Example sentences of "have been [adv prt] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Ruth stared down at it and wondered why she had bought it and thought it was probably because it contrasted so sharply with what she had been through on this trip . |
| 32 | The idea of reproducing the unique taste , character and creamy head of Draught Guinness for the take-home market had been around for many years . |
| 33 | On the previous days they had been out to some meals , but she had also cooked for them . |
| 34 | At the end of the protracted negotiations with her great-aunt 's executors , and the vendor 's solicitors , Hugh and Molly had been out to several dinners in bistros , for which she insisted she paid her share . |
| 35 | I had been out for many hours that day and had covered many miles of jungle with unflagging caution , but without one moment , s unease , and then , on cresting the ridge , and coming in sight of the rocks , I knew they held danger for me , and this knowledge was confirmed a few minutes later by the kakar 's warning call to the jungle folk , and by my finding the man-eater 's pug marks superimposed on my footprints . |
| 36 | However , there were people there who were ‘ greatly desiring that she had been out of that country ’ , and she bustled off to York , where the Archbishop paid a man five shillings to lead her out of the town . |
| 37 | In spite of her unwillingness to join the outing , and the remote mood she had been in for most of the day , in the last few minutes she had begun to feel herself a real person . |
| 38 | If it had been down to that one offence , Daine would be in court for ever , kept on life support until the end of the trial , or until the judge ruled that enough medical alterations had been made to render the accused legally another entity entirely . |
| 39 | I 've been on to this morning , asked me to and they have got thirty palettes there at the moment . |
| 40 | So we 've been up for some time cos the arms are wet where he 'd been sucking it ! |
| 41 | ‘ D' you mind tellin' me what you 've been up to all day ? ’ demanded Dolly . |
| 42 | I 've been up since half past seven . |
| 43 | Repeat name and date at every opportunity ; the sort of people who live in the East End like to know you 've been around for some time . |
| 44 | You 've been round to all the branches ? |
| 45 | We 've been back to some of the places in the film to see what changes there 've been and to talk to some of the people who were in the original film . |
| 46 | We 've been back to some of the houses featured in the original film to see how they 've changed . |
| 47 | I 've been out , I 've been out since half seven this morning well |
| 48 | We 've been out on this balcony a long time , and no one has come to interrupt us . |
| 49 | mind you , I 've , we 've just finished eating our tea , we 've been out to all hours doing the lawn , you know cutting the lawns all round the house |
| 50 | When you have been up for half an hour on a normal working day , how do you feel ? |
| 51 | Official signs for a cycle path connecting Baird Road , Ratho Station , to the minor road from Ratho to Newbridge have been up for some time . |
| 52 | I have been around to all of them , most of the shops in the town and we will be patrolling all the time . |
| 53 | I have been around to all of them , most of the shops in the town and we will be patrolling all the time . |
| 54 | Few ‘ moderate missions ’ are definite either , despite proposals that have been around for many years . |
| 55 | Fax machines have been around for many years and the obvious benefit of being able to transmit documents and graphics by telephone is by no means newly perceived . |
| 56 | Other English-speaking riders have been around for some years . |
| 57 | Mammal-like animals have been around for some 200 million years but did n't become particularly numerous until about 70 million years ago , around the time the dinosaurs became extinct . |
| 58 | These are all approaches which have been around for some time — in the case of the perennial philosophy a very long time — and while , no doubt , they have a great deal to contribute , it is surely probable that the impulse for any paradigm shift will come from an unseen direction . |
| 59 | Erm on the audit side both Karen and I have been round to all the branches in order to deal with our old equipment . |
| 60 | The lights have been off for several months , bringing a protest from the RAFA . |