Example sentences of "we have [been] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Actually I was really happy about that , not just because we 'd been made Singe Of The Week , but because it was a woman reviewing the singles — and they 're a lot harder to please . |
| 2 | We 'd been providing cover for the convoy , when a vehicle went over a land mine . |
| 3 | It was only when I did n't , and we 'd been making love without contraceptives for months and months , that I decided he must have been right . ’ |
| 4 | We 've been lending money to individuals for over 50 years so we 're certainly experienced in keeping our customers satisfied . |
| 5 | ‘ You may think we 've been putting pressure on you , but — ’ |
| 6 | Not bad for two blokes whose life story is ‘ We 've been making music as a hobby for eight years , and now we want the money ! ’ |
| 7 | We 've been losing sleep with worry since we were told about the arrests . |
| 8 | Certainly we had been given dominion over them , but that did n't mean we had to go cramming their little corpses down our necks like there 's no tomorrow when soya beans and wheat mountains rise up from Mother Earth like a sign saying : Meat is Murter . |
| 9 | One night during our charter , when we had been sipping whisky under the stars , Senator Crowninshield had told me that no fat man could ever again become President of the United States . |
| 10 | So far we have been discussing behaviour within groups . |
| 11 | We have been drawing attention to the defects of the Labour party campaign , and I shall give just one example . |
| 12 | ‘ I also want to point out we have been refused access to the match referee 's and umpires ’ reports as to the reasons for the change of ball on August 23 . ’ |
| 13 | We have been promised access to our health records and waiting lists which are no longer than 18 months . |
| 14 | We have been promised access to our health records and waiting lists which are no longer than 18 months . |
| 15 | ‘ As you are fully aware , we have been promised delivery of all the office equipment on the fifth , two days from now . |