Example sentences of "have been [prep] [pers pn] in " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Firstly , er , I could assure the committee that the working party on provision of secondary and primary places which is published by the education committee , is taking the auditor 's report very seriously , and has been through it in detail , and has er , drawn up a programme of , of analysis , erm , over the next few months , very much taking into account the district auditor 's comments . |
| 2 | He shot her a grin and she thought of what he 'd been to her in the last week and a half . |
| 3 | The old man had been with her in the shop that morning , the same as ever , gossiping about the business , about the vagaries of their customers , the oddities of town councillors and the perverseness of families — all with a humour that was wickedly spiced . |
| 4 | In the end of American officers were rescued by the intervention of one of Khomeini closest associates , Ibrahim Yazdi , who had been with him in exile and who became foreign minister . |
| 5 | ‘ She 's been with me in Cambridge all day — I told her she could have Sunday off . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ He 's made a marvellous recovery since he 's been with us in Barbados . |