Example sentences of "been [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Did you come here , ’ mumbled Dottie , very close , ‘ to ask me fatuous questions the police have already been through a hundred times , or for other reasons ? ’ |
| 2 | Mind you , he 'd probably been through a sticky time . |
| 3 | Moved by her obvious concern , he had written to explain that he had been through a bad time , but was better now . |
| 4 | You ca n't help worrying when you 've been through a bad time , but do share your anxieties with your family , and with your doctor , who should be able to reassure you . |
| 5 | They have been through an unsettling time and are finding it difficult to readjust . |
| 6 | Having watched Leeds from an early age when my father was a season ticket holder in the 60's , I have been through the good times and the bad times . |
| 7 | Maddison , 22 , has survived four knee operations and he said : ‘ I 've been through the worst time of my career — now , at last , I 'm getting the chance to show what I can do . |
| 8 | Mick was less fortunate , and when I awoke in the depressing gloom of dawn , he reported that the weather was very much better than it had been for a long time . |
| 9 | She has n't been for a long time . |
| 10 | Her students , she says , are well prepared for Europe , and have been for a long time . |
| 11 | I 'm not one to do double somersaults — I 'm not that acrobatic — but he 's one of the best in the country and has been for a long time . |
| 12 | ‘ Now he 's happier , I think , than he 'd been for a long time . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , most buildings built for the purposes of ‘ agriculture ’ have been for a long time exempt from such planning control as can be exercised by local planning authorities . |
| 14 | But I 'm in better shape than I have been for a long time . ’ |
| 15 | She left a little while later , happier than she had been for a long time . |
| 16 | Which is , of course , roughly where conventional rubbish-collection policy has been for a long time . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm better than I 've been for a long time . ’ |
| 18 | but erm , er at a stage that they are in and been for a long time in the States as we will have to er get armed , well I 'm sorry to say this but it seems like it |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ No sort of future tense about it , it is and it has been for a long time . |
| 21 | ‘ He 's not married , has n't been for a long time . |
| 22 | The Commonwealth came closer together than it has been for a long time . |
| 23 | My hon. Friend will note that German interest rates and ours are closer than they have been for a long time . |
| 24 | The S A S have operated in Northern Ireland and have been for a long time . |
| 25 | ‘ No sort of future tense about it , it is and it has been for a long time . |
| 26 | McNab , who hit his first goal of the season , said : ‘ The second half was as poor as we have been for a long time but recent performances have been magnificent . |
| 27 | No , sure , have n't been for a long time have you ? |
| 28 | Have n't been for a long time , no , I 'm not more |
| 29 | And I think her husband will probably die before she will but erm he cos he 's older than she is even , but erm and he 's not very well , has n't been for a long time . |
| 30 | It is then argued , that , this being so , there is no consideration for the agreement at all , and that it is an agreement for a voluntary gift on certain conditions ; but , looking at the agreement , we find , not a mere proviso , but an express agreement by the plaintiff to pay £1 towards a certain ground-rent , which apparently has been for the first time apportioned , and to pay it to the defendant , who is , I presume , liable to the whole ground-rent . |