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

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1 When I arrive somewhere I have been in a previous life , the ground greets me .
2 So I 've been onto the bastards today and I said like twenty one days is up and I 've I 've got like twelve hundred pound you know .
3 I said so I 've been to a local firm and he said well if you 'd wanted a job we could 've found you one , so I went to the Co-op and I went in the credit , working in the Co-op credit and er went from there to .
4 Huy wondered how long she had been in the capital , and how she had got there .
5 Perhaps they had been on the other side of the ditch all the time and were hidden by it now .
6 Perhaps they had been in the Rorim long enough for the animals to become used to each other .
7 And they 've gone all , you see I have n't been eating them so they 've been in the fridge and they 've gone all soft .
8 I asked him how long he had been with the Republicans and he said , ‘ Three weeks — I 'm a sales manager and I 've been given leave of absence by my company just to produce last night 's rally . ’
9 " Can you estimate how long he 'd been in the water ? "
10 I do n't know how long it 's been on the bed , but it 's far too damp to sleep in .
11 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 .
12 Then he remembered ; appropriately enough it had been at the party when Slater had first introduced Graham and Sara to each other .
13 In terms of actual support , I think for me personally it 's been within a gay men 's group .
14 Tranmere Rovers verses Swindon Town.Now all it needs is for the Swindon players to hold their nerve and hold on to their two goal advantage .
15 So he 'd been to the doctors about few weeks ago and he 'd been repairing his shed , said there was water coming in and he went to he said oh you 've pulled a ligament or something he said , it 'll take weeks for it to clear up but anyhow he went back again about a fortnight ago .
16 Erm this has been to Great Parndon Committee so it 's been through the neighbourhoods er , community cycle and there has been an exhibition following that committee on Three Hills , which was very well attended by by tenants and residents and main feelings coming out of that was that erm the residents were keen for this to happen , certainly wanted something to happen erm er , on the estate particularly demolition of the four empty blocks .
17 So it 's been in the garage for years ?
18 And all the time Nisodemus was reminding people how much better it had been in the Store .
19 But already she had been to the zoo with him and accepted an invitation for future visits .
20 She realised how close she had been to the edge when the Yggdrasil bit came for her .
21 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 .
22 THE polar explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes said yesterday he had been within a week of death when he finally agreed to ‘ be sensible ’ and abandon his Antarctic expedition .
23 Wheat and barley he knew , and once he had been in a field of turnips .
24 She had been right in her suspicion that David 's return had been something to do with a woman , but how wrong she had been over the reason .
25 All Blacks hero Grant Fox said : ‘ It 's not often I have been in a situation where I have had to kick a penalty to win the game .
26 Well , I 've , I did n't look er erm I can see deficiencies in what I 've done now you 've been through the other
27 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 .
28 Well I 'd been on the Menai Suspension Bridge before .
29 Well I 've been on a ship and I 'm not very well !
30 Well I 've been in the Daily Mail 's office , presumably much the same .
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