Example sentences of "have been there [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The simple fact of the matter is that we should never have been there in the first place . |
| 2 | I know , you would n't have been there in the first place . |
| 3 | My thoughts the leaf stem should never have been there in the first place it was a waste of money . |
| 4 | Of course , if I 'd really had any sense I would n't have been there in the first place . |
| 5 | Well it is three hundred and twenty thousand pound that they 're paying to this person that should not have been there in the first place , he walked on there , he built places there without planning permission and I think if the council had played their cards right , they could have got him off without paying out this three hundred twenty thousand pound . |
| 6 | Could n't possibly have been there in the old days . |
| 7 | Most may have been there in the pre-Norman period , although whether as fully developed villages or not will be discussed below . |