Example sentences of "and have [been] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They pick on an accountant because an accountant needs a good name and has been partly in control of the funds anyway . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's married a Welsh girl , has two Welsh kids and has been here for five years . |
| 3 | If the conditions in which a lineage of animals lives remain constant ; say it is dry and hot and has been so without a break for 100 generations , evolution in that lineage is likely to come to a halt , at least as far as adaptations to temperature and humidity are concerned . |
| 4 | A landmark on the Waxholme/Withernsea road is the old Black Mill , and has been so for many generations . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Our most dutiful and saintly brother was himself healed of his lameness by her , and has been ever since her particular squire and servant . |
| 7 | It 's nice and cool inside the cellar , and not damp , though I guess it can only be just above the water table , and my father seems to know what he 's doing and is confident that the explosive has n't become unstable , but I think he 's nervous about it and has been ever since the Bomb Circle . |
| 8 | Therefore the new girl became my best friend and has been ever since ( with a few eruptions ! ) because she is a very loyal , trustworthy , non-possessive , generous and kind girl . |
| 9 | Harrer 's original story was published in 1959 , and has been continually in print ever since — something of a rarity for a climbing book . |
| 10 | She , it turned out , was away , and had been away for some weeks , touring the clubs in the North . |
| 11 | To make matters worse , the two men had been ordered to Germany to attend a conference , and had been away for eight days . |
| 12 | He was first on with his presentation , and had been there since six-thirty to make sure there were no slip-ups with his slide presentation . |
| 13 | Nicaragua was an American obsession and a dream , a proving-ground for ideology , and had been so for more than a century . |
| 14 | He had started to caress her and had been enough in control to ask questions . |
| 15 | Once you are fully better , and have been so for some time , you can risk the occasional slice of white bread or a sliver of cake . |
| 16 | The roles of chairman and chief executive are segregated and have been so for nine years . |
| 17 | Most of the people here are quite old and have been really through it . |
| 18 | Most of the people here are quite old and have been really through it . |