Example sentences of "[vb -s] [been] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Computer Users of Europe ( CUE ) , a user group that 's been around for some time on an informal basis , has gone official : it has drafted a constitution and has a steering committee working on making it formal . |
| 32 | Although it 's been around since 1985 you could hardly describe it as one of the top-selling DOS word processors . |
| 33 | Even though he 's been up since six at his job in the City and is absolutely starving , the Hooray must wait until 10.30pm and then ‘ gair-airt-dinner ’ or ‘ gair-fair-n-Indi ’ . |
| 34 | She 's been up since six and he is up |
| 35 | ‘ I daresay she 's been up since three , being horsey . ’ ) |
| 36 | Jackie said he 's been up for seven o'clock . |
| 37 | Because the machine 's been down since last Thursday . |
| 38 | ‘ He 's been back for two days . ’ |
| 39 | Myra Hindley has been in prison for my whole life : I 'm twenty-two now and she 's been in for twenty-two years . |
| 40 | Syd 's been out of top class cricket for nearly two years . |
| 41 | Well if th if there 's somebody whose listening in the Derby area who can help us with a street lamp that 's out and it 's rather important that it get put on , and it 's been out for six weeks now |
| 42 | He 's been out for some time . |
| 43 | She 's been out with enough lads to know he 's the right one for her , ’ Maureen said . |
| 44 | Bernie 's been out at ten o'clock at night before with him . |
| 45 | The strain he 's been under with one thing and another . |
| 46 | Irvine , California-based Pick Systems in its umpteenth resurgence has rehired two of its old lieutenants : Richard Lauer , who 's been off for six years at Sequoia Computer Systems Inc , returns as vice president , sales and Tim Holland , credited with many of Pick 's technical developments , returns from stints at Sequoia and Concurrent Computer Corp to be senior vice president , technology . |
| 47 | Pick Systems in its umpteenth resurgence has rehired two of its old lieutenants : Richard Lauer , who 's been off for six years at Sequoia Computer Systems Inc , returns as vice president , sales and Tim Holland , credited with many of Pick 's technical developments , returns from stints at Sequoia and Concurrent Computer Corp to be senior vice president , technology . |