Example sentences of "'ve been [prep] [art] [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well you 've been to a singing one . |
| 2 | I 've always been skiing with my parents , so I 've been to America to visit friends , and that 's not been like sightseeing , or something , and I just have n't been anywhere , and erm , I mean , I suppose I 've been to a lot more countries than a lot of people who 've , you know , there 's a lot of people who have n't |
| 3 | I 've been to the Blackburn Literary Club — such an interesting talk , but very high-powered . |
| 4 | No , you 've been to the Midland red . |
| 5 | You know , it probably sounds weird , but after you 've been on the road all that time , you kind of forget whether you 're any good or not . |
| 6 | I 've been on the railways all my life , eh ? ’ |
| 7 | I 've been on the go all day . |
| 8 | I 'll tell the tax people about how you 've been on the fiddle all these years over your freelance earnings and I 've got those photos of you . |
| 9 | I 've been on the Moor all night , you see . |
| 10 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 11 | They 're all trainees when you 've been in the company ten years , twenty years you can still be a trainee learning something new . |
| 12 | ‘ We 've been in the League five years and have decided now is the time to really go for promotion . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been in the trade all my life . |