Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must 've been out at the wrong time . |
| 2 | Purists might argue he should 've been out in the colds using his sketchbook , instead of a camera , but he disagrees . |
| 3 | I think it 's fair to say that with this new computer erm the box office that we 've got a lot of information can be stored on that and in future we 'll be using a much more erm sophisticated in a scientific way for instance if you came here and book that seat that your sitting in tonight we would know on that computer what type of show that your discouraging coming to erm we can say to you we can send you out a leaflet saying the kind of er things that you 'd like to see are on at the playhouse on such and such a date and we could even say to you would you like the seat that you normally sit in . |
| 4 | Anyone believing that the personal computer price wars have abated are in for a rude shock this week when Compaq Computer Corp brings out a plethora of new machines , including its first stab at a multimedia model , and cuts prices significantly on its existing products . |
| 5 | My department 's equivalent of Inspector Morse has been on to the change-of-address problem . |
| 6 | This is quite often the cause of the ‘ 1701 — hard disk error ’ reported during Power On Self Test when the drive is cold which miraculously seems to cure itself when the system has been on for a while and the drive has warmed up ’ . |
| 7 | This technique has been around as a possibility for these machines for years , dating right back to the very early 1970s and the S42 , or ‘ peg-board ’ machines . |
| 8 | Electronics is a universal tool that has been around for a while and which can be used to control electrical circuits — not a common art form . |
| 9 | Europe has been around for a few thousand years and to be the first European under ten seconds … well ! |
| 10 | The Ox has been around for a couple of months , but the new host of the Tips Clinic is Dr Butcher . |
| 11 | Hypnosis has been around for a long , long time . |
| 12 | Just such a product has been introduced into the UK , although it has been around for a while in the US , under the generic name InteSoft . |
| 13 | the idea of making a boat like this has been around for a lkong time . |
| 14 | litre turbocharged engine , a revamped version of the Ford diesel unit which has been around for a few years . |
| 15 | The drug has been around for the last 20 years , but this is the first time the research has been carried out over such a lengthy period . |
| 16 | Information has been around since the garden of Eden . |
| 17 | Wilson , who made a quiet yet effective impact in the 2–0 midweek World Cup defeat of Latvia has been around in the game with spells at Derby County , Ipswich , Chelsea and his present club where he is happy but would consider a move to a higher grade of football if possible . |
| 18 | So the Stenness Hotel has been up for a while then . |
| 19 | Oh all of my stuff has been up in the loft it 's like you say , I mean if they 've been double wrapped and everything and you wash them |
| 20 | Service intervals of 3000 miles , plus an initial 500-mile check , mean the car has been back to the Dartford factory five times since April and have produced bills for a total of £826.05 , although £96.50 of that was to replace one of the 205/45 ZR16 Goodyear Eagle GS-D tyres , which had collected a nail in its tread . |
| 21 | Iain saying he has been back to the body , and looked into Christopher 's eyes . |
| 22 | Forty-five years later Erika Barnes has been back to the village , now a thriving community . |
| 23 | The man who ran the world 's first sub-four minute mile has been back to the track where he made history nearly thirty five years ago . |
| 24 | Last year a team from Hereford were the winners and the Castaways raft has been back on the Wye this week practising to make it a double . |
| 25 | Sharpe has been down with a calf strain this week but he trained yesterday and does not look in danger . |
| 26 | But our improvement this season has been down to a team effort , not to any particular individual . |
| 27 | A legend in the power boat world , Shurdington signwriter , John has been in at the top of his sport for over 30 years . |
| 28 | I 'm trying to find out what sort of emotional state your daughter has been in over the past six months . |
| 29 | you see , if you put a line it costs you about a hundred a thirty quid now I think , but according to what they tell me , once a line has been in for a year if you put a line in , you 've got to pay the first year , its got ta be in for a year , if you have it taken out before the year , you 'll still be due for the rental on it |
| 30 | He thought and then said easily , " She was wondering whether there was a chance he might ask for a transfer now that Howarth has been in post a year . |