Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [pron] have been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or perhaps she had been in too much of a hurry to change . |
| 2 | He had waited for her in the forests that fringed Tara , his mind filled with light and hope , his body more fiercely aware than ever it had been in his entire life . |
| 3 | The Defence Secretary also said that now he had been in the post a year , he was reviewing defence spending priorities to see if they were correct . |
| 4 | The Royalists ( Chetniks ) under Mihailovitch had played a major part in anti-German resistance through much of the war , although increasingly they had been in direct conflict with Tito 's partisans , who saw them as the main enemy in establishing a Communist post-war Yugoslavia , and this had also led to them acting on occasion in concert with German forces . |
| 5 | Sergei 's bed had n't been slept in , and presumably he 'd been to bed with Masha . |
| 6 | Said manager John Bell : ‘ The Canadians are building a huge power plant in Ontario and already they have been in touch for guidance on how we operate our laundry system . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Pion is only fourteen months old and already he has been to Alaska . ’ |
| 8 | And once he had been at Oxford , she said . |
| 9 | Wheat and barley he knew , and once he had been in a field of turnips . |
| 10 | I do n't think the theatre 's ever been endowed with a great deal of fundings but one or two companies in the town that have been prepared to fund obviously the one that strikes me is Gilbey 's cos the Gilbey bar I mean that was funded and like they 've been over the years they have given money even fact as a sad note cos Gilbey 's have actually demised now erm General Portfolio have actually taken on the role in Harlow of funding many things if you actually look all most things that have sponsored until recently have been sponsored by General Portfolio so they 've been to the fore in er fundering funding . |
| 11 | I usually have to come in seven o'clock , that 's how I did it and now I 've been over here sort of mucks the whole system so I 've got a driving lesson tomorrow night , I ca n't cancel that |
| 12 | He spent money that he had n't got and twice he 'd been in a duel . |
| 13 | Flap jacks do n't appear to be cooked and yet they 've been in the time they should have , I do n't know what 's happened , there you are there 's your drink do n't knock it over |
| 14 | ‘ Time and again we 've been through all that . |
| 15 | But perhaps he had been to a Harley Street specialist — it was easier to imagine the long holiday being recommended behind thick net curtains in one of those tall houses with several brass plates on the door . |
| 16 | But already she had been to the zoo with him and accepted an invitation for future visits . |
| 17 | There was also what was to become a recurrent feature of Gilkes 's reports — as indeed it had been for a half a century already — regret at the parents ' lack of faith or courage , which resulted in boys leaving early and not going on to University . |