Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [adv] been [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have also been on many other outings with my family where we enjoyed nature together . |
| 2 | ‘ I have already been in this murderous rhythm for 10 years . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I have never been to this town before , but I do not think she is a typical resident of Bournemouth . |
| 5 | U , of spectral type M , appears to be irregular , with a range of from 5.6 to 7.5 ; EU ranges from 6.0 to 6.9 , and is also of type M. It is said to be semi-regular , with a period of around 60 days , but I have never been at all confident about this . |
| 6 | He is as you know , 67 , but I have never been amongst those who thought that he was growing old and tired … he is , I think , just as fit as the day when I first saw him in July 1946 . |
| 7 | ‘ I have never been in rural ministry , ’ Daniel said . |
| 8 | 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 . " |
| 9 | I wonder if you have ever been in that awful position of facing what you thought was certain death . |
| 10 | ‘ And , Sir Richard , ’ Cranston continued , ‘ you have now been through all the memoranda , documents , household books and accounts in your brother 's possession . |
| 11 | Conflicts of both interest and duty are not new to the City of London ; indeed , they have traditionally been of great concern to financial market regulators . |
| 12 | They share the fact that they have all been of limited duration but , within that framework , one has been concerned with local skills training , four have involved modules contained within honours degree courses ( Typography and Graphic Communication , Library Science , Publishing and Computer Science respectively ) and one has been at postgraduate level . |
| 13 | ‘ They have never been in that position before some of them are classic cases of Thatcher 's children . |
| 14 | Taxes are higher than they have ever been in this country 's history , and the burden falls disproportionately heavily on lower-income families . |