Example sentences of "he [vb -s] been [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has been for the last six years . ’ |
| 2 | Will the Italian Abbado remain musical director of the Vienna State Opera where he has been for the past three years ? |
| 3 | Since you came here he has laughed more and been amused more than he has been for the past two years . |
| 4 | I do not know where he has been for the past few years , but we have reduced the rates on lower earnings so that people now pay on average about £3 a week less in national insurance . |
| 5 | He has been on the losing side in Cup semi-finals on five occasions , and if he finally makes it to Wembley this year he may look back on this bitter struggle as the crucial victory along the way . |
| 6 | Wade Dooley is by no means the only player who was apt to be more profitable under the old laws than he has been under the new . |
| 7 | He 's watched football in every league ground in England , all 92 , and he 's been to America , to watch West Bromwich playing in America , he 's been to the last two or three world cup tournaments , and he goes to all the matches away , you know , European cup matches and everything that English teams are playing in , he 's all over the world watching it , you see , This year , he 's watched 22 games , which is about fifty per cent of his normal , and even he 's getting browned off … |
| 8 | He 's been to the last 2 olympics , skied in world cups , faced the steepest and fastest of runs . |
| 9 | Paul Bodin says he 's been lucky … he 's been in the right place at the right time and has managed to take the chances … |
| 10 | He 's been in the popular resort area Goa for thirteen months charged with possessing cannabis … |
| 11 | " If he 's been in the tidal river , would n't the water be tidal water anyway ? " |
| 12 | First there 's Gary Harris … four seasons in a row he 's been in the English boys team … |
| 13 | one man who 's been losing pounds to go on the rally is Ade Jeffries from Gloucester … for the past two months he 's been in the local gym geting fit … he 's lost nearly two stone … |