Example sentences of "have [be] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Elizabeth is a 27-year old midwife who considers she has been at least a stone ( 14lb/6.5kg ) overweight since she was aged 16 .
2 He gazed at her without speaking for what must have been at least a minute .
3 Something like the last few sentences must however have been at least a part of Tolkien 's intention .
4 A magazine rack overflowed with rolled newspapers : they had obviously arrived by post , but many were unopened , as though Reid had n't had time to catch up with news that must have been at least a month old .
5 That detective must have been at least a captain .
6 Now I do n't know what they were worth and she was saying they must have been worth quite a bit cos they 're big detached solid houses are n't they ?
7 Once he had ( rightly ) rejected that argument , he treated the matter as one for the unfettered exercise of his discretion , in which W. 's views were merely a relatively unimportant factor , and expressed the view that his real choice was between the conflicting medical views of Dr. M. , the consultant psychiatrist in whose care W. had been for over a year , and Dr. G. , supported in the event by Dr. D. , another consultant psychiatrist with specialist experience in the field of anorexia nervosa .
8 So we 've been through quite a lot of those and it 's it , the case does n't really stack up .
9 I 've been through quite a lot .
10 Could there have been at sometime a mill in that most attractive valley which runs northeast from the bridge over the burn near Lyrabus ?
11 Mr Bodlender 's comments are supported by the results of the ninth quarterly Horwath Business Confidence Survey , which shows that Britain 's hoteliers are significantly more confident than they have been for over a year .
12 Have been for over a week .
13 It 's been at least an hour .
14 Jackie 's been in there a while , has she not ?
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