Example sentences of "[pers pn] [been] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Why is John , and Ann and Paul and Teresa and all them been on that trussing line , and Merv .
2 I been to hospital once to visit someone .
3 I been to the country once with Annie .
4 Even in places I been to hundreds of times .
5 Where had I been to ?
6 I been to New York only a short while back . ’
7 Admittedly there 's nothing else as inane as the tale of Froggie and Miss Mousey among the 13 tracks on Good As I Been To You ( Columbia ) — but neither is there anything actually written by Dylan .
8 But it 's the difference between the wheezing , cracked , crumbling voice on ‘ Good As I Been To You ’ and the supine , delicate wonderment of Young 's voice on ‘ Harvest Moon ’ which marks the astonishing chasm between the two albums .
9 What have I been to him ? ’
10 How successful have I been at various jobs ?
11 Had I been at Spithead , I should certainly have joined the mutineers .
12 And I suppose it might have been serious had I been at Low Birk Hatt on my own with no help when that virus struck me down .
13 I been on a train with the school once — we went to the seaside and I cut my toe .
14 I been on a boat once with the school .
15 Crossing again to the fireplace , I gazed at it with awe , and had I been of a religious bent I would have fallen on my knees and prayed that the water would meet Nigel 's requirements so that on winter evenings , when we were doing our Darby and Joan bit , we could sit and worship the spirit of the fire , the hearth , the very essence of our home .
16 Where had I been before that ?
17 ‘ How long have I been like this ? ’ she asked in one interval .
18 Have n't I been after having a Number One record just the other , um , year ?
19 Never have I been in a place of such contrasts .
20 Had I been in a vehicle I could have gone back , but on foot it was not worth risking the wasted energy .
21 ‘ This day have I been in the library and it has been very interesting .
22 ‘ Had I been in a civilian occupation , ’ he wrote , ‘ I should not have hesitated to pay the full amount . ’
23 Had I been in contact with officials of other governments ?
24 Of course I would have enjoyed the occasion much more had I been in better shape , but in the event it all went better than I had dared hope even if I was near to passing out at times .
25 ‘ And whatever the way of it , had I been in the Lord Owen 's place , with my chief enemy thus presented naked into my hand , I doubt if I could have resisted the temptation .
26 I was met by a very respectful group of Gordon Highlanders when I visted Aberdeen recently , when I said that I would have been on the line as well had I been in their position .
27 He asks have I been in touch with the French government .
28 I been in the shower .
29 I been in the shower .
30 yeah , that 's what I 'll do , I 'll just take some out of that and replace , but I , I 've said , I , I 'm never gon na touch that I 'll be well unhappy if I do , cos I been in real dodgy situations with money and still resisted the temptation to take , touch that money .
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