Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [been] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | We enclose a copy of this and we hope that you will find time to read it and see what CPRW has been up to during the past year . |
2 | The Hercules has been there with the RAF and got on with the job . |
3 | Neil MacDonald has been out in Chile meeting the leaders of the fishing community … |
4 | DEC has been ahead of the field in cultivating computer-aided drug design and other molecular modelling companies , and its latest is Waltham , Massachusetts-based Molecular Simulations Inc . |
5 | My department 's equivalent of Inspector Morse has been on to the change-of-address problem . |
6 | Millie had been home for nearly three months when she received a letter from Annabel . |
7 | Barratt had been up to Tilberthwaite to see for himself the likely value of Knott 's sett on the Muncaster estate land there and he considered it to be a worthwhile proposition having seen , as he put it , " good bunches of ore under water " . |
8 | If only Dana had been more like Myra . |
9 | At the end of the protracted negotiations with her great-aunt 's executors , and the vendor 's solicitors , Hugh and Molly had been out to several dinners in bistros , for which she insisted she paid her share . |
10 | You know young Neil Lewis coming in for a game like this is tremendous performance and Michael Whitlow and Colin Hill have been up against it but they 've worked hard and I think it 's been a great game and er one nil probably does n't er justify both sides . |
11 | Munro has been out of rugby since his complex leg break in April , 1990 , an injury that forced him to drop out of Scotland 's tour to New Zealand that summer . |
12 | Forty-five years later Erika Barnes has been back to the village , now a thriving community . |
13 | Sharpe has been down with a calf strain this week but he trained yesterday and does not look in danger . |
14 | It was not , at present , the eternal verities which were occupying her mind but the simple gnawing question of what Memet had been up to behind her back . |
15 | Then he discovered Ash had been beforehand with him . |
16 | Eve had been there for as long as she remembered to help her fight her battles . |
17 | Earlier in the day , Jeffrey had been far from happy to learn that the Scotland seven to be chosen from a pool of ten — Hong Kong have increased from nine to remain consistent with the World Cup format — would have around five hours between their ties tomorrow . |
18 | But if she came and found Tina up she could pretend to herself that Tina had been up for hours , and was a normal person and a proper mother . |
19 | Vivien had been up at St Hugh 's , so I was looking forward to her being an excellent guide . |
20 | I went to Scotland Yard this morning and saw an Inspector and told him all about our suspicions , and about how we knew Nigel had been down at Streatley that Saturday — ’ |
21 | Donal Lunny came down , and Gerry O'Beirne and Mary Custy and Eoin O'Neill , my sister Mary , and Adam Calyton , Mike Scott and Steve Wickham had been over in Spiddal at the time , working with John , so they came over for the crack . |
22 | She spoke as if Ruth had been away on holiday and must therefore have abounding strength and energy . |
23 | MORE than one in five of the 2,329 young people seeking jobs and training in Hampshire have been out of work for more than six months . |
24 | Bernie 's been out at ten o'clock at night before with him . |
25 | Kohl has been here before |
26 | Wilson , who made a quiet yet effective impact in the 2–0 midweek World Cup defeat of Latvia has been around in the game with spells at Derby County , Ipswich , Chelsea and his present club where he is happy but would consider a move to a higher grade of football if possible . |
27 | ‘ Lady Nugent-Scott has been up to her tricks again . |
28 | Mandru had been away on business for much of the time since Lucien had arrived , so performances had been few . |
29 | Deng Xiaoping had been out of circulation since being accused of provoking the Tiananmen Incident . |
30 | Pam had been out at a friend 's all evening . |