Example sentences of "been [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is quite often the cause of the ‘ 1701 — hard disk error ’ reported during Power On Self Test when the drive is cold which miraculously seems to cure itself when the system has been on for a while and the drive has warmed up ’ . |
| 2 | You 've not been on for a while have you ? |
| 3 | Good you 've not been on for a while either have you ? |
| 4 | But our improvement this season has been down to a team effort , not to any particular individual . |
| 5 | Sharpe has been down with a calf strain this week but he trained yesterday and does not look in danger . |
| 6 | She 's act she er they 've been down for a for a flying visit , I think , th they like to fly and fly back because it gets th the fre used to the freedom . |
| 7 | As one teacher said , ‘ I rather resent people coming in and criticising when they have n't been in on a regular basis ’ . |
| 8 | I 've never been in on a Friday afternoon because erm |
| 9 | Wassall must have been in with a chance of winning the £10,000 first prize because he was the fifth fastest qualifier , with a time of 11.92sec for the 100 metres . |
| 10 | He had only been in for a few nights after his first summer holiday in the five years I 'd owned him . |
| 11 | I did n't know Julia had n't been in for a long while . |
| 12 | you see , if you put a line it costs you about a hundred a thirty quid now I think , but according to what they tell me , once a line has been in for a year if you put a line in , you 've got to pay the first year , its got ta be in for a year , if you have it taken out before the year , you 'll still be due for the rental on it |
| 13 | But the they give it you at the end of the quarter , even if you have n't been in for a quarter . |
| 14 | He thought and then said easily , " She was wondering whether there was a chance he might ask for a transfer now that Howarth has been in post a year . |
| 15 | My sisters have been along to a couple of events , and Mum and Dad watch my performances on television , as well as videos of my races . |
| 16 | The new Landrat of Gunzenhausen , a former Franconian bastion of National Socialism , wrote in his first monthly report after the end of the Third Reich , in August 1945 : ‘ Although the war has only been over for a few months , National Socialism is hardly ever spoken about , and when at all , only in a negative sense . |
| 17 | Secondly , a while ago I mentioned that a guy called Alan Byrne had been over for a trial , in Elland Road , from Shamrock Rovers in Dublin . |
| 18 | No , Lindsey told herself , as she showered and slipped into a warm towelling robe , it had actually been over for a long time . |
| 19 | Nobody , least of all the press corps plane-spotting outside Incirlik air base , believed the first official tale : that the waves of American aircraft returning with their bomb pods empty had been off on a training exercise . |
| 20 | You 've been off for a while . |
| 21 | You had to appear in front of them , well this , I 'd been off for a week and the old Harbourmaster old he sent for me and he said erm , you can start work tomorrow as I . |
| 22 | He'd' 've had really , well this is the he goes back on Monday and he 've had a month off been off for a month . |
| 23 | and er if Paul has had a phone call from one of these woman then he 's been off like a shot ! |
| 24 | Nonetheless , the fact that there have been up to a score of document leaks in the past month means the report is being given widespread credence . |
| 25 | Nonetheless , the fact that there have been up to a score of document leaks in the past month means the report is being given widespread credence . |
| 26 | Well the , the er the Guilds I can speak now because I 've been up to a higher level , I 've been on the section and Birmingham is a very big area . |
| 27 | ‘ I have n't been up for a while , ’ her father said , implying a total absence of mind , and some of body , too . |
| 28 | I 've been up for a bath and we 've been looking at the room I shall occupy . |
| 29 | So the Stenness Hotel has been up for a while then . |
| 30 | cos I said you 'll be here to midnight David and then on the day we were going he stopped me and Jane , little Jane , she was coming down the stairs behind me , I 'd been up for a fax , and I do n't know where she 'd been , she was behind me and as she come down the stairs I was listening and he said got her hand ooh he said I am gon na miss you my dear , so she said yes I 'll miss Hodems as well , he said you have got a way with your words have n't you , he said for one strange minute I thought you were gon na say you 'll miss me too |