Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The current , soon to retire , director of the Association , who came with me to meet him had been in London for a meeting of the environmental advisory group for and so he was having a taxi to Kings Cross which I jumped into too and got dropped off at Goodge Street , right outside the door of my next ( Industrial Editors ) meeting with just a few minutes to spare , so that went more smoothly than one might have ever dreamt or hoped for .
2 I mean they 've been on strike now for six months .
3 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
4 I mean we 've been in three .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 I mean I 've been in two shops now there 's fifty pound difference like , you know
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 I mean I have been into this window frame business .
12 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
13 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 .
14 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
15 I expect they 've been in the gallery have n't you ?
16 If you are , what I want you to do is to , to create a , a team plan and the first thing we need to decide in that team plan is where do we wan na get ?
17 What I want you to do is in your couples I want one of you to pretend that one of you 's got a grievance okay , think about it before you do it .
18 I put I had been to the grammar school and I got my O levels .
19 I hope we have been of assistance to you . ’
20 Well I hope I 've been of some help .
21 I hope I 've been by the time
22 I reckons they 've been to the baths in Silchester Road .
23 If he did n't understand something , he was reluctant to stand up and ask , instead he 'd worry it out himself , sometimes I reckoned he 'd been at it all night .
24 I know we 've been to er Colombo , near the we went there camping .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 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 . ’
28 I know he 's been through her papers and that , not that there was much .
29 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 .
30 I spect they 've been to a party .
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