Example sentences of "[conj] have [adv] been [prep] " in BNC.

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1 CONTACT GROUPS These are usually for people who have a particular social problem in common or have just been through a similar trauma , like divorce or bereavement .
2 We 've been in touch with all the local schools in the in the Mansfield area er we 've followed up inquiries of girls that have not been at school and so on and er these er have led to er to nothing .
3 ‘ You , that have not been near me all day , and would n't have been if I was dying ! ’
4 Equally , we must have realistic expectations of TECs and realise that those that have not been in existence for very long — as is the case with our own TEC , which has been going only since April — will take time to work themselves up to their most effective point .
5 These are questions that have long been of concern .
6 Thanks to records above all we are no longer in danger of forgetting such joyous Purcell inspirations as this , pieces that have always been in danger of dropping out of the repertory simply for being ‘ occasional music . ’
7 A Mersey Docks and Harbour Company official said : ‘ They are quite old , and have not been in regular use in recent years . ’
8 A spokeswoman for Mersey Docks and Harbour Company said : ’ They are now quite old and have not been in regular use in recent years so it was decided to dismantle them to improve the appearance of the area .
9 New methods will come , no doubt , with the fruition of that research which the Home Secretary has urged and supported ; but we can not even claim to be using existing methods , when 7,550 prisoners are sleeping tonight three in a cell , and when policies which , but for the war , would have been on the statute book in 1939 , and have already been on the statute book for half a generation , have hardly begun to be carried into effect for lack of premises .
10 There has been coverage with such as yourselves and er the local papers , and we are getting word of mouth enquiries now , but we , we have said it 's for the newly qualified driver and since we 've started this scheme , I would put newly qualified in inverted commas , because we 've had two or three ladies ring us up who 've had four and five years driving experience as such and they 're frightened to death to go on a motorway and have n't been on a motorway .
11 They first went to The Hitman in Blackpool after seeing one on TV and have since been to at least 10 of the shows .
12 I also want the rights to all other churches in the Lothians , now existing and to be established , which are not and have never been in the past dedicated to the shrine of St Cuthbert .
13 Many young drivers , like Paul Standen , may have passed their test , but have never been on a motorway .
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