Example sentences of "[conj] he [vb -s] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will the Italian Abbado remain musical director of the Vienna State Opera where he has been for the past three years ? |
| 2 | The 18th baron , who inherited the title three years ago , has sensibly decided to stay on at the Dower House , where he has been for many years . |
| 3 | The 18th baron , who inherited the title three years ago , has sensibly decided to stay on at the Dower House , where he has been for many years . |
| 4 | Television came in the wake of other consumer durables : a vacuum cleaner and a boiler for the washing — once used to cook a lobster my father has brought back from the Highlands where he 's been on a spell of painting stations that will be closed by the Beeching plan a decade later . |
| 5 | Or are you simply afraid to show openly what you can do where he 's been before you ? ’ |
| 6 | Although he has been with the organisation since his teens , the appointment was revolutionary since Mr Newmarch was from the investment side of the business , rather than an actuary . |
| 7 | Another with a point to make is their captain and scrum-half Paul John , a greatly improved player who will at least let Rupert Moon , also an outstanding player , know that he 's been in a battle . |
| 8 | I 'm not calling the Labour party , I 'm calling the man , that he 's been in too long ! |
| 9 | One is that he has been in the ring with Michael Gerard Tyson . |
| 10 | All this , I say , giving my gloss , can be read — and more particularly seen and heard , since Heseltine 's manner and presence carry their own conviction — as the utterance of a man demonstrating that he has been in the wilderness longer than it is in anyone 's interest . |
| 11 | An employee needs to show that he has been in two years continuous employment . |
| 12 | For example , one Lambodar Gorain has been held in Ranchi Jail since 18th June 1970 , for an offence under Section 25 of the Arms Act … with the result that he has been in prison for eight and a half years for an offence for which even if convicted , he could not have been awarded more than two years imprisonment … . |
| 13 | said : ‘ This court has on numerous occasions held that the effect of Ord. 29 , r. 1(5) of the County Court Rules 1981 is that the contemnor must be personally served with a properly drafted notice which recites in clear and unambiguous detail the following : ( 1 ) the order of the court or undertaking given to the court in respect of which he has been found in breach ; ( 2 ) the respects in which it is alleged that he has been in breach ; ( 3 ) the findings of the judge as to the alleged breaches ; ( 4 ) the period of committal to which he has been sentenced and ( 5 ) that he may apply to the court to purge his contempt and seek his release . |
| 14 | He revealed : ‘ I have interviewed Taki again for an upcoming show , and he told me that he has been in Prince Andrew 's company on several occasions . |
| 15 | When he was told that what he had said was all very well but a bit negative , he fell back on the 13 wasted years that he has been in opposition . |
| 16 | Those who have worked with him during the time that he has been in his present post have come to admire the hard work , courage and assiduity with which he has pursued the object of bringing the parties within the island of Ireland to sit down with the British Government and resolve their differences . |
| 17 | Today , closer to Clapton ( geographically ) than he 's been in a long while , Anthony Newley is relishing the chance to prove he 's still up to a tough dramatic performance eight shows a week and , to follow , he has plans for a musicalised Richard III . |
| 18 | It 's also a relaxed , romantic ad for Bill S , more alive here than he has been for decades . |
| 19 | Since you came here he has laughed more and been amused more than he has been for the past two years . |
| 20 | Wade Dooley is by no means the only player who was apt to be more profitable under the old laws than he has been under the new . |
| 21 | He 's fitter and sharper than he has been at any stage of his career , and he 's now playing to his full potential . |
| 22 | All that might have made Mr Kohl even more overbearing than he has been in recent weeks , to the dismay of West Germany 's allies and neighbours . |
| 23 | What especially pleases me is that we are extraordinarily popular and that Wolfgang is admired here even more than he has been in all the other towns of Italy ; the reason is that Bologna is the centre and dwelling-place of many masters , artists and scholars . |
| 24 | ‘ It seems to me that everyone thinks he 's ill merely because he is less rude and rather more bearable than he has been in the past , ’ the head said irritably . |
| 25 | He 's a gem , always full of good humour , and he 's been on a few times , now , but this particular moment was when I noticed in the studio lights a glint of trouser zip . |
| 26 | And he 's been under somebody or other at Charing Cross Hospital I , who has a rather different approach to the whole thing , many other people 's involve rest and doing nothing and so on and so forth . |
| 27 | There are 80 organic wines on his list ( ‘ no chemicals so less chance of a hangover ’ ) and he 's been to loads of vineyards to make sure production is as natural as possible without actually treading the grapes . |
| 28 | He 's watched football in every league ground in England , all 92 , and he 's been to America , to watch West Bromwich playing in America , he 's been to the last two or three world cup tournaments , and he goes to all the matches away , you know , European cup matches and everything that English teams are playing in , he 's all over the world watching it , you see , This year , he 's watched 22 games , which is about fifty per cent of his normal , and even he 's getting browned off … |
| 29 | And he 's been to the doctors , he goes to doctor |
| 30 | Champagne for breakfast , and he 's been at it ever since . |