Example sentences of "[vb -s] [been] [adv] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I have ever known of love has been here in this house . |
| 2 | Val Pinder who has been away for some months due to illness achieves a fantastic level of sales and came in fourth . |
| 3 | His role has been rather like that of a stand-up comic warming up the audience for the main event . |
| 4 | Four of the committee members are from developing countries , and the experience of several of the others has been mostly in these countries . |
| 5 | ‘ Since its launch in 1989 , Drayton Asia 's investment performance has been significantly below that of Dragon , ’ the letter stated . |
| 6 | The Christian may be in a church which has been together for several hundred years , and so he knows there is a certain likelihood of it still being together next year ! |
| 7 | Eight key tasks are identified and work has been underway on these for some time . |
| 8 | If this is to happen then there must be far greater participation than there has been hitherto by all members of the school staff in the establishment of general philosophy and purpose of the school . |
| 9 | A landmark on the Waxholme/Withernsea road is the old Black Mill , and has been so for many generations . |
| 10 | It is made from M. spicata , but there are many other mints with various distinct aromas and flavours — garden mint is the most commonly used and has been so for many centuries . |
| 11 | ‘ I would think it 's been here for several days , sir . |
| 12 | Someone 's been right through that wall there , look . |
| 13 | How has it been for yourself , obviously you 've been here with your children , your husband 's been away for more than a month , in Iraq , there must have been er terrible thoughts going through you mind at certain times ? |
| 14 | Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time . |
| 15 | I bet nobody 's been there at all . |