Example sentences of "have been [adv prt] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something to do with what he 'd been through in some war . |
| 2 | I gathered that he 'd been around in some pretty exciting — oh , do you mean he might have made that up , too ? |
| 3 | Dad normally would n't have been out in such madness , but there he was , this grey-haired man just over five feet tall , going into a phone-box when we had a working telephone in our hall . |
| 4 | It was hard not to think of life as it had been back in 1986 , or in Terry 's and Tom 's case , 1985 . |
| 5 | ‘ This is the first time I 've been back in eight years , ’ says Brenda , who is at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall tonight and the Playhouse , Edinburgh , tomorrow . |