Example sentences of "[vb base] [been] in this [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been in this part of the country before , remember , ’ he broke off to explain at Isabel 's surprised stare . |
| 2 | Celmira : I 've been in this country for fifteen years . |
| 3 | We 've been in this house for about twelve years |
| 4 | I 've been in this frame of mind for a long time , but no one seems to notice . ’ |
| 5 | Kerly added : ‘ I 've been in this game for 16 years . |
| 6 | A. There are , but we 've been in this business for nearly 200 years and pride ourselves in the fact that we have probably dealt with every known problem that has ever arisen . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | Maybe they 're more cauti cautious than we have been in this country about the effect of Chernobyl . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The Garlands have been in this game for eighty years — accumulating , not spending . |