Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] have [been] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said softly as he looked up at a gull wheeling above coral roofs : ‘ Perhaps you would care to tell me instead where you have been since yesterday morning , and what has happened to you ? ’ |
| 2 | I think members will probably by now , be aware that a decision has been taken to leave the offices in Bedford Square where we have been for so many years . |
| 3 | The majority of the contracts have been awarded to Northern Ireland institutions and where they have been with other institutions it has been the policy of the Panel to encourage the employment of junior Northern Ireland based researchers on the projects . |
| 4 | ‘ Degas to Matisse : The Maurice Wertheim Collection from the Harvard University Art Museums ’ ( 14 February-25 April ) comprises forty-three representational works of consistent high quality , collected by New York investment banker Maurice Wertheim , and bequeathed in 1950 to his alma mater , where they have been on display since 1974 . |
| 5 | The textiles themselves are normally known as a result of being preserved by corrosion , where they have been in contact with metal objects in graves ; wood and leather are often preserved in the same manner . |
| 6 | Look , Rory , I 've been wrong about a lot of things in my life , but never more than I have been about you , right from the start . |
| 7 | No , I do n't want to do it but I mean I 'm not I 'm certainly happier than I have been about it if |
| 8 | I 'm more optimistic than I have been for the past few years . ’ |
| 9 | But I 'm in better shape than I have been for a long time . ’ |
| 10 | I am much slimmer and a better shape than I have been for some time ( or for months , years , etc. ) and I am going to get even slimmer and achieve an even better figure — a figure I never thought I could have . |
| 11 | Now it is three months ’ rest and come the start of the 1991 season I 'll be ready to go again , more confident than I have been for a long time . |
| 12 | I did not mean to say but perhaps it is better I should , therefore only remark that I will speak on the subject in my next , but do not suffer alarms on my account — I am in better health than I have been for years and I hope to get to Sydney and get comfortably settled in good time … ’ |
| 13 | In September of the following year he made a trip to Furness Abbey to sketch , and recorded , ‘ I was treated in a more kind and liberal manner than I have been by any people in the North of Lancashire and Westmorland , by Mr. Atkinson , his mother and sisters ’ ! |
| 14 | ‘ It is part of the expectation of the President that I should be available to represent the Church , so I have been to Strasbourg to the European Parliament and also on visits to the churches in Nigeria and Kenya . |
| 15 | Mid-June finds you thinking of changing your place of residence and by July you 're going to be happier than you have been in quite some time ! |
| 16 | Once you have been through the various categories listed above and picked out all the names to be included next step is to arrange them in some sort of order . |
| 17 | It 's a lonely spot , and if it 's walking you want , Moila is such a small island , and once you have been round it , you have seen it all . |
| 18 | ‘ We are established in many other sports , including the Johnnie Walker Ryder Cup , the RAC Rally , the Silk Cut Derby at Hickstead , the Benson and Hedges Snooker Masters at Wembley , the Volvo European PGA Tour and the British Grand Prix ’ , explains Delahunty , ‘ and although we have been in tennis since 1985 when Stella Artois first commissioned us , I still look at tennis as a growth area . |
| 19 | Because of the repayments that were made of borrowing during that period , in the midst of a recession we are now in a better position to borrow prudently — than we have been at any stage in the past : to borrow prudently and to maintain our commitment to a balanced budget in the medium term . |
| 20 | What is for sure , we need to be more active than we have been in this area if tennis is to flourish in this country . |
| 21 | Maybe they 're more cauti cautious than we have been in this country about the effect of Chernobyl . |
| 22 | Homosexuality between consenting adults aged 21 or over , and abortion during a certain period of pregnancy , are not criminal offences at present , although they have been in the past . |
| 23 | They are Amazonian fish , and although they have been in captivity for a very long time , they will appreciate the soft acid water that nature designed them for , and this may prove essential for breeding . |
| 24 | ‘ Present values are lower than they have been for some time , and are sticking . |
| 25 | ‘ They are fiercer than they have been for years , right back to what they used to be , ’ he said . |
| 26 | Couples is a naturally high flighter of the ball and that , together with his length , is an advantage at Augusta , particularly since everyone seems to agree that the greens are firmer than they have been for years . |
| 27 | And trade unions , though obviously weakened by Thatcherism , are indubitably more popular institutions than they have been for decades . |
| 28 | FARM policy reforms agreed by EC members leave farming industry prospects brighter than they have been for years , Agriculture Minister John Gummer told the Commons last night . |
| 29 | Persian rugs still possess an undoubted mystique , and are generally more expensive than those from other countries , but price differentials have been steadily eroding , and they are now generally cheaper in comparison to rugs from other countries than they have been for decades . |
| 30 | " Scores of men are in a worse plight than they have been for thirty-seven years past " , admitted Harry Orbell , " The pawnshops are glutted . |