Example sentences of "[vb base] been [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 We 've been through a lengthy process of planning in paper , and production of lengthy community care plans , very much fine words and aspirations , we now need to bring er , er , the future means , especially in the context of resource constraint , means actually bringing the money alongside the proposals .
2 You ca n't help worrying when you 've been through a bad time , but do share your anxieties with your family , and with your doctor , who should be able to reassure you .
3 Well you 've been through a mad , I mean
4 ‘ I 'm better than I 've been for a long time . ’
5 I 've been to a Beamish museum
6 And you know we 've been to a few caravans
7 I said so I 've been to a local firm and he said well if you 'd wanted a job we could 've found you one , so I went to the Co-op and I went in the credit , working in the Co-op credit and er went from there to .
8 Well we 've never been this place before , but we 've been on a similar do .
9 ‘ But now that I 've been on a regular contract at Brookside for the last two years I can afford a season ticket in the stand ! ’
10 Well I , when I come back from Stop Hill when I 've been on a long shift till five o'clock , I 'm whacked because their bungalow is so warm
11 But I 've been on an immense number of statutory instruments upstairs er and everybody says they 're greatly needed , they usually say they 're greatly needed because they want to go out in three or four minutes and ten thirty comes and ten thirty five they 're out .
12 ‘ Yes , and the reason we 've got no morals is that for a long time ( 150 years ) we 've been at a loose end . '
13 we 'll see , they 've been outside a little while , so
14 There must be armies of males squirming uncomfortably at the breakfast table , feeling they 've been in a similar movie .
15 ‘ I 've been in a dark place , ’ he murmured .
16 But some times when I when people tell me that they 've been in a certain environment .
17 What I mean by that is , when you get back to your branches , you will go onto further training programmes in branch training , developing your practice training , so each branch will vary how they sort of co-ordinate this , but let's say , we 've been in a few months now , and twice a week we 've got to go in for training .
18 For some time we 've been in a false position and our two games against Birmingham have confirmed this .
19 You 've been in a bad mood all day .
20 ‘ I 've been like a little kid .
21 In fact , he is one of the best professionals I have ever played with — and I 've been around a few years ! ’
22 With the limited resources available at our disposal we have not been able to build too many expert systems and most of these have been on a small scale .
23 THE TWO eldest sons of the managing director of Kuwait Shipbuilding and Repairyard Company [ KSRC ] — a joint venture between the Kuwait Oil Company and Wood Group engineering Contractors — have been on a three-week fact-finding visit to Wood Group .
24 The teams have been on a rigorous training schedule for the hundred mile long test of skill and stamina .
25 The teams have been on a rigorous training schedule for the hundred mile long test of skill and stamina .
26 Of these four have been on a surgical waiting list for a median f 9.5 months ( range five to 14 ) .
27 We have been on a high speed , yeah .
28 ‘ Lower interest rates have contributed to a pick-up in the growth of narrow money , while retail sales have been on a steady upward trend for almost a year .
29 For example , imagine the situation where you have been on a strict , very low calorie diet for a month or so .
30 Traditional budgets have been on an annual time-scale .
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