Example sentences of "[been] [adv prt] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 not been on for ages .
2 Well of course it 's not on , it has n't been on for weeks .
3 PET ‘ HOTEL HATES ’ ( THE FREQUENT ONES ) * narrow stairs and no lifts * low shower pressure * telephone kiosks built for left-handed midgets * only one plug , down on the floor under the bed and 5AMP * hairdryers on 1m fixed lead from the floor socket 3m away from wall mirror facing opposite direction * just two 40 watt lamps to read and work by * toilet rolls positioned for contortionists only * room service that brings each course separately throughout Dallas * radiators that have n't been on for years * radiators that wo n't go off * basins that take half an hour to empty after you 've cleaned your teeth and you want to shave * stoppers that hang under the cold water tap but do n't reach the drain * stoppers that have no chain so you wallow in the dirty water to find them * toilets where you can sit down or close the door but not both
4 Durham Cathedral 's restaurant was dubbed : ‘ The noisiest place I have ever been in with chairs falling over and crockery being rattled . ’
5 I travelled the country well , I 've been in other authorities both labour controlled , been in to schools , been in old peoples homes , erm seen their roads , or driven over their roads , and I can assure you , that er in Lincolnshire .
6 And I saw a dear little shed that someone had made into a craft shop , and the woman said no one had been in for ages , and was n't she pleased to see me … ’
7 Several dogs have been in for boosters and there 's a bitch to be spayed tomorrow .
8 Arriving , triumphant , in Ulm in the late afternoon , I had within half an hour found the worst hotel I had been in in years , with the modest staff and a parking ticket to boot .
9 Well I think we 'll have to re-look at the whole question of village envelopes in certain cases , where it is decided that low cost housing is desirable , and see if in some way , they can encourage the farmer to make land available so that he can make some money which he badly needs at the moment , as agriculture 's going through one of the biggest depressions it 's been through for years .
10 But if she came and found Tina up she could pretend to herself that Tina had been up for hours , and was a normal person and a proper mother .
11 I found her bustling about with a feather duster looking as if she 'd been up for hours .
12 He had been up for hours , out on the farm , before eating .
13 She knew she had been dismissed from Algox because she had not been up for grabs .
14 Posh have been up for grabs since last year and chairman John Devaney , a property magnate and ex-Oxford director , will sell if the price is right .
15 ‘ It 's not that early — I 've been up for ages , and I 'm leaving in a few minutes .
16 Well it 's been gone , it 's been built for a year er er er er it 's been up for ages has n't it ?
17 Yeah , you 're gon na have one in a minute I 've been up for ages !
18 ‘ Och , that 's been up for days , ’ replied Tam scornfully .
19 I do n't know I have n't been up for years .
20 The posters have been up for weeks … when the powerboat circus comes to town … the streets and squares close down … everyone makes for the river … every bridge … and every balcony becomes a grandstand … a ring side seat for the big race …
21 You 've been up for weeks now , have n't you ?
22 McLean is not the first bouncer to have been tried for Murder and certainly not the first bouncer to have been up on charges of serious violence .
23 I 'd hardly been back for years — only briefly , when Mama died .
24 Noel Darcy , 23 , of Coventry , had been out with friends when he was attacked by a three or four youths .
25 ‘ But I 'd been out with friends for the evening and got home late .
26 I 've been out with , I 've been out with loads
27 " You 've been out for hours . "
28 We had n't been out for ages and there was a good film on . ’
29 Been out for ages .
30 Yeah of course you can , I mean my mum have n't been out for weeks
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