Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am his girlfriend and have been for sometime , ’ she said last night . |
| 2 | Among the most prominent of Syrian political prisoners was Noureddin al-Atasi , who had immediately preceded Assad as President and had been in prison since 1970 . |
| 3 | First , Father Reynard had secretly admired Lady Eleanor and had been near the Galilee Gate the night she had died . |
| 4 | Does he not realize that the people of Ulster are quite passively tolerating Dublin rule and have been since the 15th of November 1985 . |
| 5 | hold a position of responsibility within the industry and have been in such a post for at least two years |
| 6 | ( FCA ) of who had been found to be in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.32 in that in High Wycombe between 31 March 1989 and 14 June 1991 it failed to notify clients in writing of the amount and terms of commission received as a result of advice given to those clients and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 5.03 in that in High Wycombe between 31 March 1989 and 14 June 1991 it failed to give notice to its Bank that all money standing to the credit of its Investment Business Client Bank Account was to be held by the firm as a trustee or agent within the terms of the regulation was reprimanded , fined £l , 000 and ordered to pay £250 by way of costs . |
| 7 | This should have been no problem as she was a swimming champion of the South London Schools and had been in excellent health . |
| 8 | Election expenses are limited by statute and have been since 1883 . |
| 9 | Transracial adoption , the adoption of children by parents of different racial origin , developed in earnest in the mid-1960s and has been on the increase since then . |
| 10 | He had an accident at work and has been off work for two weeks . |
| 11 | Normidtec covers Halton , Vale Royal and Warrington and has been in operation for 18 months . |
| 12 | Howard , from Liverpool , has an England record of 20 Tests , officiated in both World Cups and has been on the panel for nine years . |
| 13 | The S A S have operated in Northern Ireland and have been for a long time . |
| 14 | She keeps busy with local activities and has been for many years editor of her church magazine . |
| 15 | Jeff works in the dyehouse and has been with the company for ten years . |
| 16 | Ramsgill Moor varies from 1,000 to 1,700ft. above sea level and has been in the Briggs family since 1946 . |
| 17 | All golf and gin and bridge and cars and the right accent and the right money and having been to the right school and hating the arts ( the theatre being a pantomime at Christmas and ‘ Hay Fever ’ by the Town Rep Picasso and Bartók dirty words unless you wanted to get a laugh ) . |
| 18 | All three came from the Midlands and had been at the sharp end of the business as salesmen for distribution companies . |
| 19 | It has been rediscovered by dynamic psychology in the twentieth century , but it is an ancient insight and has been in the Bible all along . |
| 20 | Septimus , who was a philosopher by nature and had been in a French prison before , made the most of his breakfast in a way peculiarly his own . |
| 21 | Asprey , 5p higher at 290p , is flush with cash and has been on an acquisitions spree in the last 15 months . |
| 22 | Of the two , Mr Yates , who will be 81 in November and has been in Congress almost without a break since he was first elected in 1948 , had the easier time of it . |
| 23 | Section 4 assistance to the industry has tripled from £1 million to nearly £33 million during the same period and has been of great advantage to the economy of Wales . |
| 24 | But this is my dwelling place and has been for nearly four months now . |
| 25 | Wheeler said he had been a member of the force for twelve and a half years and had been on duty on the Docks since last August . |
| 26 | The defendant had been a director of plaintiffs for 13 years and had been in charge of the development and sales of a certain type of heater . |
| 27 | Designated children had to fall within the age ranges 3–4 years or 16–18 years and to have been under the care or formal supervision of the local authority for at least six months . |
| 28 | Janet works in the Sales Office on Customer Service and has been with the company for two and half years . |
| 29 | These limitation terms were incorporated in all contracts between seedsmen and farmers and had been for many years . |
| 30 | For one thing , Kelly 's very happily involved in a relationship and has been for some time , so I 'm quite convinced her eyes wo n't stray towards any ski-bums , no matter how handsome . ’ |