Example sentences of "[adv] have [pron] [be] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ How long has she been like that ? ’ |
2 | ‘ How long has he been like this ? ’ |
3 | How long had it been like this , untouched by people , gradually decaying and changing with the wind and the weather ? |
4 | So how long have you been at these particular premises ? |
5 | ‘ How long have you been with this company ? ’ |
6 | And how long have you been in these particular premises ? |
7 | ‘ How long have you been in this field ? ’ |
8 | ‘ How long have you been in this job ? ’ |
9 | ‘ How long have you been like this ? ’ |
10 | ‘ How long have I been like this ? ’ she asked in one interval . |
11 | So have you been in this business before ? |
12 | The only time he 's ever had one was at this kid 's party Fran , Franny someone , he 's actually a bloke ! |
13 | Of course I would have enjoyed the occasion much more had I been in better shape , but in the event it all went better than I had dared hope even if I was near to passing out at times . |
14 | He had expected her back by midnight at the latest , judging by the phone call and the length of the concert , so where had she been until two in the morning ? |
15 | Where had I been before that ? |
16 | Most of them were simply informative , one or two pitying ( everybody knows about the phenomenon and where have you been since 1605 , when Francis Bacon discovered the flashes ? ) and a few offering the hospitality of the nearest dark cupboard . |