Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] be [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Work by Dolores Piperno , at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama , shows that maize has indeed been around a long time . |
2 | I did n't know he 'd even been out the first time . |
3 | ‘ I have n't seen either of them but I 've only been back a little while , ’ replied Melissa . |
4 | Well you 've bloody registered and you 've only been back a month have n't you ? |
5 | I 've not been up the garden at the back but those on the front are . |
6 | Although I 've not been down a mine since then , er the German mines to my er estimation were far more advanced than what the British mines were . |
7 | The widow 's suit looked brand-new and Wexford could n't help wondering if she had actually been out the previous afternoon to buy it . |
8 | It 's just been up the woman 's puss ! |
9 | I have n't been down the Roman for ages . |
10 | But he 's never been out the , he was born like this . |