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

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1 ’ Anybody could 've gone outside and pulled a plug out of the wall and the show would 've been off the air A lot of people probably wish they had . ’
2 I see you 've been to the hospital , or something like that .
3 ‘ It should 've been with the batch of papers given .
4 Jackson must 've been under the effects of the anaesthetic after a nose job to come out with something so bad .
5 No wonder Souness has been into the transfer market for a new centre back .
6 This week has been about the library .
7 The lady is looking for a husband and she has been about the world sufficiently to know that I am not one of those .
8 The main historical tension here has been between the institution ( typically the university ) and the professional body .
9 One of the major divisions has been between the Japanese and the Europeans .
10 World spatial systems afford an enormous scope for review but perhaps the dominant trend has been towards the differentiation of the earth 's surface on a more realist dynamic basis to replace a more static arid functional treatment that had been current previously .
11 One of the country 's tallest trees has been under the doctor .
12 Another fundamental misunderstanding of Freud 's theory , made again by both those sympathetic and those hostile to his work , has been over the part played by abnormal psychology in the theory of psychoanalysis .
13 The real conflict has been over the development of industrial land for retail purposes .
14 The greatest controversy has been over the question of assessment and testing .
15 We know what the experience has been over the years .
16 ‘ The biggest criticism has been over the fact we have not offered season ticket discounts .
17 Jesus has been through the agony in the garden he 's been arrested he 's been abandoned by his apostles he 's been through a trial and he has actually been through the crucifixion and he 's been buried in the tomb .
18 Dr Williams has been through the ranks of the order and now holds the post of County Surgeon for County Durham .
19 The fourth way in which the underclass is immobilized at the bottom of our society has been through the spread of means-tested assistance , which has a devastating effect on the initiative of people on low incomes .
20 Most of what I have heard has been through the press .
21 Here the approach has been through the use of APL ( pioneered originally in the Derby factories in the mid 705 ) .
22 This has been through the use of Repertory Grid Technique which , as a practical application of construct theory has been defined as , ‘ Any form of sorting task which allows for the assessment of relationships … in matrix form ’ ( Bannister and Mair , 1968 , p. 136 ) .
23 However , anyone who has been through the process knows that very little practical effort is made by the services involved to pass on details .
24 A second focus for integration has been through the design of materials based on one subject discipline but specifically planned to feed across the curriculum .
25 BLACKBURN 'S Kevin Moran has been through the lot in nearly 20 years as a top class defender .
26 ‘ I am convinced that much of the success achieved by the Arsenal has been through the team quickly sensing a weakness in the opposition , ’ Chapman commented .
27 Until now , the only speaking Barbara has managed to do has been through the mouth of her dog Millie by way of a book written in the pet 's name .
28 This is an agricultural area still , as it has been through the centuries , and most of the residents are employed in the district , with some commuting to Hull , the nearest city .
29 He was aware that a captain with a record such as his has a big advantage , since any troops will respond better to a leader they know has been through the fire himself , and so he knew just what he could ask of his bowlers .
30 That care has been without the benefit of any paid help .
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