Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two weeks after my course finished and I was back in the ‘ real world ’ on a murder enquiry , I received notification I had been awarded the second scholarship in the force . |
| 2 | ‘ No , I 've been freelancing the last couple of years . ’ |
| 3 | ’ Well John Major says I 'm a bit of a bastard , and I 've been spending the first part of this conference checking my birth certificate ’ . |
| 4 | I have been reading the last few pages and I think they are true and beautiful and just , recompense enough for the cold gloom of this untidy and lonely room . |
| 5 | If he knew how old she was he might want her to tell him what she had been doing the last few years . |
| 6 | ‘ But then one night , under the covers — I was just getting older , I guess , but anyway — I was sort of reviewing the day , and I was thinking about school , and what we 'd learned , and we 'd been doing the Second World War , and I had n't liked the sound of this Hitler guy at all ; and I 'd asked dad , just to double-check , and — ’ |
| 7 | aye , you see , that 's why so it meant that we have been going the last week in each month , er each second month |
| 8 | It had been worn the last time the Mendozas beat the O'Briens in the Open and on every occasion they had met since . |
| 9 | He had been defeated the first time , but that foray into the arena had taught him a lot . |