Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [adv] been in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have already been in this murderous rhythm for 10 years . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I have n't been in this church for years . ’ |
| 3 | He added : ‘ Obviously it 's a great thrill to be top of the table with Rangers because I have n't been in this position before . |
| 4 | ‘ I have n't been in this for ages , ’ said Rex Mundi . |
| 5 | ‘ Of course I have n't been in any rackets . |
| 6 | But yeah , it 's alright , it 's okay but not a lot 's going on , really , I have n't been in any activities for ages . |
| 7 | In a fabliau called La Saineresse , " The female blood-letter " , for instance , the deceptive actions performed by the deceiving character are actions entirely of speech , as a wife who has had sexual intercourse with a man her dull-witted husband believes to be a female blood-letter describes her act of illicit fornication to her duped and satisfied husband entirely in metaphors : ( Sir , thank you by the love of God , I have indeed been in hard labour . |
| 8 | ‘ I have never been in rural ministry , ’ Daniel said . |
| 9 | When Joyce was a teenager Commissioner Charles Duncan came to inspect the corps , and his words in one of the public meetings stuck in her memory : " I have never been in such a well ordered home . " |
| 10 | ‘ You have n't been in this neck of the woods for years , and I doubt if in all her life she 's been further than Blackpool . ’ |
| 11 | I wonder if you have ever been in that awful position of facing what you thought was certain death . |
| 12 | Accidental fires do happen when the Peak is very dry but we have n't been in that situation yet . |
| 13 | If male doctors have difficulty accepting or understanding this it is probably because they have not been in such powerless positions since childhood . |
| 14 | ‘ They have never been in that position before some of them are classic cases of Thatcher 's children . |
| 15 | Taxes are higher than they have ever been in this country 's history , and the burden falls disproportionately heavily on lower-income families . |