Example sentences of "[adv] been [prep] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've only been to two movies in two-and-a-half years , ’ he says . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He 'd only been in eighteen months , ’ said the Bishop , in the manner of a man who is used to a longer temporal perspective . |
| 4 | Sucralose might never have been discovered had it not been for two Tate & Lyle scientists who deployed a basic research technique — they tasted it . |
| 5 | But she brought them because it salved her conscience to bring something , and she had not been for two weeks now . |
| 6 | The impact has not been in one direction only : the political culture has served to shape political perceptions and actions , and hence to influence the nation 's political history . |
| 7 | Some already been down four weeks , five weeks six weeks . |
| 8 | At 26 he has already been at eight clubs , and if Howard Wilkinson could n't stop his itchy feet people will ask , what chance have we got ? |
| 9 | Phone in one hand , and sandwich in the other , that 's Linda , but she tells me she 's a good cook , and erm , she 's also told me there 's only , she 's only ever been with one guy in her life , |
| 10 | There are currently 17 expeditions on Everest — the most there has ever been at one time . |
| 11 | Martin was for some years tutor to the MacLeods of Skye , and had also been at one time a scholar at Leiden University in the Netherlands . |
| 12 | Yes dear I went to erm , er the er holiday camp in October to erm , er with the Red Cross and I went with the , Charlie took me and I went in a car with a friend of mine we went to the Red Cross holiday in Patefield , but it poured of rain every day every day it poured of rain did n't October it was terrible , ever so cold , but we were well looked after you know and I enjoyed it and we had the wheelchairs to go around in on for the dancing , it was really great I thoroughly enjoyed it , I have n't been for two years I had n't , but I went like in October , cos you 're only allowed really every two years to go , that 's all you 're allowed really , but I thoroughly enjoyed it you know , it was nice |
| 13 | Cos I have n't been for two years since I 've been to that one ! |
| 14 | It was her idea to come here each summer , but she has n't been for three years now . |
| 15 | It has n't been for three years . " |
| 16 | I have n't been for three years . |
| 17 | You 're lucky , I have n't been for three days . |