Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pers pn] [vb base] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm secondly , I 'm not a statistician , I am unable to comment about all the technicalities of the the various assumptions that go into things but some of the people sitting around this table will know that I 've been in Yorkshire and Humberside for quite some time . |
| 2 | It may be a consolation for them to know that I 've been at the receiving end myself . |
| 3 | I do n't know if they 've been on holiday with them |
| 4 | Incidentally I do n't know if you 've been to Anyone been to Reservoir ? |
| 5 | I saw her and I , I be honest with you I hid , I be totally honest and I 'll tell her the same if I see her because I 've just found out then that they could n't do any more for me dad and I really did n't want to speak or see anybody and I sat in the canteen on my own , I just said to me mum , mum on the phone I said mum I need to do this on my own I said I 'm just gon na have a coffee in the cafeteria and I do n't know if you 've been in there but the cafeteria is all glass and she pulled up in a white van delivering something to the office , I thought oh no it 's Jenny she 's the last bleeding person I want there , I do n't mean that |
| 6 | Aye , she says I 'm feeling sick , well that 's er all your if your head is what you call it when you feel awful , you know I say if you 've been on the , on the drink you know when you get up and your head ooh , well that sets your stomach off , so his trouble 's coming from his head , on his stomach |
| 7 | My standards have definitely dropped since I 've been at home with the baby . |
| 8 | And I hope that I 've been of some assistance . |
| 9 | But I saw , I went into town yesterday , have n't been into town and I saw er , I 'm just going up past the job centre I had to go to council about me money and I thought well I suppose I ought to make an effort and look in the job centre cos I , I ai n't done because I 've been in catering all the while |
| 10 | Ten days after Mr Clinton unveiled his package , he said he supported it ‘ unconditionally ’ , describing it as ‘ the best , most promising budget I 've seen since I 've been in Congress . ’ |
| 11 | We need to recognise that some letters will take longer to answer that public loos will not be as fully attended as they have been in the past . |
| 12 | GP fundholders are subject to a new set of perverse incentives which arise from the fact that in their case purchasing and providing roles are fused , not separated as they have been in DHAs . |
| 13 | We are , as you probably gathered if you 've been with us , talking about the , the Gulf conflict . |
| 14 | I ca n't remember if I 've been in bathroom and picked them up , Steve 's getting a sod with him getting bath every night |
| 15 | ‘ The first half was the worst we 've ever had since I 've been at the club . |
| 16 | Where only a proportion of the damage has occurred since we have been on cover , we should pay the cost of the underpinning , subject to the adequacy of the sum insured and the policy excess . |
| 17 | You ca n't help worrying when you 've been through a bad time , but do share your anxieties with your family , and with your doctor , who should be able to reassure you . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Scoured as they have been by the turbulent and freezing sands that eroded every trace of fittings and furnishings whatsoever , their walls and ceilings do bear signs : remnants of incised and sometimes inlaid strings of rectangular shapes that numerous experts have confidently identified as writing , though no truly plausible translation has ever been constructed . |
| 20 | Oh he 's in hospital , I did n't know a thing about it , I 've been saying when we 've been to the Pentam , we have n't seen Trevor for a while , we have n't seen Trevor , and even Barry at the Pentam did n't tell me , he thought I knew |
| 21 | Perhaps now teenagers — brainwashed as they have been by teen magazines , TV programmes and pop stars who all glamorise sex — will understand why it is so much wiser to wait . |
| 22 | Indeed , introduced as they have been in a climate of manpower cuts by an allegedly insensitive senior management , the main effects of these developments may be to produce ‘ not just disgruntled employees ’ but also ‘ ineffective organisation ’ ( Plowden , 1985 , p. 410 ) . |
| 23 | Nearly always some compromise can be reached with the vendor , depending on whether it is a buyer 's or a seller 's market , but at least you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you 've been through everything with a fine tooth comb , that you 've done the best you possibly can and know what you are letting yourself in for ! |
| 24 | You ca n't forget if you 've been through it , you ca n't . ’ |
| 25 | Well nowadays I do n't know whether you should record this or not , but nowadays erm they 'll not go unless they 've been to the bar or something before that well unfortunately Leslie 's not able to drink now , he ca n't after his operation , he ca n't take , it just upsets him altogether so he ca n't go to the bar and all the rest of the company have been to the bar and they 're in a different mood than what Leslie is , so Leslie 'll just not go , and it just , it 's kind of , cut him off |
| 26 | They might also reveal that you have been in some distant shopping mall far from your usual stomping ground on a day on which you had sworn ( at least to the office ) that you had been laid up with flu . |
| 27 | And greater success at wealth creation has also meant that we have been in a better position to provide practical help to those that need it . |
| 28 | Oh , I wish I could have continued as I 've been for the last year or so , with no hopes or fears , and no pleasures and no sadness . ’ |
| 29 | Admit that I 've been on ‘ Top Ten ’ ; 5 . |
| 30 | Both the American and British governments are cloaking these new operations in a shroud of secrecy though it is unlikely any politician has the slightest idea what the two agencies are planning to do or that they even care if laws are broken as they have been in the past . |