Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [det] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was sitting calmly in bed like that 's where she 'd been all the time . |
| 2 | Mam would never guess how brave she had been all the way home . |
| 3 | ‘ If you mean drugs , then no , Adam , you 're way off line and you have been all the time — as you 'd realise for yourself if you 'd just open your eyes and see the truth instead of what you want to see . ’ |
| 4 | We , we 've been all the way round now . |
| 5 | We 've been all the way round now . |
| 6 | So they 'd better be nice seeing as we 've been all the way |
| 7 | But if it 's just been brought out of the calf pens , fresh muck when it 's been spreaded in , and you know that tummy muscles , along mucking out the calf pens , they 'd been all the winter on this , getting tighter and harder , all through the winter . |
| 8 | The traffic and the crowds were passing interminably in each direction , as they had been all the time . |
| 9 | This is his final total after he 'd been all the way round St Aldate 's , he went round 73 houses , and he says here , I think this is a sort of hieroglyphic that would probably mean something like 'item' . |
| 10 | It was an enormously thorough and comprehensive review of the case , running to four volumes and more than 1200 pages , yet it would have been better if it had been half the length and taken half the time . |
| 11 | Towards dawn , she said to his sleeping back that he loved his employers more than he loved her and if he had been half the man he thought himself , he would have left them rather than abandon her . |
| 12 | Well , it 's been all the members are good , sort of thing , it 's a job to pick out one , but |