Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [adv] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been away after that before I came to the electricity works here . |
| 2 | Earlier in the month I had been strongly against any idea of coalition … |
| 3 | To be able just to walk , or drive , wherever you want ; Christ , I 've been away from all this for less than a week and I feel like somebody coming out after thirty years . |
| 4 | I 've been here for some time . |
| 5 | ‘ I have been most of all impressed by the contention that removal to such an area would be damaging to the morale of journalists . ’ |
| 6 | I mean , you were n't even sure she 'd been there at all . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Back home in Australia , you can play for my university there , Queensland , for ever , so long as you 've been there at some time . |
| 8 | The girl had been missing for what — a week ? — and off-hand he agreed with the local man 's judgement that she had been here for most of it . |
| 9 | Cassie shivered as she contemplated the knowledge that she had been here in this kitchen once before … or as near as made no difference . |
| 10 | You can establish a much deeper contact with a partner through much of this year and , if you have been passion-less for some time , be prepared for things to change considerably . |
| 11 | We have been here under many governments since 1971 and will continue to be here under many more , ’ the Salomon spokesman said . |
| 12 | What we did was we based our forecast , which I think Mr raised that point , we based our forecast on the admissions that we did at the Department of Social Security and I 'm glad to say that we have been significantly under that level and partly I think because er we 've had people who have genuinely diverted into home care and who 've been able to which is why we 've put the pressure on home care and on the occupational therapy services and partly because erm the , there were some inappropriate admissions I must say that . |
| 13 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
| 14 | Then he held out his arms and she went into them , laughing , wiping out the days they had been apart in that one eager meeting . |
| 15 | There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly . |
| 16 | Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time . |
| 17 | The couple live apart and although they have been together for some time , you sense Clint 's fingers have been burned by his previous bad experiences . |
| 18 | The most difficult part of getting out a galvanised hot water tank is likely to be disconnecting the pipes leading to and from the boiler particularly if they have been there for some time . |
| 19 | He 'd had himself painted and sculptured again and again , and he 'd been there for all the world to see . |
| 20 | He 'd been there for some time . |
| 21 | But , if it had been either of these , how would they get into the Tower , mysteriously ring a tocsin bell and then arrange for Mowbray 's fall ? |
| 22 | Keith Sutton , prosecuting on behalf of Sefton Council 's Public Protection Department , told the court there was sufficient oil in the insect to suggest it had been there for some time . |
| 23 | He had been away for some hours . |
| 24 | There may be occasions when it is quite right or entirely understandable that an asylum applicant did not make his claim until he had been here for some time . |
| 25 | He looked as though he had been there for some time , and Shelley had a funny feeling that he was looking studiously down to hide the fact that he had been listening at the door to her conversation with Mrs Richards . |
| 26 | ‘ I would think it 's been here for several days , sir . |
| 27 | Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time . |