Example sentences of "been [verb] to [pers pn] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Sombro had been referred to me at one of my clinics in England , the problem would have been easy to diagnose and the treatment straightforward . |
| 2 | ‘ And we 've been recommended to you by one of your staff , I believe . |
| 3 | For he often smelled of scent and powder which had been transferred to him from one or other of his dolly-birds . |
| 4 | Now you suspected she 'd been lying to you for thirteen years . |
| 5 | ’ If you have been attending to it for twenty four years , I came here into this church as a choir boy . ’ |
| 6 | Mr Waugh acknowledged that he was once again freezing the Ayr Road project even although money had been allocated to it in 1991 . |
| 7 | A few receive the justice that has been denied to them for five centuries , but most are still viewed by their governments as third-class citizens , subversive activists and threats to ‘ national security ’ . |
| 8 | It 's all a long time ago and I 've been married to him for thirty-nine years . |
| 9 | I said ‘ I have been married to him for 15 years . ’ |
| 10 | I said ‘ I have been married to him for 15 years . ’ |