Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [noun prp] have been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She paced up and down the tiny room while I sat on her bed , and she explained to me that McIllvanney had been approached by a client who had apparently seen Ellen and authorised McIllvanney to offer her the money . |
| 2 | I tried to look pleased when she told me that Prentice had been ringing at half-hourly intervals since mid-afternoon and had left a multiple-choice list of numbers where I could get him that evening . |
| 3 | She burst into tears and told me that Charlie had been killed on the Western Front . |
| 4 | She tells me that Jamie has been caught in a drugs bust at the Cross Keys pub . |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't use them until Sam 's been released or … |
| 6 | Now Marc Alexander Vila moved closer , and she found herself surreptitiously pressing back against the stone wall of the turret room she and Peter had been allotted , trying to pretend she did n't care while her breath went ragged with apprehension . |
| 7 | She and Jake had been driving back to Lomond View after accompanying Kirsty back to school when Jake had swivelled round in his seat to inform her , |
| 8 | She and Implexion had been conducting a casual affair for years ; she knew him better than anyone . |
| 9 | Everyone knew she and Ryan had been living together , and it was easy to jump to the wrong conclusions . |
| 10 | And thus , when her father 's ghastly illness had first been diagnosed , and had then continued on its remorseless path , she 'd only discovered — when it was far too late — that she and Ross had been growing steadily and disastrously apart . |
| 11 | She and Sarah had been sitting under the balcony and when the warning was given they moved forward but continued to enjoy the film in which John McCormack sang Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms and The Dawning of the Day . |
| 12 | She and Jeremy had been seeing each other fairly regularly , but he was an investment banker and they were both so hectically involved in their jobs that they 'd opted for casual , no-strings dating almost by mutual consent . |
| 13 | He was sprawled in an armchair opposite and the expression on his face clearly told her that he knew exactly what she and Jennifer had been discussing . |
| 14 | She and Edmund had been doomed from the start . |
| 15 | She and Caan had been separated for three years . |
| 16 | Hilary reported on the Medau Teachers ' Whitsun Course in Coburg to which she and June had been invited by Jochen Medau . |
| 17 | She and Brian had been meaning to explore the area at weekends , but there had always seemed so much else to do . |
| 18 | She and Jack had been swimming in the Thames near Twickenham . |
| 19 | But she and Hilda have been living together for years . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ We all know what you and Godolphin have been doing . |
| 21 | Siward said , ‘ I 'd be a fool if I did , seeing that you and Alfgar have been cultivating each other for thirty years . |
| 22 | The parish constable , a mournful little man , had informed him that Meg had been murdered . |
| 23 | It had never occurred to her that Christopher had been thinking of these things too . |
| 24 | In his account of the rumours surrounding Constantius will , Ammianus points out that the gossip had it that Julian had been instituted heir and friends had been left legacies and trusts . |
| 25 | Fun ‘ N Games , who finished third to Tartan Tyrant at Ayr , could get into it and Carton has been running well enough lately to merit an interest . |
| 26 | And then , after he and Owen had been talking for some while , he crooked his finger and called over the boy who had seen |
| 27 | But effectively , both he and Negroponte had been shunted aside . |
| 28 | Walter , the youngest boy , had the most distant relationship with his father ; he and Robert had been sent to boarding school and had seen even less of John than their sisters . |
| 29 | He had had only one more year to serve before he could have retired into civilian life , and both he and Isobel had been looking forward to this . |
| 30 | He and Jennifer had been engaged to be married , then when she had been diagnosed as having multiple sclerosis he had left her and gone to Australia to work . |