Example sentences of "[verb] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ Anybody could 've gone outside and pulled a plug out of the wall and the show would 've been off the air A lot of people probably wish they had . ’ |
| 2 | You ca n't imagine how much of a help you 've been to me . |
| 3 | I see you 've been to the hospital , or something like that . |
| 4 | Er right I need somebody out there who has n't done this before erm let's see we 've been to Ripon , been to Thirsk , erm been over to Scarborough with Dr Rock , North Allerton no I do n't like North Allerton well I mean I love North Allerton no no I want to go south I want to go Tadcaster way have we anybody down there ? |
| 5 | I thought it might 've been to a Royal Garden Party |
| 6 | erm , you know , with preparation beforehand I would normally have , have realized that , and anything else would 've been on top of it . |
| 7 | Oh that 's not so bad you see I 've been on holiday all last week |
| 8 | ‘ It should 've been with the batch of papers given . |
| 9 | There must 've been with erm in forty seven was it the encirclement campaign where they allowed the nationalists to sort of drive through the , I do n't know the defences , they must 've been fairly certain of their support in certain areas by then . |
| 10 | Think I should 've been with you . |
| 11 | I told him it must 've been about the Royal Garden Party . |
| 12 | Jackson must 've been under the effects of the anaesthetic after a nose job to come out with something so bad . |
| 13 | That would 've been down hill . |
| 14 | Stopping would 've been like looking away from a hypnotist 's swinging silver watch . |
| 15 | I begin to get some idea of what the Roman games must 've been like . ’ |
| 16 | Carlo and McGowan stood on either side of the embalmer , he might 've been in custody . |
| 17 | Reason they 're mixed up he , he must 've been in there messing about with them . |
| 18 | So if that was Jim cos Jim would 've been in his he has n't laid |
| 19 | In Washington , President Bush appeared in the White House press room to tell reporters ‘ Yes , it has been worth it . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ He has been worth every penny we have spent and every tear we have shed . |
| 21 | In Central Office , Patrick Gower consoled himself , ‘ It has been a strenuous year but it has been worth it and it has been fun . |
| 22 | Over the years Muir has been through thick and thin with Tranmere , and has been worth his weight in gold . |
| 23 | Ken has been into western styling since he was a child . |
| 24 | No wonder Souness has been into the transfer market for a new centre back . |
| 25 | This book is for Ear'ole , who has been as enthusiastic about my shop as she has been about all the other things that I have tackled , and then begged her to help with . |
| 26 | Surely that is what perestroika has been about these past five years ? |
| 27 | More importantly , historically the key feature of police work has been about maintaining a particular form of social order on the street . |
| 28 | The argument is simple and reflexive : if the body of this book has been about helping teachers to be more able to deal with uncertainty , conflict and change — in a word , to become better learners — then the tail asserts that the core of their job should be to help young people to become good learners in their turn . |
| 29 | In Japan , talk of corporate governance has been about as common as sararimen in bowler hats . |
| 30 | I want to forget that a big chunk of my life has been about being as good a dissident as possible . |