Example sentences of "'ve [adv] [be] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We 've all been through the war .
2 Now some of you , if you 've only been with the company a few months or whatever it was , may not have noticed too much of a change , er , but I 've noticed a bit of a ch , I 've noticed a tremendous change in two and half months , two and a half years , and there 's some people in the room who must have noticed tremendous changes .
3 Well we 've only been to the dentist here .
4 ‘ I 've only been on the Delos once before .
5 The Upside Down Catfish tend to nip one another as they swim round the tank — they 've only been in the tank for five days , so would the nipping be due to the fact that they 're still settling in ?
6 I 've only been in the industry , I 've only been with this company for two and half years , and when I joined and had a look at what the industry was about , there were thirty express overnight carriers .
7 I 've just been to the physio before I came here .
8 ‘ I 've just been into the village to post a letter .
9 ‘ At parties , if people ask what you 've been doing and you tell them that you 've just been around the world , it stops the conversationd ead . ’
10 Well , I 've just been round the tents and Lyons are hopping mad !
11 I 've just been in the library , studying some of the books you recommended .
12 They 've already been to the Jonquil because of Sabine 's death .
13 ‘ You 've already been to the Pentagon and the White House . ’
14 Now of course it would depend very much on and whether you were in a drought situation as we were until last year or whether it 's like we 've been over this last summer and early winter which is that virtually not a day has passed without we 've had some rain , in which case obviously the roof is going to get cleaned up very much quicker but I have to say that although I 've always been under the impression that it 's not a good idea to save water off a new felt roof er because of deposits that come off the mineral felt .
15 I 've always been of the opinion that opposition are there to be hated and abused .
16 ‘ That 's because you 've always been in the mainstream of the English popular tradition , ’ said Maximilian .
17 And the closest I 've ever been to the slopes is flying over Switzerland .
18 They 're much more sophisticated than they 've ever been in the past .
19 We know you 've both been through the HMS Dolphin Submarine Escape Tower and that you 've done more than a fair bit of free diving .
20 ‘ And we 've also been over the fact that I ca n't accept conditions .
21 I 've also been in the situation at Old Trafford where we took just two points out of last 12 and still only lost the title by four points . ’
22 Now we 're delighted to see you here because we know that the , the G M B shares this view and we know that you 've also been in the forefront of introducing technology , er and we know also that having you here er , having your conference here , helps us enormously to continue this process of raising the profile of the trades unions , the trades council , the labour movement in the city .
23 I 've probably been out playing and you 've probably been at the shops .
24 It 's unlikely that anybody does it too often , since trippers tend to make skiing an all-day outing , but I 've often been on the beach with people planning a ski trip next day .
25 That 's it thank you , I 've now been through the lot .
26 Monie , whose side sit at the top of Division One , revealed : ‘ We 've never been at the top so early .
27 I 've had faxes , letters , telephone calls — in fact I 've never been off the phone all week because of the speculation .
28 ‘ But I do n't go abroad on holiday — and I 've never been to the Caribbean , ’ she wailed helplessly as he added yet another gorgeous outfit to the huge pile he 'd already chosen .
29 The woman said , ‘ I 've never been to the North Pole , Mr MacKenzie , but I know it 's cold there . ’
30 I 've never been to the head , I 've never been to the governors .
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