Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] been [prep] [det] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No off-worlder has ever been inside any of them , but we are told that there are caverns , vaults within vaults , like those ancient puzzles where ever opened box reveals another , smaller box . |
| 2 | It has n't been in the , I cover , but I have some information you gave me , it has n't been in that at all , mm . |
| 3 | Even so , I did feel an enormous sense of anti-climax in the 200 metres heats and semi-finals ; I had not been through this in the Commonwealth Games because of my injury , and my lack of experience showed . |
| 4 | It had not been at all like that . |
| 5 | He had not been to any of the social functions advertised — it would have seemed like living his life backwards to enter voluntarily a church hall full of women and cups of tea — he could see his mother at the urn and himself as a boy handing round those very cups . |
| 6 | That 's that actually I 'll do I 'll do th no I 've just been round most of those . |
| 7 | It was easy now to write to Vincent about his father 's visit in a flippant , amusing way , but it had n't been like that at all . |
| 8 | In the past Stephen had sometimes been like this after being out late on the moor , feverish next day and light-headed . |
| 9 | N ) How many have not been to either of these places ? |
| 10 | ‘ He 's not been like that for a long time . ’ |
| 11 | But he 's always been like that with them kids you know yourself if they do anything it 's got ta be done |
| 12 | It 's always been like this between us , Jessamy . ’ |
| 13 | So I have n't been to any of those coffee mornings I 've met a few people from it . |
| 14 | ‘ I have n't been in this for ages , ’ said Rex Mundi . |