Example sentences of "have [adv] [been] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To open up a situation , to broaden thinking which has hitherto been from a limited viewpoint . |
| 2 | SINBAD has been cleaning the windows in Channel 4 's Brookside since 1984 , although he has only been on a regular contract for the last two years . |
| 3 | Harry Enfield has just been through a tough day auditioning people for his new BBC comedy series . |
| 4 | The convoy has already been through a Soviet Checkpoint at Marienborn on the West/East German border , Where the numbers of men and vehicles have been thoroughly checked . |
| 5 | Anyone who has ever been to a similar school will know exactly what I mean . |
| 6 | I mean , alright a few mad things happened and everything and when I came home I was whacked because we 'd just been on a big adventure theme park for a month . |
| 7 | Mind you , he 'd probably been through a sticky time . |
| 8 | The coeliac patients were originally diagnosed according to the procedure recommended by the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition and had all been on a complete gluten free diet for at least five years and did not present symptoms indicative of active disease . |
| 9 | He said he had thought they had all been fighting on the German side because they had all been under a German commander when surrendering . |
| 10 | ‘ He had long been in a bad state of health , which he took no care to repair but on the contrary lived in such a manner as greatly promoted the disorders he had had long upon him , this brought on the Flux which put a period to his life ’ ( Cook ) . |
| 11 | As most of the leading American challengers arrived at the tough , par-70 lay-out to begin their preparation , Faldo had already been through a punishing schedule since Thursday . |
| 12 | Her nerves had already been in a bad enough state . |
| 13 | Examination of the metal showed that it had always been in a clean condition with no evidence of corrosion , suggesting that it had never been buried . |
| 14 | Julie and I had never fallen out before , and Barbie had always been like a big sister to me , too . |
| 15 | Well why not men go to the bleeding , er well it 's like I 've never been to a proper hen night , Gary 's been to a , a stag night , with female strippers , I 'd like to go to a stag , er a hen night |
| 16 | You 've never been on a big boat ? |
| 17 | ‘ I was with British Steel before coming here and had never been to a live theatre show before except the pantomime as a kid . |
| 18 | He noted condescendingly in his diary that the wily Verdeţ was ‘ a most agreeable person who had never been outside a Communist country in his life … |
| 19 | I was terrified because I had never been in a proper prison before , and I had heard about Styal . |
| 20 | Governments , military strategists , thousands of scientists , millions of dollars of time and research budgets have all been on a wild goose chase . |
| 21 | She 's obviously been under a tremendous strain over the last few months and she needs my help . ’ |
| 22 | Once seated , Denice tells us she 's only been on a blind date once before , and that was years ago . |
| 23 | CONTACT GROUPS These are usually for people who have a particular social problem in common or have just been through a similar trauma , like divorce or bereavement . |
| 24 | And when I asked his orchestra 's publicist if Daniel Barenboim would really want to be interviewed immediately after such a lengthy spell of high-altitude incarceration , she said : ‘ He came in by Concorde , he 's just been on a two-week skiing trip with his family in Switzerland — believe me , he 'll be just fine . ’ |
| 25 | lovely person , she 's always been since a little girl . |
| 26 | Wytch Farm managers have also been on a teambuilding exercise — but instead of sailing on water , however , they went to ground ! |
| 27 | These , mostly one-day , workshops have occasionally been with a whole school staff ( primary , secondary and special schools ) and more often with teachers of particular types — probationers , English teachers , science teachers , senior teachers in charge of probationers , deputies and heads on DES management courses , primary heads in one county and one LEA 's entire Inspectorate . |
| 28 | A party of Teesside journalists have recently been on a fact-finding tour of ICI 's Group Environmental Laboratory at Brixham , Devon . |
| 29 | He returned it with this comment : ‘ I have never been to a Wesleyan school nor been at the bottom of my form ! ' |