Example sentences of "have been [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If this is to happen then there must be far greater participation than there has been hitherto by all members of the school staff in the establishment of general philosophy and purpose of the school . |
| 32 | A certain narrow-mindedness has pervaded studies of electronic information as the focus has been predominately by national archives on the preservation of records about the national governments themselves . |
| 33 | Even though there are signs that the world 's economies are beginning to operate closer together in time terms , nevertheless in the past it has been seldom that every part of the world has been simultaneously in total depression . |
| 34 | A landmark on the Waxholme/Withernsea road is the old Black Mill , and has been so for many generations . |
| 35 | It is made from M. spicata , but there are many other mints with various distinct aromas and flavours — garden mint is the most commonly used and has been so for many centuries . |
| 36 | ‘ Or maybe she just learned from a more rational neighbour that the real Delia has been abroad for six months . |
| 37 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
| 38 | He 'd been here for forty-odd years , so he was the chap behind me , if you like . |
| 39 | and he 'd been away for three months so that you know I mean |
| 40 | I 'd been away after that before I came to the electricity works here . |
| 41 | He 'd had himself painted and sculptured again and again , and he 'd been there for all the world to see . |
| 42 | He 'd been there for some time . |
| 43 | I mean , you were n't even sure she 'd been there at all . ’ |
| 44 | You got half an hour plus ten minutes relief for your refreshments and that would happen at ten in the morning and you 'd been there since seven . |
| 45 | And I 'd been there from six in the morning till quarter to nine . |
| 46 | I told him about my uncle after we 'd been together for six months and , though he was outraged , I persuaded him not to confront Joe or tell anyone . |
| 47 | They 'd been together for eighteen months or more , and she had no one else . |
| 48 | ‘ But I 'd been home for two hours when Silvia got back . |
| 49 | He was exaggerating , of course , but all the same , she must have been away for longer than she had intended . |
| 50 | If the SRs had achieved power , ‘ their actions would have been exactly like those of the Bolshevik Party . ’ |
| 51 | Irate boss to late arrival at Lloyd 's : ‘ You should have been here at nine o'clock . ’ |
| 52 | IRATE boss to late arrival at Lloyd 's : ‘ You should have been here at nine o'clock . ’ |
| 53 | ‘ If it were obvious , we would n't have been here for five years trying to find it , and Paula would still be … . |
| 54 | All the time yes , apart from say about six weeks , used to come in in the winter to repair the do maintenance on the dredger and then the old harbourmaster would say right , we should have been here for six weeks , he come after a month , he 'd say , paint the cover the rust up he said and bugger off out again . |
| 55 | Iago had brought him , and Iago should have been here within two more days to take him away , somewhat recovered now and strong enough to continue his flight into Wales . |
| 56 | ‘ It must have been between half-past seven and eight . ’ |
| 57 | Wiping them might have been enough for most people — but not for somebody who was trying to do card tricks . ’ |
| 58 | ( Even so , Valentin 's marriage did not survive and it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that its atmosphere must have been far from normal . |
| 59 | It is the longest time the that the royal couple will have been together in public since the intense speculation about their marriage during the summer . |
| 60 | Occasionally it is explained that they had already died — and given the still short life-expectancy of the period this must have been so in many cases . |