Example sentences of "'ve been [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 They 've been through rehearsals and are ready to go for the big money .
2 They 've been through rehearsals and are ready to go for the big money .
3 I know that you 've been through husbands until now th y y , the feller you 're living with , your seventh husband is not e , you 're e actually married to him .
4 Some of Britain 's rivers are now cleaner than they 've been for years .
5 ‘ I 'm happier than I 've been for years , ’ she said quietly .
6 When are we gon na have rules revisions , there 's a long way to go and as the , the er General Secretary said , be careful , because I 've been to talks with , on , from the Regional Committee with the T & G yes we got on lovely with them , they 're fine , they , they gave us a nice big er commemorative medal of the dockers ' strike and it 's got my granddad and my great granddad on it cos they was there in the other union mind you while we 've done all the striking and that they stood by , but nevertheless they 're not bad lads anyway and as John said we must be careful that we are not the ones that are gon na be taken over , because I remember that old song of the fifties , never smile at a crocodile
7 Oh you 've been to solicitors this morning ?
8 And I learnt from various teachers that when you go to these private schools and they 've been to schools , they hold them back because they like , they do n't like the
9 I 've been on tablets all night .
10 You mentioned Stanford Hall then and you 've been on courses at Stanford
11 when they 've been on courses .
12 should be sitting down with staff who 've been on courses .
13 But er put it this way , I 've been on courses , like I would n't I use it .
14 Then she said , ‘ You 've been on nights too long . ’
15 I mean I 've been at meetings where they ( IMG ) have said ‘ We 'll hand you ( rugby ) a cheque for $2 million ( £800,000 ) for the year .
16 They 've been at loggerheads with the Government over a ten million pound capping row .
17 You ca n't do , not when you 've been at pains to tell me what rubbish all this astrological mumbo-jumbo is .
18 I would have thought that you 'd be delighted to invite Calder back just to put your views across again , even though there is n't anything between you both , as you 've been at pains to tell me ! ’
19 It 's a novelty , and I 've been with animals all my life .
20 I 've never told any of my girlfriends that I 've been with prostitutes because I know they would be horrified .
21 Oh I 'm alright , I says to him , I 've been in ships and .
22 But I said , that they 've been in bathrooms for years like !
23 I 've been in ages .
24 As she turned to serve the impatient customer she added : ‘ I 've been in palaces and kings ' houses , Mr Stone .
25 I 've been in hurricanes on the Florida Keys and there 's plenty of time to flirt around with fear .
26 We 've been in flowers most of our lives but not demonstrating , which we 're finding a bit , a little bit er different .
27 I 've been in police custody for the last thirty-six hours .
28 I 've been in digs
29 I 've been in digs where you went to bed and you 've had to put your top coat on the bed .
30 When you 've been around guys like Mr. B. awhile , you get to thinking the way they think .
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