Example sentences of "[pron] have been [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Whinnett said : ‘ I am not a psychiatrist , but if someone has been through a traumatic experience I have to consider that it could happen . |
| 2 | This was the first time I 'd been into a prison and a number of things struck me during the day . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd been to a party at Cipriani 's in The Strand which went on all hours . |
| 4 | I 'd been , a few weeks ago I 'd been to a wedding , and it was the most boring |
| 5 | I 'd been after a pair for ages . |
| 6 | I 'd been in a light sleep . |
| 7 | It was the first time , too , that I 'd been in a classroom with girls , and I got in with a bad bunch of women . |
| 8 | I think if I 'd been in a Western country I would have had a lot more comeback … |
| 9 | I 'd been in a couple of dreadful films by then — I think I 'd swooned , screamed , kissed the hero … |
| 10 | Yes , I know , yes but I mean it 's interesting at lunch time I had a , I had a working lunch with someone and a month after we had finished all the work and stuff , we got on to a whole pile of other things and , and I was talking about some of the -ists and one of the -ists I was talking about was feminism and how I 'd been in an amazing meeting a few weeks ago where you know I used that word and the women , it was all a meeting with women , the women there had absolutely freaked at the use of the word feminism and feminists . |
| 11 | S and er two or three friends , oh I , I had been on a number of cruises before that , to Germany , to Norway and Sweden , to Denmark . |
| 12 | I remembered how once when I had been in a crowd teasing an awkward boy at school I had noticed his terror and been glad I was not him . |
| 13 | And I said to myself , I 've been under a boss |
| 14 | ‘ I was thinking that whenever I 've been into a student 's flat there was a different atmosphere … a lot of things pinned up on the walls , for instance posters mostly … ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been through a lot of stuff because of it . |
| 16 | I 've been at a desk for years ; I want no more of it and I told them . |
| 17 | There are traps you can fall into if you do too much television — although I 've been on a lot since '89 , I do tend to turn most things down . |
| 18 | ‘ But now that I 've been on a regular contract at Brookside for the last two years I can afford a season ticket in the stand ! ’ |
| 19 | Well I , when I come back from Stop Hill when I 've been on a long shift till five o'clock , I 'm whacked because their bungalow is so warm |
| 20 | Well I 've been on a ship and I 'm not very well ! |
| 21 | I phoned me friend up you know and erm on Friday and asked and she said you do n't sound very well , I said I 've got a headache I said I 've had a headache every , cos I 've been on a diet and she turned round and said , she said you know she says it 's funny she says erm , you know what 's with us , what 's it with ? |
| 22 | you know er , it 's funny since I 've been on a diet er , it is , I must be getting , now where |
| 23 | You know it 's funny when I 've been up when I 've been on a diet , I mean smelling , smoked out , smoked out on the house |
| 24 | But since then I 've been on a unit of tropical forestry in Oxford Forestry Institute , and I 've been travelling regularly , almost yearly since I 've been there . |
| 25 | But I 've been on an immense number of statutory instruments upstairs er and everybody says they 're greatly needed , they usually say they 're greatly needed because they want to go out in three or four minutes and ten thirty comes and ten thirty five they 're out . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm better than I 've been for a long time . ’ |
| 27 | Just even I 've been for a wee ! |
| 28 | I 'm just getting now because erm erm I 've been for an aud not an audition . |
| 29 | I 've been for an interview with Mencap . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've been to a party in the village of Sutton , and I 'm on my way home . ’ |