Example sentences of "who [verb] [adv] been [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He now has two gardeners working full time : Dennis , a grand old boy who has scarcely been out of Gloucestershire in his life — and has been looking after foxhounds for the Duke of Beaufort for most of it ; and Trevor Jacobs , a younger and professionally qualified horticulturist . |
| 2 | The child who has just been away from the room has to guess who is the murderer . |
| 3 | Tim , who has never been out of the top two in the competition in the last six years , then went on to clinch an exciting final by a narrow margin . |
| 4 | And what did you think plane someone who 'd never been away from |
| 5 | It broke Perdita 's heart that Ricky , who 'd only been out of top-class polo for three years , was totally ignored . |
| 6 | Can I just clarify one other point with the County Council and for the benefit of those who 've not been here for the last however many days . |
| 7 | The doctor , who had now been there for some time , and was looking at his watch , had been explaining . |
| 8 | My friends who lived nearby were all envious for I was the only one who had ever been down into the depths of the mysterious cellar . |
| 9 | There are men in business suits , men in working gear , and some who have n't been out of their filthy clothes for a week . |
| 10 | Look out for companies who have n't been around for long : they could be out of business just as soon . |
| 11 | The players who have not been here before now know what the New Zealand experience is like . ’ |
| 12 | I tend to favour the idea that people who have not been out of business too long could probably play a valuable role , although I accept that , if someone has been out of active business life for two or three years , his contacts and awareness of up-to-date affairs may have changed . |
| 13 | It was known , also , that the old lady had been friendly with his mother ; and anyway , being a bachelor and retired , he could usually be counted on to take sufferers to hospital in emergency , or bring them home ; as well as visiting murderers in prison , and other tasks ( often called do-gooding by people who have never been remotely in need of that particular little world ) . |
| 14 | In the story above , David says that he 's the only boy in his class who 's not been out with a girl . |
| 15 | than a woman who 's always been either under her father 's thumb , or brother 's thumb , and then gets passed to yours ? |
| 16 | ‘ I suppose you 're like all the rest — a city-kid who 's never been away from the busy streets before . ’ |