Example sentences of "[pers pn] have be [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think if I 'd been in a Western country I would have had a lot more comeback … |
| 2 | I 'd been in a light sleep . |
| 3 | ‘ But now that I 've been on a regular contract at Brookside for the last two years I can afford a season ticket in the stand ! ’ |
| 4 | Well I , when I come back from Stop Hill when I 've been on a long shift till five o'clock , I 'm whacked because their bungalow is so warm |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm better than I 've been for a long time . ’ |
| 6 | I 've been to a Beamish museum |
| 7 | I said so I 've been to a local firm and he said well if you 'd wanted a job we could 've found you one , so I went to the Co-op and I went in the credit , working in the Co-op credit and er went from there to . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been like a little kid . |
| 9 | In fact , he is one of the best professionals I have ever played with — and I 've been around a few years ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been in a dark place , ’ he murmured . |
| 11 | I have been to a large number of conferences and met many general practitioners , including many from my hon. Friend 's district . |
| 12 | But I 'm in better shape than I have been for a long time . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | A good deal gives me the feeling that I have been for a nice seven-day trip to the Bahamas . ’ |
| 15 | I have been through a long period of psychotherapy dealing with this abuse and continue to find internal examinations traumatic . |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ For years I have been in a luxurious situation . |
| 19 | When I arrive somewhere I have been in a previous life , the ground greets me . |
| 20 | A spokeswoman there said last night : ‘ She has been through a terrible ordeal . |
| 21 | In July 1944 Attlee presented a paper on ‘ Foreign Policy and the Flying Bomb ’ , which pointed out that it would henceforth be impossible for Britain to rely upon the English Channel as a defence against her enemies : From our point of view , Norway , Denmark , Holland and France are necessary outposts of Britain and , in as much as Britain is now as she has been for a hundred years a shield for the U.S. , outposts of America as well . |
| 22 | In twenty-four hours she has been on a whistle-stop tour of three countries . |
| 23 | She had no wish to hurt Anna and besides , how could she complain when the truth was that she was happier here at the palazzo than she 'd been in a long time ? |
| 24 | Well you 've been through a mad , I mean |
| 25 | You ca n't help worrying when you 've been through a bad time , but do share your anxieties with your family , and with your doctor , who should be able to reassure you . |
| 26 | You 've been in a bad mood all day . |
| 27 | She left a little while later , happier than she had been for a long time . |
| 28 | Sometimes , when she had been to a romantic film , or had been kissed good-night by Pogo , she had sat on the edge of her bed , staring at that dark , handsome , boy 's face and tried to conjure up the memory of his living presence . |
| 29 | To comfort her desolation and guilt Rachel had told her about the Mongolian desert , where she had been as a little girl , hardly older than Maggie was now , to look for dragons , which she called dinosaurs , and where years later Russian palaeontologists had found the great fossil eggs in which the sleeping baby dinosaurs could still be seen . |
| 30 | If she had been in a similar position she would also have called on the nearest colleague . |