Example sentences of "been [prep] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we 've been through quite a lot of those and it 's it , the case does n't really stack up . |
| 2 | I 've been through quite a lot . |
| 3 | Once he had ( rightly ) rejected that argument , he treated the matter as one for the unfettered exercise of his discretion , in which W. 's views were merely a relatively unimportant factor , and expressed the view that his real choice was between the conflicting medical views of Dr. M. , the consultant psychiatrist in whose care W. had been for over a year , and Dr. G. , supported in the event by Dr. D. , another consultant psychiatrist with specialist experience in the field of anorexia nervosa . |
| 4 | Mr Bodlender 's comments are supported by the results of the ninth quarterly Horwath Business Confidence Survey , which shows that Britain 's hoteliers are significantly more confident than they have been for over a year . |
| 5 | Have been for over a week . |
| 6 | Only by now there were n't any more southbound stages and there had n't been for over a week . |
| 7 | Now I do n't know what they were worth and she was saying they must have been worth quite a bit cos they 're big detached solid houses are n't they ? |
| 8 | We travel back and forth all the time between Canada and England , and my husband has been in nearly every country of the world on business . |
| 9 | ‘ I have never seen or heard since my knowledge of things , ’ wrote a British admiral in 1745 , ‘ that one of our ships alone , singly opposed to one of the enemy 's of equal force , has taken her , and I have been in almost every action and skirmish since the year 1718 , and yet we are daily boasting of the prowess of our Fleet . ’ |
| 10 | Jackie 's been in there a while , has she not ? |
| 11 | well its been in there a week |
| 12 | He had already been to quite a number of shows where he competed in halter classes ; but this wag the first occasion where he was ridden in a saddle class . |
| 13 | I do , I hope but we appreciated Claire and Steven had her more than we had , but you know , we 've had the odd times we 've virtually been across there a month or something like , but but when you have a position where you have five |
| 14 | Could there have been at sometime a mill in that most attractive valley which runs northeast from the bridge over the burn near Lyrabus ? |
| 15 | Something like the last few sentences must however have been at least a part of Tolkien 's intention . |
| 16 | He gazed at her without speaking for what must have been at least a minute . |
| 17 | Elizabeth is a 27-year old midwife who considers she has been at least a stone ( 14lb/6.5kg ) overweight since she was aged 16 . |
| 18 | A magazine rack overflowed with rolled newspapers : they had obviously arrived by post , but many were unopened , as though Reid had n't had time to catch up with news that must have been at least a month old . |
| 19 | That detective must have been at least a captain . |
| 20 | It 's been at least an hour . |
| 21 | Previously there had always been at least the possibility that it might be wound up after its current voyages were complete but under Cromwell the traders reorganized its joint-stock system so that , while individual owners might sell their shares , the Company was designed to go on trading forever ; and almost all companies founded subsequently were organized in the same way . |