Example sentences of "the [noun sg] have been with " in BNC.

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1 And the change had been with Pamela , not with him .
2 We at Halpern and Woolf believe the recession has been with us for some months already ; the C B I takes the same view and they 're pressing for interest rate reductions now to restore business confidence .
3 Apparently , most hunts begin and end high in the mountains , far away from any village , and all those present at the kill have been with the hunt throughout .
4 The liaison has been with all of the functional groups within the computer centre : analysis and programming , operations , user services , communications and technical support and data preparation .
5 ‘ All the servants at the hacienda have been with the count for years , some since he was a child . ’
6 The preoccupation in the past has been with the total size of the health service budget , how it is shared out at the macro level , and how much activity it funds .
7 The report has been with the department 's accountants for more than three weeks as they check its factual accuracy .
8 It had been a slip on Doreen 's part , Lucy recalled as she found herself wondering what the situation had been with Clive .
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