Example sentences of "been [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He remarked however that there was little to choose between kitchen and living-room in respect of air , since the oven had been on since dawn . |
| 2 | Well I , I 've been on to world wom women 's committee and they assure me that they , the hospital says these tests should come through in a week , at the most three week 's , but you can phone them , so that certainly has improved , there does n't seem to be a back log . |
| 3 | But for that he would have got his sword out of its scabbard , and the fight they could not afford would have been on in earnest . |
| 4 | Recently , however , they have been down to Lord Mayor Treloar College where they are helping to buy TNS 's , a battery powered device which produces small low powered electric shock — something like pins and needles — designed to ease muscle pain for people with disabilities such as spina bifida and muscular dystrophy . |
| 5 | He had seen Frank 's mutilated back when they had both been down for screening , and had been deeply shocked . |
| 6 | It 's really confusing , cos kids are they 'll all of been in at play time today wo n't they ? |
| 7 | got back home and the post 's been in between time and we 've just got this letter for her to attend on February , I wonder if there 's , if you 've had a mix up ? |
| 8 | Touch more , and you 'd have been off on episode three … |
| 9 | She 's been up to unit |
| 10 | Unfortunately , Fenella takes her duties terribly seriously and would have a minute by minute report of what Springsteen had been up to while I 'd been away . |
| 11 | I 've been up to church . |
| 12 | That puppy-dog expression of one who has been up to mischief and is worried you will find out but knows you will forgive him anyway . |
| 13 | Vaguely she wondered if Kate and Stephen had been up to mischief . |
| 14 | so erm tt so anyway Saturday we gets to Durham , she 's says oh your Alex was just been on phone , she 'd , she 'd been up to school to do a hockey match |
| 15 | And our all round cricket has not been up to standard . ’ |
| 16 | Bob Shepton says that they sailed the atlantic and have been up to greenland so this was what was left to do … |
| 17 | Wright is not that much of a loss — in the games he has played for the national team which i have seen he has not been up to par . |
| 18 | I 've been up since quarter to five . |
| 19 | He 's only been up since quarter to three |
| 20 | Road pricing has been up for discussion for some time as a possible way of alleviating the high levels of traffic congestion in many city centres . |
| 21 | In practical terms they call for the government to help buy and protect the Mar Lodge Estate — 77 000 acre plot of land in the Cairngorms which has been up for sale since May . |
| 22 | If we 'd been up on Water Gypsy 's superstructure you 'd have been in the canal by now . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I have n't been up in winter but I was on the south-west face in 1972 when we finally gave up our attempt in mid-November , and we were only getting a taste of the conditions they will face . |
| 24 | The children have been back at school for only a month and already I am exhausted . |
| 25 | I should have been back at school in Nigeria . |
| 26 | So you 've been , you 've been back at school since I saw you last , and you 've just |
| 27 | Since I 've been back at work , life has been just great . |
| 28 | The decision would probably have gone the other way had 100,000 men not already been back at work , mainly in the more prosperous East and West Midland areas . |
| 29 | If you go back to work before the end of 28 weeks and are then absent again , Statutory Sick Pay will be payable for each period of absence until your 28 weeks ' entitlement has been exhausted , provided you have not been back at work for more than 8 weeks . |
| 30 | Graham Townsend has been back at work for only 4 weeks . |