Example sentences of "have [adv] been [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra 's reputation has long been out of all proportion to its representation on record , at least in the West . |
| 2 | The new Landrat of Gunzenhausen , a former Franconian bastion of National Socialism , wrote in his first monthly report after the end of the Third Reich , in August 1945 : ‘ Although the war has only been over for a few months , National Socialism is hardly ever spoken about , and when at all , only in a negative sense . |
| 3 | Another argument is that advertising has only been around for a while , so how can that be the reason for all our hang-ups , but that 's not true either . |
| 4 | Auntie Mavis has only been out for five to ten minutes twice cos of her knee . |
| 5 | He now has two gardeners working full time : Dennis , a grand old boy who has scarcely been out of Gloucestershire in his life — and has been looking after foxhounds for the Duke of Beaufort for most of it ; and Trevor Jacobs , a younger and professionally qualified horticulturist . |
| 6 | It 's 0700 on the 30 June and my body has already been up for an hour and run four miles . |
| 7 | Certainly previous experience shapes present and future conduct but the good teacher or the good manager will not be contented simply with repeating what he or she has already been through without questioning the constraints of the organization which seems to stand in the way . |
| 8 | Knighton has hardly been out of the news since announcing his intention to buy United on 18 August , the day before the Football League season began . |
| 9 | It was the first time I had ever seen a live tennis match — Wimbledon has always been out of the question financially , and the Midland Bank tournament offered me the chance to see live international tennis at a reasonable price . |
| 10 | Despite the fact that homoeopathy has now been around for close on two hundred years , very little research has been carried out either to attempt to understand how it works , or to prove that it does work . |
| 11 | It has certainly been around for a hundred years , and it is probably the most vital of aspect of life as we know it today . |
| 12 | The search for a proper definition has certainly been on in the House of Commons for several years . |
| 13 | This has never been up among the recommendations for this work , and even at mid-price it is n't competitive with those versions listed above . |
| 14 | Remittance Man deserved this change of luck as he has never been out of the frame in his seven previous starts but had only managed one win . |
| 15 | Tim , who has never been out of the top two in the competition in the last six years , then went on to clinch an exciting final by a narrow margin . |
| 16 | Blue eyeshadow , much reviled for the past five years , is back at Chanel , Lancôme and Rubinstein and has never been out at Lauder — Mrs Lauder is a firm believer in the power of blue . |
| 17 | It broke Perdita 's heart that Ricky , who 'd only been out of top-class polo for three years , was totally ignored . |
| 18 | All she could think of was that they 'd all been in on this — a kind of family Mafia , working behind the scenes to make sure that Lucenzo ended up with everything , his empire untouched . |
| 19 | Cos I says what you doing still working here , you know , that 's what we 'd just been on about |
| 20 | He made it sound like we 've been our for a , you know , a romantic candle lit dinner and , you know , and we 'd just been down to his study for God 's sake ! |
| 21 | I 'd hardly been back for years — only briefly , when Mama died . |
| 22 | I decided to give her Arsenicum Album LM1 in a 100ml bottle and within 1 month she was feeling much better , her period had been the best she could remember and she 'd even been out to a party . |
| 23 | He 'd never been out on the roads and got killed . |
| 24 | He 'd never been out of Russia . |
| 25 | Mentally I 'd never been out of it . |
| 26 | And that was true , for her — she 'd never been out of love with him and if he was falling for her he could n't have loved her before . |
| 27 | Both had been returned by huge majorities , having long been out of office . |
| 28 | ‘ As for me , I think he was tougher because I was a girl — one who felt that any kind of talkback would have just been out of order . |
| 29 | After so many attempts , that day could not have been more rewarding , and I 've since been back at its summit twice . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't dislike it , but I 've only been out with Charles about three times … ’ |