Example sentences of "'ve [be] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been in steam stations as well as steam turbines a long time since but with steam you can use it over again . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been in America , which was the greatest fun . |
| 3 | Oh Well we 've just come back from America we 've been in America for three years . |
| 4 | Madam chairman , er just as it happens er I 've I 've been in conversation with Mr assistant |
| 5 | ‘ People are saying , if you 've been in existence for two and a half years , perhaps you 've got something about you , ’ he says . |
| 6 | Oh I 'm alright , I says to him , I 've been in ships and . |
| 7 | But I said , that they 've been in bathrooms for years like ! |
| 8 | They 've been in England for less than 12 hours but Janos Bunta and his Romanian friends are already up to their elbows in flour and pastry . |
| 9 | When you 've been in London five minutes you never want to leave … |
| 10 | I 've been in London now for two months . |
| 11 | I , I 've been in Germany recently , selling. , I took a number of our British products over and I saw half a ton of my cheeses in the German supermarket . |
| 12 | They 've been in water but the bullet fits tightly in the cartridge case , and they do n't seem to have been in water long enough for much water to have got in to affect the charge . |
| 13 | Mm , I , I did n't know because all of a sudden we got into school and Mr Walker said erm , when you 've been in assembly go to Mrs Parry 's room and erm we watching a video . |
| 14 | I 've been in ages . |
| 15 | As she turned to serve the impatient customer she added : ‘ I 've been in palaces and kings ' houses , Mr Stone . |
| 16 | I 've been in education . |
| 17 | You 've been in bed twenty-four hours , |
| 18 | " Oh , but you 've been in bed ! " she exclaimed as soon as she went round the angle . |
| 19 | I 've been in bed all this time . |
| 20 | I 've been in bed all day . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , I did n't get up Sunday , then I thought I 'd better go in to work on Monday , but I came home early and I 've been in bed ever since . ’ |
| 22 | You 've come and read me a bed time story when I have n't been very well and I 've been in bed . |
| 23 | You 've been in bed for eight o'clock last night it 's now nine what 's that , thirteen odd hours ? |
| 24 | Well I have been I 've been in bed half the time with |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been in love with new clothes ever since I can remember . |
| 26 | I 've been in love and fallen out of love so I know how it feels to have been divorced without the formalities . ’ |
| 27 | Sheena , can I be the odd one out and say I 've been in love with one man for forty five years , I have n't heard any body saying any thing very nice about that , I would like to say its wonderful . |
| 28 | We 've been in love for a long time — well , I have anyway . ’ |
| 29 | Nine years and two months I 've been in love with Chris . ’ |
| 30 | " You 've been in love , have n't you ? |