Example sentences of "[pron] have [been] [adv] a " in BNC.

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1 I moved from Nazeing into Harlow because my house was condemned at Nazeing and I had to come into a Council house at , and erm , from I had erm , when I came from Nazeing I had erm , three sons three sons then and when I got to , I 'd been here a year and then I had another son and after that er , when he was about two years and four months I had a daughter , but unfortunately I lost her with heart trouble and er she only lived four months and I lost her and er , er I stayed there , stayed there and , in and after that I moved to because it was a bit larger house for my family you see and from erm I was there several years and er stayed there and I had erm oh first of all I , I had my twins , my twin boys after I lost the daughter , I had twin boys and they , I went to I suppose about two years and four months between and I wanted to adopt a little girl but they would n't let , my hubby said no and so then I er , sort of see if I get a little girl and I had twin boys did n't I , and I 'm still in , I 'm in and after er after I had the twins when I was about er forty two if I did had another boy which is the one I 've got , the last one up there of my eight , I ended up with eight boys
2 I 'd been there a few months when me and a girl called Sue and a girl called Monica started playing silly devils , throwing things out of the hatch .
3 After I 'd been there a few months I was asked if I wanted to help out in the kitchen , which I did .
4 And when I came ashore — I 'd been there a week — he gave me ten bob .
5 before I realized that all you had to do was put your hand through my letter box , reach up and you could take , open the Yale lock because I 'd been there a year I locked myself out and I thought the only thing I can do is try and get in by putting my hand through .
6 No it was during the conversation he er he said that I hear that you went to flat and I said yes and he said er well you just missed me , I 'd been there a couple of days before .
7 Before I had been there a month my eyes began to suffer and I had to start wearing glasses for close work .
8 Nevertheless on arriving in Sydney I was brought into the Theosophical Centre , and before I had been there a week found myself a very interested enquirer .
9 By the time I had been there a year , I walked and neighed like the Houys .
10 Once I had been there a little while I really settled in and really enjoyed my primary school days .
11 ‘ Christina , I know I 've been here a year longer than you but I 'm sure you 've worked these things out for yourself by now .
12 I 've been here a few times , ’ he admitted .
13 No I 've been I 've been here a long time like
14 Actually I 've been here a year .
15 ‘ It 's absolute rubbish to suggest I 've been even a confidante while his marriage has been breaking up . ’
16 " Oh I 've been 'ere a few times and I 've heard some bleedin' awful screams comin' out of that room .
17 I 've been around a bit , I 've learned a thing or two , I know the score .
18 Er you can hire sail boats and er it 's I I 've been there a couple of times .
19 Probably the only thing is obviously I 've been there a while now so any previous employment and the people that were there are n't there any longer .
20 He said : ‘ I 've been there a month and was hoping to get a City and Guilds qualification in joinery .
21 He said : ‘ I 've been there a month and was hoping to get a City and Guilds qualification in joinery .
22 Well no , er I 've been there a few times .
23 I have been here a long time .
24 It seems as if I have been here a lot longer than a few years , and I do not think that I could ever fit into an institutional regime again .
25 THE government spent £48m on a computer system for the Training and Enterprise Councils which has been only a partial operational success , according to a report today by the National Audit Office .
26 And that 's all I 've got to report which has been quite a busy month .
27 You might There are certain new settlement proposals that have been put forward in other parts of the country which has been basically a bolt on to er an existing group of
28 At that time the settlement of Cape Town , which had been just a small staging post on the voyage between the Netherlands and the East Indies , was beginning to grow , but although the English had occupied the Cape in 1806 , the white population remained mainly Dutch until the arrival of many new settlers from Britain in 1820 .
29 She had taken to him from the first , and he to her , perhaps , on his part , because she had given him some hot mutton broth and let him eat as much bread as he could manage , which had been half a loaf ; and then she had rigged him out in odd things .
30 She has been here a long time and will be here for even longer , ’ Felipe answered smoothly .
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