Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been in a light sleep . |
| 2 | It was the first time , too , that I 'd been in a classroom with girls , and I got in with a bad bunch of women . |
| 3 | I think if I 'd been in a Western country I would have had a lot more comeback … |
| 4 | I 'd been in a couple of dreadful films by then — I think I 'd swooned , screamed , kissed the hero … |
| 5 | Yes , I know , yes but I mean it 's interesting at lunch time I had a , I had a working lunch with someone and a month after we had finished all the work and stuff , we got on to a whole pile of other things and , and I was talking about some of the -ists and one of the -ists I was talking about was feminism and how I 'd been in an amazing meeting a few weeks ago where you know I used that word and the women , it was all a meeting with women , the women there had absolutely freaked at the use of the word feminism and feminists . |
| 6 | I remembered how once when I had been in a crowd teasing an awkward boy at school I had noticed his terror and been glad I was not him . |
| 7 | And he said : ‘ I 've been in a state of panic on a snooker table at various times during the past two or three years because I knew I was n't playing well . |
| 8 | I 've been in a boat . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been in a dark place , ’ he murmured . |
| 10 | Hey , I 've been in a Streaks and Tips recovery programme for many years . ’ |
| 11 | I 've been in a sauna in London I belong to a health club there . |
| 12 | I wo n't the amount of times I 've I 've been in a car or something , where fucking jump on the brakes ! |
| 13 | ‘ And as for the idea that I am being some how manipulated all I can say is that I do n't know about the other girls but I have been in a similar industry — television , for the last couple of years and now I know how it works . |
| 14 | When I arrive somewhere I have been in a previous life , the ground greets me . |
| 15 | ‘ Valerie and I have been in a relationship for five years now . |
| 16 | I return haggardly , as though I have been in a street fight , grotty from rushing and weeping and random taxicabs . |
| 17 | All Blacks hero Grant Fox said : ‘ It 's not often I have been in a situation where I have had to kick a penalty to win the game . |
| 18 | ‘ For years I have been in a luxurious situation . |
| 19 | She had no wish to hurt Anna and besides , how could she complain when the truth was that she was happier here at the palazzo than she 'd been in a long time ? |
| 20 | She 'd been in a car accident , she was there , er broken pelvis |
| 21 | You look as if you 've been in a concentration camp you do ! and that 's the truth . |
| 22 | They always say that if they think you 've been in a fight , although it was still short of chucking-out time . |
| 23 | Even when you 've been in a |
| 24 | And you 've been in a scenario where there 's one manager and there 's a few people who are n't in a managing role , but you are actually managers , maybe they 'd like a little reversal , I mean , I think some good things have come out of that , and possibly things that you 'd do better next time . |
| 25 | It makes a lot of difference cos if you 've been in a church hall before ! |
| 26 | You 've been in a bad mood all day . |
| 27 | But she had been in a coma , she was n't mad . |
| 28 | She had been in a state of shock . |
| 29 | If Gloria , she had been in a smash . |
| 30 | As she moved , her body ached as if she had been in a fight . |