Example sentences of "[conj] have [adv] [been] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is none of that apparently aimless wandering in short stretches , punctuated by frequent bends , going halfway round the compass to reach the next hamlet or village , which characterises the byroads in country that has never been in open field or left it several centuries ago . |
| 2 | There is never a month that I am not overseas , and has n't been for many years — long before I achieved my present position . |
| 3 | What she has achieved is remarkable given she is still very young and has only been in this business a couple of years . |
| 4 | There were no sounds of any kind coming from Alina 's bedroom , and had n't been for more than an hour . |
| 5 | Martin was for some years tutor to the MacLeods of Skye , and had also been at one time a scholar at Leiden University in the Netherlands . |
| 6 | Findings from the present study suggest that once people had become established in the homes their quality of life , in the opinion of their relatives , was similar to that of other people who died and had never been in such homes . |
| 7 | A Mersey Docks and Harbour Company official said : ‘ They are quite old , and have not been in regular use in recent years . ’ |
| 8 | A spokeswoman for Mersey Docks and Harbour Company said : ’ They are now quite old and have not been in regular use in recent years so it was decided to dismantle them to improve the appearance of the area . |
| 9 | According to the assessments of relatives , friends , and neighbours who answered the questions , the quality of life of people who had been in a residential home for a year or more before their death was similar to that of others who died but had never been in such a home . |