Example sentences of "have been [prep] [noun] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh that 's not so bad you see I 've been on holiday all last week |
| 2 | Second , the lion 's share of increased welfare spending since the 1960s has been on programmes most people approve of : social security ( pensions ) financed by tax on earnings , and medical insurance for old people ( Medicare ) . |
| 3 | This is Red Rock West ( QFT ) , a beguiling and modest little thriller which delves into the dark and murky emotions lurking underneath the sleepy face of a tiny American town — and it is as good a film noir as has been on show this year . |
| 4 | The historical tendency , certainly since the end of the war , has been to de-skill this function by using NC machines . |
| 5 | Futch has been around boxing most of his life and he knows what an underdog can do if he gains confidence . |
| 6 | Kendall has been in Spain this week but will watch his new club at Southampton on Saturday and take charge on Monday . |
| 7 | Kendall has been in Spain this week but will watch his new club at Southampton on Saturday and take charge on Monday . |
| 8 | Later , when I consulted on another matter a British doctor who has been in Kampala some thirty years , he stated that he ‘ never advises patients to take mefloquine . |
| 9 | Peter Anderson , a seasoned Kenya farmer , has been in Salisbury this week . |
| 10 | The IDA chief executive , Kieran McGowan , has been in Boston this week . |
| 11 | Desi Grew has been in jail several times for terrorist offences , and Martin McCoffey has left Dungannon Council just a few weeks ago . |
| 12 | But he has got the sort of acidy sort of alcohol smell on his breath just like you 'd been on spirits all night or whatever , any sort of you know , wine and it 's not a beer sort of smell . |
| 13 | Yeah That 's the only bit I hated I 'd rather have been at work all week and I did n't |
| 14 | Nathan must have been on deck all night . |
| 15 | A child will not have been in school many days before he is made aware of individual differences among his classmates . |
| 16 | ‘ Having been to Zakopane this year , I should like to voice my appreciation . |
| 17 | By virtue of this , there does not appear to have been in Ireland any large-scale persecution of heretics . |
| 18 | It looked as if nobody had been to church that morning and she even began to wonder whether there would be any lunch . |
| 19 | He had been to hospital many times before doctors decided there was nothing they could do for him . |
| 20 | Foster 's nerves had been on edge all through his tour of duty in the alley . |
| 21 | So David had been on duty this morning , had he ? |
| 22 | Dulé had been at sea all day beyond the outer reef , fishing for rose conches and the sweet eggwhite-smooth lambie inside ; he returned to his paddle and plied it swiftly , making the crossing under the stars . |
| 23 | According to them she had been at school that day and came out with them at the usual time and , as far as they knew , had gone the usual way home . |
| 24 | It was news to her , she had been at home all the time and her husband had taken another ‘ wife ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ Ernie ’ had been around horses all his life . |
| 26 | From the hospital foyer he tried to telephone the Substitute who had been in court all afternoon and wanted to hear how things had gone . |
| 27 | On the same night , a follow up to a known address in the village in a hunt for a missing suspect led to vehement denials from a mother who said her son had been in bed all the evening . |
| 28 | Rachel 's father , Ken Stevens , had been in insurance all his life , and the family lived in a comfortable detached home on the outskirts of the city . |
| 29 | He had been in hospital many years before to have his appendix removed and that had been an uneventful procedure . |
| 30 | Desi Grew had been in prison several times for terrorist offences , Martin McCoffey had left Dungannon Council only a few weeks ago . |