Example sentences of "[pron] have only been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I met him at a dance held in the Airmen 's Mess ( so romantic ! ) , when I 'd only been at Binbrook three weeks . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd only been at Rangers five minutes when he offered me the use of his villa in Florida . |
| 3 | Inspector , but anyhow , now when I went on the detective staff I 'd only been on the force just over three years |
| 4 | first time I ever one , was old Freddie and I 'd , I 'd only been to depot . |
| 5 | I 'd only been in Monty 's poky little office for ten minutes and already he had given me two priceless lessons in my future profession — to make sure I dressed properly , and never be afraid to ask the question " Why ? " |
| 6 | I was a gunner , I 'd only been in er |
| 7 | Christ , I 'd only been in the hospital for about ten minutes before I snuffed it ! ’ |
| 8 | I had only been at home for about ten days when a friend of mine asked me to join him on a journey to the East Indies . |
| 9 | I had only been in the force five weeks . |
| 10 | I had only been in prison eight days . |
| 11 | ‘ You can get them in Helsinki now , but at that time … anyway I had only been in New York for a couple of days and I only had the clothes I had taken with me . |
| 12 | They say that hunting 's for er er human pleasure , er , I mean personally I 've only been to one hunt , and I do n't see what all the the , the , the , the trouble 's about because the huntsman is only a spectator , it 's the hounds that are hunting the fox and it is to keep the foxes down . |
| 13 | I 've only been to Devon and Cornwall , you ca n't really call |
| 14 | I 've only been to a couple of lodge meetings it I was invited to go to I always felt slightly ambiguous about that really you know . |
| 15 | It 's pretty boring here and I 've only been at Auntie Jane 's just over a day . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've only been on the Delos once before . |
| 17 | The England midfielder added : ‘ I 've only been with Leeds for a few days but that 's long enough to know I 've made the right decision coming here . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ After all , I 've only been with them a few years . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I 've only been in your bed with you once and then you were as jumpy as a cat thinking that sister of yours might come back unexpectedly . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've only been in once . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I 've only been in Dick 's flat once and the most interesting thing I 've gleaned about him is that he never uses washing-up liquid and he has a rather interesting pile of yellowing press cuttings sitting on a shelf . |
| 24 | That 's what I mean , I 've only been in the . |
| 25 | Well I 've only been from |
| 26 | Struggling to make himself heard above the chants of the crowd , the manager said : ‘ I have only been on Teesside for ten months , but thank you for making it memorable so far . |
| 27 | I also feel it was a great honour being a woman and having achieved it in such a short space of time as I have only been in hairdressing for around six years . |
| 28 | Exemplar , which has only been in development since the beginning of the year ( UX No 423 ) , will be used for creating , storing and retrieving application objects across multiple platforms and networks . |
| 29 | Marian welcomes the more interventionist role available to the Court under the new Act which has only been in force since October 1991 . |
| 30 | At the age of fourteen he obtained a scholarship to Stowe School which had only been in existence six years . |