Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [coord] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps they 've been in and done it now .
2 waiting until after Kevin 's been in and gone erm cos , cos it 'll , I do n't wan na stop half way through .
3 The doctor had been in and given her some sleeping pills .
4 the rains are over and gone .
5 They therefore form themselves into various groups in which they identify themselves as ‘ we ’ , as distinct from those who are outside and described as ‘ they ’ .
6 ‘ And since it 's been over and finished with for a long time , there does n't seem any point in discussing it , especially right now .
7 They 're over and done with .
8 When the Lennoxes were gone Maggie asked , ‘ Have you been home or talked to anyone else since arriving in Heymouth ? ’
9 Wait until I 've been up and seen your Grandma Coates . ’
10 ‘ I suppose the humans or whatever knew they would be coming back , and I 've been up and looked at the controls and , you know , it 's probably easier than the truck was , only of course there 's these extra levers for the hydraulics , but that should n't be a problem if there 's enough fuel , which … ’
11 so I 've never done anything , but he 's moved and he 's been back and seen us .
12 And not getting stuff for each other so I hope she has n't been out and done it all .
13 A sheltered sunny position suits it best , and it can be down or planted outdoors in spring , and spaced 15–23cm ( 6–9in ) apart .
14 There is no requirement in French law that a binding contract for the sale of land should be in or evidenced by writing .
15 Heavy rain had prevented an ; y play on the first day at Old Trafford , and though high scores were not expected when play got under way on the second day , few people could reasonably have expected that the contest would be over and done with in one day .
16 Time consuming and costly negotiations on pay settlements can be over and done with in hours instead of weeks , as each proposal is fed into the model and the implications displayed immediately for further discussion .
17 It 'll be over and done with by then wo n't it ?
18 cut it all away , be off and done , about three days work
19 Thinking of the girl who would probably be up and dressed and waiting for him to go downstairs , Harry frowned uneasily .
20 Can the software be readily and integrated into the syllabus without undue stress ?
21 erm So that there are a large number of tropical foresters now who 've been here and gone back to their own country , and one of the things which I point out to them these days is the need for public relations in their own countries , and getting information across to governments and being able to talk to economists and finance people in their own countries .
22 This year just under 100 students will receive their first degrees at Stirling and Chief Careers Advisor Walter Abbott , who retires this summer , can look back and take pride in the fact that he and his small team in the careers office have had the opportunity to help prepare 16,000 students for ‘ life after Uni ’ during the 24 years that Walter has been here and seen the University grow .
23 but it cuts across , no there there comes a point where the of this world say oh am I allowed to do this , am I allowed to do that if you 've been here for more than three years right and it 's particularly prevalent in Scotland , oh are we allowed to do that , oh I did n't know and that 's old that is. old to a certain extent you know , she 's been around longer than has and been around but influenced by who 's been around a long time you see that 's where we get it , you see we do n't get the initiative coming in that area we get we get the oh Christ , bloody hell let's shove that one out the way that 's a national account .
24 The excitement is in the expectation that , having been around and seen all that you can , the end product will be at least a little more interesting than it might have been if you had stayed at home .
25 He had been there and gone .
26 I know I 've fallen a few rungs on the ladder , but at least I 've been there and done it . ’
27 The students with relationships , night life , travel and exams ; the engaged with pre-wedding preparations , flat-buying ; the young married with nights out , children and baby sitting — at 50 you 've been there and done all these .
28 I have been there and seen the remarkable progress that is being made .
29 And if you 've ever been there and taken the trip on the little boat which takes you right in to the base of the falls themselves , you 'll have seen that there 's a hydro electric station which takes power from the water at night , when some of the force is diverted , and instead of the water going over the falls it goes through the hydro electric station .
30 Despite this disastrous beginning , however , Giovanna would be there in the morning , her own family circumstances permitting , and she would be much obliged if the Signora would make sure that her children were up and dressed , and the breakfast eaten , so that she could see that the house was returned to something like the order which Signor Kettering expected of it .
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