Example sentences of "[vb base] [been] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But even for him there 's a thrill playing with bands who 've been on top for quarter of a century
2 I do n't know if they 've been on holiday with them
3 The General Secretary mentions some of them in his Report , and I do not apologize for mentioning it again , they 're fighting back at Timex , they 're fighting back at Burnsall , in my own region at Crawley we 've twenty members who 've been on strike for the last sixteen and a half weeks .
4 All this week we 've been on expedition with the British team as they tackle the Camel Trophy through Brazil and Guyana .
5 You 've been at school for years and what have you achieved ?
6 My standards have definitely dropped since I 've been at home with the baby .
7 I 've been at dinner with him when something someone has said made him laugh so much he 's got up from the table to give the fullest physical expression to it .
8 They 've been at war with us for three years , you see . ’
9 Er and I mean er a lot of that 's perhaps the release of stress , so that you know you 've been under pressure for a long time and then you , you take that away , and it may actually be detrimental to but er it does n't , obviously the figures are a little bit odd .
10 Well I 've been off work for a bit and got back to a massive 156 messages from the group !
11 I have n't been away , but I 've been off work like
12 Erm I 've been off work in excess of five years now er add my income has been very very small and whatever award I get will never go ahead and compensate me or my wife for what I 've been through .
13 Do you know you 've been off school from what ?
14 Madam chairman , er just as it happens er I 've I 've been in conversation with Mr assistant
15 ‘ People are saying , if you 've been in existence for two and a half years , perhaps you 've got something about you , ’ he says .
16 You 've been in bed for eight o'clock last night it 's now nine what 's that , thirteen odd hours ?
17 ‘ I 've been in love with new clothes ever since I can remember .
18 Sheena , can I be the odd one out and say I 've been in love with one man for forty five years , I have n't heard any body saying any thing very nice about that , I would like to say its wonderful .
19 Nine years and two months I 've been in love with Chris . ’
20 ‘ I 've been in love with you ever since we met .
21 God I 've I 've been in love with you ever since I met you all those where are you at the moment ?
22 ‘ Darling , I 've been in love with you for so long , fighting it , hiding it from you …
23 We 've been in love for a long time — well , I have anyway . ’
24 " No good , Peter — I 've been in court in far too many fraud cases .
25 We 've been in correspondence with them , with the County Council , with MPs and with everybody who are interested .
26 You will be tested for rubella immunity and until you know you are definitely immune , you should avoid seeing anyone who thinks they 've been in contact with the disease .
27 ‘ You 've been in contact with Matthew Glynn all through ? ’
28 Since then I 've been in contact with Kate Noble of Age Concern and we 've arranged for her to give a short presentation at the next meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council on Thursday 21st January at 7.30 p.m. in Scorton School .
29 Workers at a nuclear research plant are being assured they 're NOT in danger of developing prostate cancer , despite a new report claiming an increased risk for men who 've been in contact with radioactive material .
30 Yes , Jossom , you 've been in parliament over there .
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