Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [adv prt] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , I 'd been out of the Army a full six weeks by then . |
| 2 | It was the first time I 'd been out of the cell since 15 May . |
| 3 | But you had to have qualified for it by working , see ? end of the week and the only place I ever had one was at and because the foreman approached me , I 'd been out of work and got the job by writing to it , going to the library and it was in one of the London papers , they wanted men for the tool rooms . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd been out of town . |
| 5 | Then , inexplicably , I had been out of work for over a year and my few friends were drifting away . |
| 6 | By the time I got to the last rocker I had been out of the garage , round the block three times , back up the drive and home in time for teal Is there any way I can turn the engine over without moving the vehicle ? |
| 7 | I regret that I had been out of the office on the 15 July and did not receive your FAX until first thing on the 16 July . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm very disappointed because I 've been out of work since returning from the tour last summer and this contract meant security for my family . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been out of the picture so long that I just want people to know what I 'm about . |
| 10 | I 've been out of my mind with worry about you . ’ |
| 11 | Oh , I 've been out of my weekend off |
| 12 | But it wo n't be that much because I 've been out of things for the last year and before that I had shut my eyes anyway . |
| 13 | and I 've been out of there for three hours and loved every minute of it . |
| 14 | I 've been out of work six months . |
| 15 | I 've been out of work six months . |
| 16 | but you got to have been out of work six months , so I said well I 've been out of work six months , so she , I 've got that to do tomorrow , so I get up the firm this Spinny Hill , Northampton , that 's an adult education centre where you can go and learn the skills of your trade , but she said that might not start until September |
| 17 | Like no way I 've been out of work for a few months |
| 18 | I have been out of my mind since you locked the door on me on Saturday , and I richly deserved it … ’ |
| 19 | I have been out of europe for about six weeks and come back to find all this transfer mania going on . |
| 20 | I have been out of work for four years . |
| 21 | He said you 'd been out of sorts recently . ’ |
| 22 | we 're gon na have to go through the exercise you 've been through of identifying the right ponds . |
| 23 | You 've been out of the field for six years . |
| 24 | ‘ So , if you 're in your early twenties you 've been out of high school for several years ; what have you been doing ? ’ |
| 25 | You 've had your heart attack , you 've been out of action for three months and yet , when you talk to people , when the pollsters go out with their clipboards , they say , Who do you think is most likely apart from the Prime Minister , to lead the Tory party ? |
| 26 | I 've gone down hill since then , but she said you know these folks are hard when you 've been out of work for a long while , you 've got ta just get back up and fight again , I said , she said and I know how hard that is , but she said you know , if you can get it going and fit and get in , so |
| 27 | It seemed a long time since she had been out of her apartment , longer still since she had taken a walk . |
| 28 | The morning she had slammed out of the house and walked through the blitzed London streets to Goddy 's office she had been out of her mind ; shell-shocked , or something . |
| 29 | However , there were people there who were ‘ greatly desiring that she had been out of that country ’ , and she bustled off to York , where the Archbishop paid a man five shillings to lead her out of the town . |
| 30 | For a long time she had been out of control , unable to cope with the everyday demands of her new royal role . |