Example sentences of "[pron] have [be] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been to a large number of conferences and met many general practitioners , including many from my hon. Friend 's district . |
| 2 | But I 'm in better shape than I have been for a long time . ’ |
| 3 | Now it is three months ’ rest and come the start of the 1991 season I 'll be ready to go again , more confident than I have been for a long time . |
| 4 | A good deal gives me the feeling that I have been for a nice seven-day trip to the Bahamas . ’ |
| 5 | I have been through a long period of psychotherapy dealing with this abuse and continue to find internal examinations traumatic . |
| 6 | Every year several of the participants have said to me , ‘ I have been studying in Britain for a year , but this is the first time I have been inside a British home ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ And as for the idea that I am being some how manipulated all I can say is that I do n't know about the other girls but I have been in a similar industry — television , for the last couple of years and now I know how it works . |
| 8 | ‘ For years I have been in a luxurious situation . |
| 9 | When I arrive somewhere I have been in a previous life , the ground greets me . |
| 10 | To the urban dweller , all woods look the same , but in landscape terms we must be careful to distinguish between the wildwood ( the remnant or successor of the natural or semi-natural woodland of Britain — which certainly does not exist anywhere today and probably has not since the Roman period ) and woods which have been to a greater or lesser degree managed for the production of timber and wood ( Fig. 63 ) . |
| 11 | This option allows the user to generate a report of all Design Changes within LIFESPAN which have been in a given state since a specified date . |
| 12 | You can never hope to achieve the professionalism of those who have been in a single business all their lives and hence you need quickly to get to know those whose opinions you can trust . |
| 13 | For example , imagine the situation where you have been on a strict , very low calorie diet for a month or so . |
| 14 | We have been to a few other Holiday sites/parks , but none came up to the standard of HIGHFIELD HOLIDAY PARK . |
| 15 | We have been through a ghastly situation , and I hope that some good can come of it . |
| 16 | McNab , who hit his first goal of the season , said : ‘ The second half was as poor as we have been for a long time but recent performances have been magnificent . |
| 17 | We have been on a high speed , yeah . |
| 18 | And greater success at wealth creation has also meant that we have been in a better position to provide practical help to those that need it . |
| 19 | to which one might add this additional gloss , erm recently there have been under a statutory instrument which regulates er , the ca computation of court of protection costs in the event of the structure in a way differently from the traditional one and the defendants would wish to argue |
| 20 | My hon. Friend will note that German interest rates and ours are closer than they have been for a long time . |
| 21 | For nominal Christians it is perhaps only the third time they have been at a religious service ; the other two being their baptism and marriage . |
| 22 | Research into technological innovation has generally assumed that although shifts have occurred they have been within a stable organisational framework . |