Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] have [adv] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She opened her eyes and was aware of being in her mother 's bed , where she had not been for over ten years . |
| 2 | Where they have not been in government ( eg , the ex-communist Party of the Democratic Left in Italy ) , they have profited , being relatively scandal-free . |
| 3 | Now of course it would depend very much on and whether you were in a drought situation as we were until last year or whether it 's like we 've been over this last summer and early winter which is that virtually not a day has passed without we 've had some rain , in which case obviously the roof is going to get cleaned up very much quicker but I have to say that although I 've always been under the impression that it 's not a good idea to save water off a new felt roof er because of deposits that come off the mineral felt . |
| 4 | I 'm ever so disappointed that I 've not been to Yugoslavia , I wanted to go to Dubrovnik , you know , it 's been on the sort of list but I 've never got round to it . |
| 5 | Part of the problem is that I 've already been through all this pregnancy stuff with Wife Number One . |
| 6 | But the fact that I 've never been to England before does n't make me a complete bumpkin . |
| 7 | ‘ My wife rightly points out that I 've never been in a ladies ' loo in my life . |
| 8 | I have been here that long I thought that I had already been on … ‘ |
| 9 | They could see by my record that I had n't been to prison before , did n't know the procedure . |
| 10 | There was much competition during the war as to who could come up with the best bomb story , and my mother had a great time telling this one to all the aunties , especially as it was only due to her nagging that I had n't been in my bed at the time . |
| 11 | I pointed out that I had not been to the polytechnic , but had been to Durham University on a scholarship — only the second the force had been awarded . |
| 12 | Right now , in the familiar clutter of my office , I had this feeling in my water that I had never been in the room before . |
| 13 | The meeting was held in Harvey Haddon Stadium in Nottingham , and it was the first time that I had ever been on an Inter-City train . |
| 14 | You might like to know that I have recently been in touch with a Mme Francine Roussel ( University of Nancy II , 23 Blvd Albert 1e , Nancy 54000 ) who is just completing a survey review of concordancers . |
| 15 | Baroness Seear , a leader of the Liberal peers for several years , remarks that ‘ I can honestly say that I have never been in a place that treats you better on male-female equality . |
| 16 | This is the sad thing in my life that I have never been in contact with my grandchildren . |
| 17 | I was probably more afraid than I 'd ever been in my life but I was too busy to notice it . |
| 18 | Our friendship had brought us closer than I had ever been with anyone before . |
| 19 | I was going to be lazier than I had ever been in my life ! |
| 20 | My perennial thoughts of transsexualism and suicide never left me , but in many ways I was happier than I had ever been in my life . |
| 21 | I 'm happier today than I 've ever been in my whole life . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm fitter than I 've ever been in my life . |
| 23 | ‘ I am happier with Gwen than I have ever been in my life — I love her very deeply and I miss her when I 'm not there . ’ |
| 24 | She told the interpreter that ‘ although she had never been to school she liked the life she lived . ’ |
| 25 | Sylvia , the elder married one , was well-built and healthy , but that was the best that could be said for her ; Mrs Wexford had a magnificent figure and a fine profile although she had never been of the stuff that wins beauty contests . |
| 26 | It was strange , too , Anne thought , that everyone got on with their normal lives , in spite of the constant raids and disturbed nights , and had become used to seeing servicemen in so many different uniforms thronging the streets and the cinemas , and in the public houses she was sure , although she had never been in one . |
| 27 | Compassionate and relentless as God ( in whom she does not believe ) , she sends her creatures forth and calls them home , having ( like Thomas Hardy ) a love for funerals , although she has never been to one . |
| 28 | Although you have not been in the manager 's seat very long , you have done nothing to alter my original opinion that your appointment makes about as much sense as the Charge of the Light Brigade . |
| 29 | She once reported to Robert Landgrebe , marketing manager , in a voice of genuine shock that she had just been on an aeroplane with three accountants ‘ and do you know , they tried to talk to me about design ’ . |
| 30 | But she finally admitted that she had n't been in the ship at the time . |