Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] have been [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I have a Crown Court appearance in Birmingham and as far as I 'm aware my solicitors have been in contact with the prosecution in this part of the country to explain the procedure and as far as I 'm aware the committal this morning was to be committed to Birmingham Crown Court with other offenses .
2 I have a Crown Court appearance in Birmingham and as far as I 'm aware my solicitors have been in contact with the prosecution in this part of the country to explain the procedure and as far as I 'm aware the committal this morning was to be committed to Birmingham Crown Court with other offences .
3 You know what my reasons have been in the past : I just do n't want to provoke interest in myself .
4 Nigel said , ‘ My whistles have been in use on a number of locomotives on different railways .
5 Cos my feet have been in them now , can you put these like that ?
6 ( 18 ) About four months before the time I am writing of , my Lady had been in London , and had gone over a Reformatory …
7 My beloved 's been in this cupboard and messed it all up .
8 MY marriage has been in trouble for two years , ever since my husband started having affairs .
9 MY marriage has been in trouble for two years , ever since my husband started having affairs .
10 A lot of my downfalls have been over Christmas .
11 Friend the Minister for Trade on this subject and my officials have been in touch with his Department concerning comments that were made in Committee .
12 My aim has been in one respect identical to Paley 's aim .
13 We travel back and forth all the time between Canada and England , and my husband has been in nearly every country of the world on business .
14 My husband has been in the R.A.F. for nearly four years , but we had saved enough for the costs of a normal confinement in a nursing home , and as it was my first baby , we thought it well worth a little extra expense .
15 She wanted to know — as I suspect you do — what my relationship had been with her late sister .
16 Erm yeah I did mention earlier actually there was one or two ways that you could perhaps help me er one was erm I hope , I 'd like to think that obviously my service has been of value to you erm I 'd also like to think that you can perhaps recommend me to people you know er you did actually mention earlier erm was it Peter you work with , was it
17 ‘ When I arrived for training this morning , my wife had been on three times and I thought something had happened to my little girl , who was in hospital over the weekend .
18 ‘ I 'm very glad to hear it , my dear , perhaps you 'd pass my comments along the chain of command , because , you see , my wife 's been in the party for 47 years and now she says she 's going to vote for that Natural Law doo-dah .
19 Jim there 's a Despatches programme on Channel Four next week where some of the work that we 've done on B S E is fea featured and my colleague 's been through it as well .
20 There was often a special pride that the family were ‘ all in the trade ; ’ ‘ all my people have been in the dealing world ; ’ ‘ we 've been blacksmiths for generations ; ’ or they had been self-employed Portland quarrymen ‘ right back a hundred year back . ’
21 You have no idea , have you , what my life 's been like ? ’
22 The best moments of my life have been with music . ’
23 I want to forget that a big chunk of my life has been about being as good a dissident as possible .
24 I want to forget that a big chunk of my life has been about being as good a dissident as possible .
25 So , concentrate on this and I 'm , I 'm , must get round to , I 'm sorry my life has been in turmoil because of the , the dog situation , Jean and I have n't been up to the West End , but erm , I , I know which book I want , I want to get you , erm , and yes , I want you to do this , so and this actually it 's very good , very difficult , good , do a bit of technic .
26 I outlined what my message had been over the past two weeks and would be at the Party Conference — that we stood by the National Health Service and had no intention of moving over to a new system of finance .
27 My training has been as a scientist , and I still ask questions which begin ‘ Why ? ’ ( as well as others beginning ‘ How ? ’ and ‘ What if ? ’ .
28 Er , my client has been in business at the u his own firm supplying computer software in a specialized market , that is stock control systems for clubs , pubs and restaurants .
29 If my son had been on medication at the end of last year he would not have made an unprovoked attack on his father in November , nor attempted to share his New Year 's Eve lunch with the lions .
30 She has been a couple of times but er when we were bringing up the family course she could n't reasonably go with me every week and er , but she had used to be er a good supporter when she was a girl , she used to go with her father in those days my son 's been with me , cos I took him las well he took me last night with his wife I went in their car .
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