Example sentences of "[been] [adv] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's been on about the Brownies ever since she was seven , the age at which Granny says girls can join . ’ |
| 2 | But at its finest , it reaches heights of eloquence that can not have been most on the leaders of the next generation and it is music that ought to be heard in our halls . |
| 3 | When she 'd been right round the edges of the roof and gathered all the flowers into a bunch , she climbed down the ladder and began to walk along the back path out of the village . |
| 4 | I have personally been down to the suppliers several times and checked , and there is no doubt we will have delivery . |
| 5 | When he went round the corner to her room and knocked , she would have to pretend that she had been down to the kitchens . |
| 6 | This original small port and fishing village had been down on the marshes adjoining the Rother , not far from Rye , and given to Fécamp Abbey by Cnut . |
| 7 | It was just that , well , I heard he 'd been down at the police station this morning . |
| 8 | My friends who lived nearby were all envious for I was the only one who had ever been down into the depths of the mysterious cellar . |
| 9 | I 've been all over the moors looking for you ! |
| 10 | Funding of the scheme has been largely by the developers of the Gyle Centre and the Scottish Office . |
| 11 | The promulgation of this version seems to have been largely in the hands of Buckingham , who lectured the lords and the mayor and aldermen of London on the subject — the latter for a ‘ good half hour ’ according to the Great Chronicle . |
| 12 | The promulgation of this version seems to have been largely in the hands of Buckingham , who lectured the lords and the mayor and aldermen of London on the subject — the latter for a ‘ good half hour ’ according to the Great Chronicle . |
| 13 | She may also use it as a greeting when she has been away from the kittens for a while . |
| 14 | In this sense the particular manipulation of reality found in the adventure story , at least until the past two or three decades , has been away from the practicalities of extended cohabitation , whether in or out of marriage . |
| 15 | The distinction has been more in the minds of the negotiators ( especially the British negotiators ) than it has been a reality or , more important , likely to be given much credence by the Court of Justice if and when it comes to adjudicate on the basis of the Treaty . |
| 16 | Such policies have been directly against the interests of disabled people , whose economic position and need for housing with particular physical characteristics mean that the private sector has little to offer . |
| 17 | ‘ And if you do n't get out of here I 'll tell him you 've been up in the woods with a dog . |
| 18 | This has never been up among the recommendations for this work , and even at mid-price it is n't competitive with those versions listed above . |
| 19 | He had been serving in France when he met her , they had married as soon as the Hun had been finished off , and after the honeymoon it had been back to the colours for him and straight over to Ireland . |
| 20 | And they 've been trendy the last two or three seasons , they 've been back with the classics have n't they ? |
| 21 | He has to keep these kids in the team because there 's nothing better to replace them — yet even five years ago Jamie Redknapp and Don Hutchison would have been back in the reserves , getting the time they need . |
| 22 | Sir Richard , in hose and open cambric shirt , wiped dust from his hands , apologising that he had been out with the craftsmen who were putting the finishing touches to their pageant for the young king 's coronation . |
| 23 | He had been out on the streets all day and his face was running with sweat . |
| 24 | A police squad has been out on the streets rounding up school truants . |
| 25 | He 'd never been out on the roads and got killed . |
| 26 | Yes , I was working at Walsall airport er Walsall electrics , sorry , at the time and er I 've been out to the pictures I , with a couple of friends and er I got home this particular evening and I put the late night dance music on on the radio and they , they interrupted the programme to tell us that er Germany had accepted unconditional surrender and the war was over . |
| 27 | And whereas it might be argued that Granada would have kept a strong news operation in Newcastle , control would have been out of the hands of the region . |
| 28 | Since their lavish £200,000 wedding 14 months ago , they have rarely been out of the headlines — but for all the wrong reasons . |
| 29 | I 've already been out among the galaxies . ’ |
| 30 | I mean I , I , I do n't drink a lot , I mean maybe after I 've been out in the hills you have got to drink something to replace the sweat , but I 'm not a great drinker and I do n't , I do n't smoke and I , I do n't like discos or anything like that |