Example sentences of "been [prep] two " in BNC.
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| 1 | A measure of your success in a coaching session is when the subordinate feels the discussion has been between two equals and that together you have arrived at the best course of action . |
| 2 | The pair , both 25 , have been through two days of hell — and team-mates fear the nightmare may have damaged their medal chances . |
| 3 | Sales in the product 's first year of deliveries amounted to only $1m , a drop in the bucket for a firm that 's been through two rounds of venture capital totalling $7.5m provided by Aspen Partners , Menlo Ventures and Matrix . |
| 4 | Sucralose might never have been discovered had it not been for two Tate & Lyle scientists who deployed a basic research technique — they tasted it . |
| 5 | But she brought them because it salved her conscience to bring something , and she had not been for two weeks now . |
| 6 | Yes dear I went to erm , er the er holiday camp in October to erm , er with the Red Cross and I went with the , Charlie took me and I went in a car with a friend of mine we went to the Red Cross holiday in Patefield , but it poured of rain every day every day it poured of rain did n't October it was terrible , ever so cold , but we were well looked after you know and I enjoyed it and we had the wheelchairs to go around in on for the dancing , it was really great I thoroughly enjoyed it , I have n't been for two years I had n't , but I went like in October , cos you 're only allowed really every two years to go , that 's all you 're allowed really , but I thoroughly enjoyed it you know , it was nice |
| 7 | So he 's been for two years . |
| 8 | Cos I have n't been for two years since I 've been to that one ! |
| 9 | Attempts to test the state subsidy theory of strikes have been of two kinds : studies attempting to show the correlation , if any , between levels of benefits and strike activity over the years ; and studies exploring the views of strikers in relation to benefits and strike activity . |
| 10 | Police in north Oxfordshire believe the same thieves may have been behind two separate raids within a few miles of each other at Steeple Aston ; both raids were part of a spate of break-ins reported to police in the Fox F M area . |
| 11 | The charter does not mention this , and the period may still have been imprecise ; but it is not likely to have been above two months at most , which limited its usefulness considerably . |
| 12 | He could hardly have been welcome , because when he had entered the senior police officer 's room it had been with two aides trying to keep him out by every manoeuvre other than manhandling him . |
| 13 | She told the court she 'd been with two girlfriends to the Nightclub in Nottingham city centre , where it was a monthly gay night . |
| 14 | He had expected her back by midnight at the latest , judging by the phone call and the length of the concert , so where had she been until two in the morning ? |
| 15 | An employee needs to show that he has been in two years continuous employment . |
| 16 | When Bigwig had spoken earlier of sounding out the Owsla , Hazel had been in two minds . |
| 17 | I 've been in two minds about whether to bother with the ABA this year , but the news that Baroness Thatcher and Margaret Atwood are to share a platform at a Book and Author Breakfast has made my mind up for me . |
| 18 | I mean I 've been in two shops now there 's fifty pound difference like , you know |
| 19 | I 've been in two er art |
| 20 | Ballistics experts proved the pellets had been from two air rifles found in Dines ' car . |
| 21 | Tony Ward , spokesman for the British Athletic Federation , said : ‘ Joan has been to two world and two European Championships and one Olympics . |
| 22 | ‘ We 've only been to two movies in two-and-a-half years , ’ he says . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've been to two before , Daddy . |
| 24 | We 've been to two very different breweries in the region to look at the beer makers art . |
| 25 | According to a friend Patricia had been to two fortune tellers recently . |
| 26 | Erm I like doing water colour painting and I 've been on two holidays down in Cornwall and I 've done that and that 's very relaxing erm and it seems , you seem to forget about everything else , and that 's quite good fun er but erm obviously if it rains all your , all your colours get washed away , but that 's good fun . |
| 27 | otherwise I would have been on two fifty . |