Example sentences of "[vb base] [been] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | God Almighty , Nan , I 've been here for the past two hours without knowing hair nor hide of you . ’ |
2 | Because we 've been here for the discussion . |
3 | ‘ I 've been here since the end of April , ’ Lynnette replied . |
4 | I 've been on to the P.L.A . |
5 | I said three flights that I 've been on in the last fortnight . |
6 | ( Lazing 's highly recommended if you 've been up for the 8.30am aerobics . |
7 | ‘ I 've been up for the past three hours , ’ he said , looking me up and down rather coldly . |
8 | I 've been up since the crack of dawn . ’ |
9 | ‘ And if you do n't get out of here I 'll tell him you 've been up in the woods with a dog . |
10 | you see , so yeah and er we used to have as I say er , well for instance I 've been up in the office . |
11 | I 've been away for the past week and had loads of messages to come back to . |
12 | One of the , the tasks I have to do in May each year , is I write to the candidates who 've just taken a year off , who 've been away for the last two-thirds of a year , and I write to them and say , ‘ You 've been away for two-thirds of a year . |
13 | I 've spoken to Kevin Moran when we 've been away with the Republic of Ireland and he says things there are quite relaxed . |
14 | And , of course , the job will get worse the longer you 've been away from the office . |
15 | I think that 's not uncommon actually if you , when you get people who 've , who 've been away from the education system for a f a few years and I think it 's almost like mature students do have more anxiety than people who come straight from school generally speaking I think erm |
16 | Anything you say dear , you 've been away in the san , you 've been out |
17 | I 've been right round the lot anyway so that 's jolly good . |
18 | That 's right , I 've , I 've been through over the year 's I 've been doing this and they say , whether it 's because they know if the background at the er vets , the private vets there , you know I do n't know , but the information I get from them , that there 'd a , there not prepared to over . |
19 | ‘ No one knows what I 've been through in the last 12 months , ’ he said . |
20 | What we 've been through in the last few years has brought us a lot closer , and that 's part of the reason I 'm getting out of the rat race of international cricket … certainly for a few years , anyway . |
21 | ‘ So would you have if you 'd had to put up with half of what I 've been through in the past ! |
22 | Chairman before before you do finally er pack your bag and zoom off back to wherever it is you 're going , could I on behalf of the county council and all of our participants here today and those who 've been around in the last fortnight thank you and Miss Whittaker and your assistant able assistants er Mrs Binns and Dave in the programme office for the sterling work they 've done . |
23 | Yolanda said : ‘ We 've been round to the new house and it is lovely . |
24 | Yolanda said : ‘ We 've been round to the new house and it is lovely . |
25 | then she said they 've been down at the this time of year |
26 | ‘ I 've been down under the sea , you know ! |
27 | but erm yes the garden 's alright but then they 've been there in the garden all the winter as well |
28 | And they 've been trendy the last two or three seasons , they 've been back with the classics have n't they ? |
29 | They 've been back on the phone again despite Portsmouth awarding him a new two-year contract ! |
30 | ‘ To be on the safe side , I 've been back to the beginning of the year . |