Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [pers pn] have [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been out and er I do n't know who they 'd been with like but he must of had a bit to drink . |
| 2 | He used to sort of let the girls know what they 'd been at . |
| 3 | But — ’ she turned to him , eyes brimming with tears , ‘ — you do n't know what it 's been like , trying every day to live a lie … ’ |
| 4 | ‘ How do you know what it 's been like ? ’ she accused . |
| 5 | You 've always been so strong that you do n't know what it 's been like for me since mother died . ’ |
| 6 | you do n't even know what he 's been in |
| 7 | I found some brandy and it steadied him a bit … and then he told me he 'd been to Angy 's flat and found her dead . ’ |
| 8 | He told me he 'd been to . |
| 9 | When my cousin , who was to be in the locality ( one did not ask why at that time , and it was only after we were both freed of our vows of secrecy more than thirty years later that he told me he had been at Bletchley Park itself ) suggested coming to visit me , Mrs Sugden had no doubt but that this was my ‘ gentleman friend ’ . |
| 10 | In the Ethiopian revolution no one for a long time knew the fate of Haile Fida , leader of the left-wing Meison group : I only had his death confirmed when the Ethiopian lift-operator in a DC hotel told me he had been in the same cell when Haile was taken out to be shot . |
| 11 | He told me he had been in Austria and he mentioned how ‘ handsome ’ he had found the people . |
| 12 | ‘ But he seemed genuinely interested , particularly when I told him I 'd been round one of the stations on a Come & See tour . |
| 13 | Ever since she had met him she had been on a roller-coaster , going up and down and swerving from one emotional crisis to another . |
| 14 | That would n't be easy ; even now he was beginning to remember what it had been like when he 'd been small and afraid of the dark , unable to sleep without a nightlight . |
| 15 | We were not reassured when a solitary American tourist travelling on the same flight told us he 'd been on this very plane on a previous flight , and they found petrol pouring down the window before take-off , and had to do some repair work on it . |
| 16 | Next morning the stage manager took great pleasure in informing them they had been to a women-only club . |
| 17 | I imagined that , having got what you 've been after all week , you 'd be quite happy to agree … ’ |
| 18 | They tell me you have been to her , |
| 19 | Sergeant Flavell sounds a little odd when I talk to him and tell him I 've been to Jersey for the day but I 'm on my way back to Edinburgh . |
| 20 | I said you know what she 's been like with this young girl at college you thought |
| 21 | You know what it 's been like ever since we left the Store . ’ |
| 22 | She tells me she has been to every temple on the Greek islands of Mykonos and Santorini . |
| 23 | ‘ He did tell me he 'd been to the house , ’ I said . |
| 24 | ‘ Did Mrs Fairfax tell you I 've been to London ? ’ he asked . |
| 25 | There are builders , architects , bankers , colleagues , consultants , and coaches ( with whom it is possible to share jokes and moments of relaxation , knowing what we have been through together and may have to face again , at any moment ) to see . |
| 26 | Knowing what he had been through just added a new dimension to what I saw . |
| 27 | ‘ Knowing what I 'd been through ? |
| 28 | Mike came down yesterday morning , mind you he had been on his own quite a lot , a lot of time yesterday for the day Josh , cos I went to Altrincham with me mum at half nine and it , I 'd taken him out for a walk to make sure he 'd had his walk and Mike did n't get up till gone half two and when he come down he 'd cut a report of Lisa 's on the floor |
| 29 | er when , mind you he 's been in his job for a while now . |
| 30 | ‘ You ca n't think what it 's been like . |