Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [adv prt] with a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sharpe has been down with a calf strain this week but he trained yesterday and does not look in danger . |
| 2 | The Yorkshire captain has been out with a broken finger since the opening day of the championship season and it was thought he would not be fit until next week . |
| 3 | Well he said they 'd been round with a helicopter , a plane taking photos of the houses , did I want to buy a photo of me house , twenty pound . |
| 4 | Also Keith thought he could n't have any children because he 'd been out with a girl for a year before I started going out with him and they did n't take any precautions and she never got pregnant . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd been out with a client , and one thing led to another . ’ |
| 6 | Wassall must have been in with a chance of winning the £10,000 first prize because he was the fifth fastest qualifier , with a time of 11.92sec for the 100 metres . |
| 7 | ‘ Partridge , who acts as guide , as boots , postilion , and boatman , at the Salutation Inn , might have brought us down an easier descent ; but as he had been out with a chaise all night , he was perhaps induced , from fatigue , to take us the nearest way . |
| 8 | Her last thought before she fell asleep was the reaction she would get if they knew that she had been out with a policeman . |
| 9 | She had been out with a young lawyer once , a bumptious and ambitious man , and a boring one . |
| 10 | ‘ In view of your opinion of me , it wo n't surprise you to know that I 've been out with a couple of the other men from the station over the past week , ’ Maria volunteered stormily , halting and then swinging round to face him again . |
| 11 | I have been out with a couple of people , but I ca n't see myself with anybody else but Keith . |
| 12 | He explains : ‘ It may look like a poor run for a player of Neil 's calibre , but he 's been out with a hamstring problem for much of the time . |