Example sentences of "have been [adv prt] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one time he , he lived at , they lived at but er er she was a widow and she was ninety but she was very good to us and , but we had er , we had apartments but there was a lock on both sides of the door , you know what I mean , we were quite self-contained and we had er er a narrow stairs and because of the war I could n't , you could n't er , I used to scrub the stairs down because you could n't buy carpet in those days , you see because of the war and to the shortage of stuff and so I used to keep those stairs nice and , we had a , a , we went , as we went up these stairs erm it , I suppose originally , you see , it would have been back stairs for the servants , you see , in the hall and this old lady used to go in and if ever she had the doctor she used to ask me if I would go and sit with her and hold her hand while the doctor came , you see . |
| 2 | Strachan had been out weeks , and yet came back and lasted 90 mins . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been up ages . ’ |
| 4 | The Franks have been up mountains and down valleys , floated around idyllic lakes and cruised through the staggeringly beautiful ( see The Prisoner -meets-Brothers Grimm ) town of Salzburg , they 've even mimed in a restaurant hall which provides the definitive ‘ Sound Of Music Dinner Show ’ , during which tourists can dine on ‘ cream-coloured ponies ’ . |
| 5 | But it 's been back loads o |