Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] we [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I wish it had n't been tonight , for tonight we have been invited to Gemma 's house for supper . |
| 2 | In ecumenical circles of late we have been reminded that ‘ remembering ’ in the biblical context was far more than simply recalling to mind what God had done in the past . |
| 3 | I 've managed to subject the boots to most conditions except a thorough soaking over several days — for once we 've been basking in sunshine for weeks in Scotland , along with the sun-drenched south east ! |
| 4 | ‘ Until now we have been unsuccessfully trying to break into the lower end of the market ’ says Len Saunders , managing director of the eponymous Emsworth , Sussex-based company . |
| 5 | Whereas until now we have been considering changes that are forming an underclass , we now turn to examine a reform already enacted that will ensure that the underclass , and other vulnerable groups , continue to be the least privileged in old age . |
| 6 | Until now we have been concerned with how water gets into and is distributed around the house , sometimes being heated on the way . |
| 7 | Until now we have been reconstructing the system … |
| 8 | You see , up to now we 've been able to keep it fairly tight . |
| 9 | Up to now we 've been covering one part of the neural networks . |
| 10 | I mean you could start by saying , ‘ Canborough has , has been well known for the number of grants it gives , you know , as , as the means of saying , ‘ Up to now we 've been the good people . ’ |
| 11 | Since then we have been in England , while the children were at school , then California , and we now live in western Canada near our married daughter and her family , while our son and his family are still in England . |
| 12 | Since then we have been steadily searching for another prize to go with the vouchers . |
| 13 | But since then we have been given additional help with the cleaning , but the same hours . |
| 14 | I mean these people have had a pay freeze since November nineteen ninety and these grievances were as a result of a new pay structure last year that actually worsened the terms and conditions since nineteen ninety , but till then we 've been making steady progress in getting better improvements and we 've gone backwards . |
| 15 | And at least we 've been lucky enough to get a bottom bunk . ’ |
| 16 | By now we had been there several hours and things were n't looking very optimistic . |