Example sentences of "be [Wh adv] [pers pn] have [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 That is how it has been in the past , we have never been friends , and perhaps it has been altogether my fault .
2 then that and he just bring me pack of cards you know er but er that 's how it 's been for a while you know if I thought well being a sh that that 's now we 've done it it 's a pity we 've not got , mind you I mean it can go potty again in a few years .
3 And this is when you 've been on the receiving end of it .
4 That 's why they 've been to the baths .
5 That 's where we 've been for the last twenty years so erm this company er that was already doing it and we bought it into the er into the fold .
6 ‘ Ethel turned me into a frog and that 's where I 've been for the last day , and it was her fault .
7 It was how it had been for the past two weeks and the young woman tried to ignore her protesting muscles and her aching back as she stared into the hearth and watched the tiny flames flickering in and out of the carefully banked-up grate .
8 From his account Bahdu was where he had been in most danger .
9 That was when he had been in the SAS .
10 He was already a respected physician in his field , and his opinion was often called for in public hospitals and institutions , which was why he had been to the Foundling Hospital today .
11 So that was why he 'd been in the club so often over the past few weeks — he 'd been checking out the lie of the land , assessing the place as a possible investment .
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