Example sentences of "[pron] have [be] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But I have been in regular contact with Ali Bacher and he assures me there are no problems over the tour and that it is definitely on . ’
2 Gray said : ‘ I have been in similar situations before as a player .
3 I have been in close contact with him in that apartment for three weeks and I 'm convinced he genuinely tried to secure that young man 's release safe and unharmed . ’
4 Now I have been in this business for a long time , and I was at that conference , and I have to say that I had forgotten the resolution until I was reading things again in preparing for this talk .
5 ‘ Ah , I must confess I have been in this house before .
6 I have been in this city a week today .
7 I have been in this game a lifetime and wonder in what direction it is going and where it will all end up .
8 But his team had cohesion , some character , a little grit which have been in short supply in the present line-up .
9 Nearly 55 per cent of people who have been in higher education had been to the theatre in the survey period , but fewer than 19 per cent of those who left school at 16 .
10 However , the number of people with fathers in the professional group is relatively small , so that they are still a minority of those who have been in higher education .
11 Experience : persons who have been in other types of consulting seem to adapt more rapidly to executive search and this should be an important source of consultants for Heidrick and Struggles .
12 Energy can never be destroyed and our energy imprints are preserved technically for all eternity , along with the imprints of other people who have been in close proximity .
13 ‘ So many runners are depending on this race to qualify for the Olympics , especially the Portuguese , who have been in invincible form in half-marathons , and I would not be surprised if the winner is someone no one has heard of . ’
14 The scholarship is open to those aged 21–30 with Wine and Spirit Higher Certificate or equivalent and who have been in full-time employment in the catering industry for at least two years or have experience of direct sales in on-licensed premises .
15 I do not think that the hon. Member for Edinburgh , Central , his hon. Friends or the majority of my hon. Friends would say that the Government were wrong , rather than giving no status to people who have been in this country for a number of years , to have given them exceptional leave to remain .
16 Others who have been in permanent employment as nurses have found the restrictions of poor pay and stringent working conditions too harsh .
17 They might be sub-personalities , friends , family , guides , your Higher Self , or ‘ selves ’ you have been in other lifetimes .
18 Jesus Christ , you have been in that pit for the past three hours .
19 And th I 'm sure every one of you have been in that situation where somebody 's suddenly popped out and committed themself to an overtake and they 've got nowhere to go at all .
20 And he told them : ‘ You have been in this court many times last year and obviously have n't learnt a lesson .
21 ‘ But I have watched you a little since you have been in this house .
22 We have been in close contact with the Scottish Office and the competition authorities to this end for more than 18 months . ’
23 We have been in great difficulty during the last thirty six hours over an alleged parachute operation which you have in view .
24 In addition to that also erm we have we have been in constant contact with the erm Kuwait Red Crescent , which is based now in Bahrain , and we are erm helping to get Kuwaitis in touch with the Kuwait Red Cross in Bahrain , have them trained erm to know first aid basics , donate blood , so on so forth .
25 I have come to the House this afternoon from a meeting with a representative of the Canadian High Commission , with which we have been in constant touch from the outset of the incident .
26 We have been in constant touch with him , ’ said Quigley , as if he was reassuring the chairman about the Exports Division .
27 Maybe they 're more cauti cautious than we have been in this country about the effect of Chernobyl .
28 But we have been in this type of business for longer and will score on our expertise and we will also benefit from the ability we have through branch offices to handle claims . ’
29 But we have been in this type of business for longer and will score on our expertise and we will also benefit from the ability we have through branch offices to handle claims . ’
30 What is for sure , we need to be more active than we have been in this area if tennis is to flourish in this country .
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