Example sentences of "[adv] been [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since their lavish £200,000 wedding 14 months ago , they have rarely been out of the headlines — but for all the wrong reasons . |
| 2 | Another argument is that advertising has only been around for a while , so how can that be the reason for all our hang-ups , but that 's not true either . |
| 3 | ‘ But I 've only been down to the banister to pick up my coat . ’ |
| 4 | I 've only been back on the case , in cosmic terms , about two-and-a-half minutes . |
| 5 | ‘ Lenny 's only been out of the jug five , maybe six weeks , ’ said Lloyd . |
| 6 | I have personally been down to the suppliers several times and checked , and there is no doubt we will have delivery . |
| 7 | You 've not been on for a while have you ? |
| 8 | Good you 've not been on for a while either have you ? |
| 9 | Provided they 've not been out of the job all that long , I think , cos things change , do n't they ? |
| 10 | It had not been out of the cupboard for some months and it really showed off until I treated it to a stiff drink ( surgical spirit ) and a nice massage with an oily rag . |
| 11 | In the story above , David says that he 's the only boy in his class who 's not been out with a girl . |
| 12 | Betty , who clearly had not washed , since she had not been down to the stream and there was no water in the cottage , padded about in her dressing-gown and slippers offering to slice the bread for breakfast . |
| 13 | Melanie had not been down to the work-room since her very first morning ; she tried not to look at the partially assembled puppets , hanged and dismembered , on the walls . |
| 14 | It 's 0700 on the 30 June and my body has already been up for an hour and run four miles . |
| 15 | A porter had already been up to the suite with their luggage , she noted , as she observed that off the sitting-room — with French windows to a balcony between — were two other doors . |
| 16 | I 've already been out among the galaxies . ’ |
| 17 | And that 's er that 's a process that we 've just been through with the Harrogate and Knaresborough local plan . |
| 18 | I 've just been up to the Wembley exhibition of word processor , and one of the things I noticed there was the increasing number of processors and packages which I think you would describe as friendly or at least semi-friendly to , to help people . |
| 19 | ‘ Look dear , Joe 's just been up with a tray of sumptuous goodies . |
| 20 | I 've just been down to the grubber . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've just been down to the market . |
| 22 | Crime Squad officers had quickly been on to the address in Wiltshire Lane . |
| 23 | It was the first time I had ever seen a live tennis match — Wimbledon has always been out of the question financially , and the Midland Bank tournament offered me the chance to see live international tennis at a reasonable price . |
| 24 | Now , the reason I called was , that I have always been out of the phone directory ever since my name got well known in showbiz . |
| 25 | Maya said , ‘ You ever been up in a helicopter ? ’ |
| 26 | Never ever been out of a union er till I retired cos I always paid these fees and er yes . |
| 27 | My friends who lived nearby were all envious for I was the only one who had ever been down into the depths of the mysterious cellar . |
| 28 | He'd' 've had really , well this is the he goes back on Monday and he 've had a month off been off for a month . |
| 29 | Knighton has hardly been out of the news since announcing his intention to buy United on 18 August , the day before the Football League season began . |
| 30 | She had clearly been out for the evening . |