Example sentences of "have been [prep] [noun] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh that 's not so bad you see I 've been on holiday all last week |
| 2 | But he has got the sort of acidy sort of alcohol smell on his breath just like you 'd been on spirits all night or whatever , any sort of you know , wine and it 's not a beer sort of smell . |
| 3 | Yeah That 's the only bit I hated I 'd rather have been at work all week and I did n't |
| 4 | Nathan must have been on deck all night . |
| 5 | Foster 's nerves had been on edge all through his tour of duty in the alley . |
| 6 | Dulé had been at sea all day beyond the outer reef , fishing for rose conches and the sweet eggwhite-smooth lambie inside ; he returned to his paddle and plied it swiftly , making the crossing under the stars . |
| 7 | It was news to her , she had been at home all the time and her husband had taken another ‘ wife ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Ernie ’ had been around horses all his life . |
| 9 | From the hospital foyer he tried to telephone the Substitute who had been in court all afternoon and wanted to hear how things had gone . |
| 10 | On the same night , a follow up to a known address in the village in a hunt for a missing suspect led to vehement denials from a mother who said her son had been in bed all the evening . |
| 11 | Rachel 's father , Ken Stevens , had been in insurance all his life , and the family lived in a comfortable detached home on the outskirts of the city . |
| 12 | I 've been on tablets all night . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , you 've been at work all day ; we have n't seen you to tell you , ’ broke in Mrs Jones again . |
| 14 | I 've been at work all week . |
| 15 | It 's a novelty , and I 've been with animals all my life . |
| 16 | Well we 've been , I mean we were at Jenny 's for a while , I went to the bank and eh , then we 've been into Bromley all afternoon . |
| 17 | I 've been in bed all this time . |
| 18 | I 've been in bed all day . |
| 19 | ‘ Now listen , I 've been in business all my life and I know who I can trust . |
| 20 | Now as was saying earlier on , that she 's been with flowers all her life , well I have n't . |
| 21 | She 's been at work all day ! |