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

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1 I have been on at Desmond about it , as a matter of fact , which I suppose is what she wanted .
2 ‘ It is the greatest up after the lowest down — it is the biggest rollercoaster I have been on in my life . ’
3 I have been here for decades untold in this court , never leaving it except in my mind , ranging to far stars yet never truly experiencing those elsewheres .
4 I have been here for more than two years I have lectured them .
5 Yes I have been here until 1.00 a.m. or 2.00 a.m. in the morning when they have the gigs .
6 I have been most of all impressed by the contention that removal to such an area would be damaging to the morale of journalists . ’
7 No , no , I have been away on business for these past few months . ’
8 Since I have been away at Scarborough on holiday I got the YEP every day and the special Leeds edition that they do every season .
9 Each letter , and how many there seemed now , for she had kept each note , even the hastiest ( ‘ half past two a.m. , Dearest , I have been away from you only fifteen minutes and already I am dreaming of my dearest Lily and our next happy meeting ! ’ ) .
10 I have been away from Germany for almost two weeks .
11 I have been around to all of them , most of the shops in the town and we will be patrolling all the time .
12 I have been around to all of them , most of the shops in the town and we will be patrolling all the time .
13 Erm on the audit side both Karen and I have been round to all the branches in order to deal with our old equipment .
14 Another decade was to pass before it really sank in , and he could write , ‘ What an ass I have been both for not knowing and for thinking I knew .
15 Honestly I have been Up To My Eyes in it recently .
16 Erm I do n't think I have been down to that I think I 've sh erm wired the whole damn out of my mind because er it 's a long time since I heard such garbage in this chamber , it 's fortunate for us Chairman that Mr is n't a member of the Environment Committee because if that 's the kind of contribution that he 's prepared to make on these occasions we would could well do without it .
17 I have been back to the tavern but have never found this treasure . ]
18 I have been back with Crilly for a month now , or two .
19 I have been back among the fairy tales …
20 I have been back in London long enough to know my place .
21 I have been there with Nurse Davis .
22 Banker Alan Clarke , who has spent years working in America , says : ‘ The American women I have been out with have always been successful and good-looking but they do n't have the ability to laugh at themselves .
23 I have been out with a couple of people , but I ca n't see myself with anybody else but Keith .
24 I , I have n't been on but you 're the first people I 've told this to , I have been out with somebody who has been on
25 I have been out of my mind since you locked the door on me on Saturday , and I richly deserved it … ’
26 I have been out of europe for about six weeks and come back to find all this transfer mania going on .
27 I have been out of work for four years .
28 She says ; I have been out on my own during the day .
29 He said : ‘ I have been out for nearly 14 months and now there is a great rush to get me back in the squad .
30 When you have been up for half an hour on a normal working day , how do you feel ?
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