Example sentences of "[pron] have been [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been to funerals in Baldersdale where bereaved people have shown supreme faith , being convinced that death is only a temporary thing and that they would meet up with their loved ones again . |
| 2 | I did not mean to say but perhaps it is better I should , therefore only remark that I will speak on the subject in my next , but do not suffer alarms on my account — I am in better health than I have been for years and I hope to get to Sydney and get comfortably settled in good time … ’ |
| 3 | I have been on ones of 100,000 acres . |
| 4 | So far I have been at pains to make a clear distinction between these two modes . |
| 5 | I have been at pains to emphasize the positive aspects of discipline . |
| 6 | ‘ I have been in pubs and guys have come along and said — ‘ It is you , is n't it ? |
| 7 | ‘ Then there 's a small matter of your presence at two locations within a week which have been under police surveillance . |
| 8 | We have been to clubs , those dancing tornedoes , those ricocheting bodies under mad silver strobes , those siren samples , those scratch mixes , ‘ CAN YOU FEEL IT ? ! ’ crying over and over again . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , as we have been at pains to argue , to do so would be only to impose our own interpretation of reality on the reader . |
| 10 | From Rothschild offices in London 's St James 's Place , Weinberg tells Business : ‘ We have been in talks which could result in Rothschild backing a new life company . ’ |
| 11 | Managing director Michel Apchin confirmed takeover rumours , saying ‘ We have been in negotiations for the last few weeks with a group that is not French . |
| 12 | And trade unions , though obviously weakened by Thatcherism , are indubitably more popular institutions than they have been for decades . |
| 13 | Persian rugs still possess an undoubted mystique , and are generally more expensive than those from other countries , but price differentials have been steadily eroding , and they are now generally cheaper in comparison to rugs from other countries than they have been for decades . |
| 14 | If they 're offered , as they have been for years and years ever since the industrial revolution , things that have been cynically designed for the working classes , is it surprising that we have a nation of people who are supposed to have no visual standards ? |
| 15 | ‘ They are fiercer than they have been for years , right back to what they used to be , ’ he said . |
| 16 | Couples is a naturally high flighter of the ball and that , together with his length , is an advantage at Augusta , particularly since everyone seems to agree that the greens are firmer than they have been for years . |
| 17 | FARM policy reforms agreed by EC members leave farming industry prospects brighter than they have been for years , Agriculture Minister John Gummer told the Commons last night . |
| 18 | GP fundholders are subject to a new set of perverse incentives which arise from the fact that in their case purchasing and providing roles are fused , not separated as they have been in DHAs . |
| 19 | And I , I suspect that they 're on their way out because the way they leap and scream and bang and thump I should think that they , most of them have been on drugs . |