Example sentences of "only been [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mentioned a boy who had only been at school for two terms , a boy who had had a limp , someone he had been friendly with for a time . |
| 2 | Having said that he was very immature the report added that there had been considerable improvement , but it had taken a long time ( he had only been at school for four terms and had had a change of teacher ) . |
| 3 | It was spotted by William Robertson , then aged 20 , a deaf man who had been educated at the Aberdeen School for the Deaf , and who had only been at sea for one year . |
| 4 | I had only been at home for about ten days when a friend of mine asked me to join him on a journey to the East Indies . |
| 5 | Nancy Ball had only been with Hugo for a few months and it was much longer than that since Harriet had visited him at the office . |
| 6 | The England midfielder added : ‘ I 've only been with Leeds for a few days but that 's long enough to know I 've made the right decision coming here . ’ |
| 7 | If we have only been on cover for a short time and it is clear that the majority of the damage occurred before we came on cover , the claim should be referred to the previous insurers . |
| 8 | Struggling to make himself heard above the chants of the crowd , the manager said : ‘ I have only been on Teesside for ten months , but thank you for making it memorable so far . |
| 9 | The updated Accord has only been on sale in Britain for six weeks , but already Honda 's well ahead of its target of three and a half thousand sold by Christmas . |
| 10 | So you 've only been in Harlow since nineteen sixty three ? |
| 11 | Exemplar , which has only been in development since the beginning of the year ( UX No 423 ) , will be used for creating , storing and retrieving application objects across multiple platforms and networks . |
| 12 | J. C. E. Roberts , welcomed all present and remarked that although the Society had only been in existence for a few months , much had already been done and the Society had a firm foundation on which to build . |
| 13 | Since the First Directive has only been in operation for a matter of weeks , much has still to be learned about its full impact . |
| 14 | Although the requirements concerning the environmental suitability of an operating centre have only been in force since June 1984 , some interesting cases have already arisen on their interpretation . |
| 15 | Marian welcomes the more interventionist role available to the Court under the new Act which has only been in force since October 1991 . |
| 16 | The reviewer has only been in office for eight months but so far has not had cause to uphold a single application for a review . |
| 17 | I also feel it was a great honour being a woman and having achieved it in such a short space of time as I have only been in hairdressing for around six years . |
| 18 | The boy , who had only been in care for a short while before the incident , is now in secure accommodation . |
| 19 | The system has only been in place for a month but already , says ‘ we are seeing the benefits . ’ |
| 20 | Psychiatry was new and had only been in practice since 1879 ; neuroses and psychoses were thought to be untreatable . |
| 21 | We have only been in post for three weeks , but this is our second confrontation with Fred . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , Gail had n't realised that it was only because Mr Elder had only been in Hospital for so long , that he was overjoyed to see her and him wanting to kiss her was completely innocent . |
| 23 | Remy had only been in charge for a month and already he had a major scoop on his hands . |