Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [pers pn] [verb] been [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I think a lot of it was severe stress and exhaustion : I was 27 years old and I 'd been on the road for about ten years of my life and that band was just so much bigger in people 's minds than it was in reality . |
2 | I 'm 15 years old and I 've been with my current boyfriend for quite a while . |
3 | But initially there had to be a real , genuine erm working class revolution and therefore Marx looked first to England because we were the most advanced and we 'd been in the business of running capitalism for s so much longer than any other country in the world . |
4 | These bear little relationship to any shape that might be termed traditional , they are generally very large and they have been in demand at seaside beach displays , city-organised festivals and internationally at sponsored functions . |
5 | You 've come and read me a bed time story when I have n't been very well and I 've been in bed . |
6 | This was in September 1989 and he has been in prison since . |
7 | Margot Farnham : I 'm involved in the Trouble and Strife collective which is a radical feminist British journal , it 's our fifth birthday issue , we 've been going since 1983 and I 've been on the collective for two years . |
8 | What excellent company you keep in recommending Chambers — not all of them are quite politically correct but I 've been after the broadest sweep possible . |