front of a camcorder ! |
| 25 | I 've been in research of one kind or another all our married life . |
| 26 | You 'll be surprised to learn that I am still in Nanking : I 've been in hospital for 6 days with gastro-enteritis , but I 'm glad to say now I 'm fine , and am due to travel to Shanghai tomorrow . |
| 27 | As one teacher trainer put it not long ago , ‘ I have been in education for 25 years and I have never known morale so low . |
| 28 | But , can I say this that what mattered most to me was the fact that I have been in conversation with so many people and to be able to allow that conversation to affect my faith and a faith that I have to proclaim day by day and Sunday by Sunday from the pulpits of my church . |
| 29 | Madame la Comtesse , I have been in love with Mademoiselle your daughter for a long time and I wish to make her my wife . |
| 30 | I have been in love with love . |