Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [pers pn] have [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean they 've been on strike now for six months . |
| 2 | we had our alarm ooh after five , William called us just in case we laid late , so we was on the move ten , ten past five , so I mean we 've been on the go perhaps two hours more than anybody else and eh , and then cos when , it was just like that , but it was down here now I thought to went to that down on his and a little |
| 3 | I mean we 've been in three . |
| 4 | He said that 's when they put presents round and er he come in on the Friday on the Friday night and I mean I was in a right state , I mean we 've been in there about seven weeks and I was like at the point of like a nervous breakdown and he said to me how do you feel about me taking Matthew from you , so I said I he said I think you need a break . |
| 5 | Well , I , I , I mean I 've been to one , to a meeting , they had in Manchester a few years ago , Irene 's been to some . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I mean I 've been in two shops now there 's fifty pound difference like , you know |
| 8 | I mean I 've been in more pubs than I 'd say longer than most people who drink a lot and er you know it 's just be I think music and and song is the big addiction in Ireland not the drink but because er it it the chances of a music session starting in a pub is just you know the chances are that it probably will at some stage of the day . |
| 9 | I mean I 've been in quite a bad mood this week actually but it 's really , like you know standing up for myself cos anyone that 's rude to me now gets it right back in their face . |
| 10 | I mean I have been into this window frame business . |
| 11 | Neither of them are gon na get better , I mean you 've been in here all this time and he has n't been up yet |
| 12 | erm They gave away one goal , but erm that so often happens in that sort of situation , but no , people can score goals erm from anywhere from Oxford United and Jim Magilton was singled out in particular , I mean he 's been with the side since October and scored nine goals from mid-field , that really is a tremendous performance . |
| 13 | But he were n't like that when they came he were n't like erm Wayne , Celia 's Wayne , I mean he 's been like it forever |
| 14 | I expect they 've been in the gallery have n't you ? |
| 15 | I put I had been to the grammar school and I got my O levels . |
| 16 | I hope we have been of assistance to you . ’ |
| 17 | Well I hope I 've been of some help . |
| 18 | I hope I 've been by the time |
| 19 | I know we 've been to er Colombo , near the we went there camping . |
| 20 | He says people have been to myself and I know they 've been to the doctor , crying in the surgery over there not being a burial ground , because obviously when one 's loved ones die they wish to have them buried here . |
| 21 | He says people have been to myself and I know they 've been to the doctor , crying in the surgery over there not being a burial ground , because obviously when one 's loved ones die they wish to have them buried here . |
| 22 | I know he 's been through a lot , I know you 're fond of him , but he and Sam should n't be in the same room together just now . ’ |
| 23 | I know he 's been through her papers and that , not that there was much . |
| 24 | I mean , I know Gerald went first , and I know he 's been in the business a long while , but he actually managed to say it all in about three sentences . |
| 25 | I spect they 've been to a party . |
| 26 | I suppose you 've been with that awful Mug-govertski ? ’ |
| 27 | Oh , I suppose you 've been in love , probably several times , so you know how it feels to hold someone , and perhaps what I 'm feeling is what anybody feels when their life is startled and transformed . |
| 28 | I 've always been skiing with my parents , so I 've been to America to visit friends , and that 's not been like sightseeing , or something , and I just have n't been anywhere , and erm , I mean , I suppose I 've been to a lot more countries than a lot of people who 've , you know , there 's a lot of people who have n't |
| 29 | Actually , I sent Felicity to Summerhill because I saw this awfully exciting film called The Alamo , starring John Wayne , whom I adore , and he makes this absolutely glorious speech in it which goes ‘ Freedom , I like the sound of the word ’ , actually it 's ‘ Republic ’ he says , I know that because it was on the television last week , but I 've always heard it as ‘ Freedom ’ and I read that A S O'Neill positively breathed Freedom , as indeed do all the Irish , I find , and one has to have pots of money to go there , which gives one — what 's the word ? — sachet , which you do absolutely need to get into Society these days , and Felicity ( her name means Freedom , too , from the Latin , you know ) was frightfully keen to go , and does n't the name simply drip June in , say , the Cotswolds , and Felicity says there are teachers there with nothing to do at all , so you can tell the staff must be tip-top — I mean , what luxury ! spare staff ! — and Felicity 's always been such a tearaway and I know it 's jolly hard but I do think one needs Discipline to get one 's Freedom , I 've always had it , and Republics too , and now I gather she 's been on television , and Felicity was absolutely swearing by the school or something , Angela says , and where is it — somewhere pretty — she goes by train … |
| 30 | I bet I 've been to more schools than Australia , I 've been to four schools in Australia |