Example sentences of "[verb] been [prep] this country [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It seems the continental disease may have been in this country for some time , ’ Dr Tapper says , ‘ but we do n't believe hare populations are in serious danger . ’ |
| 2 | Often , all education was conducted by the internees themselves — English lessons being given by people who had been in this country for a number of years . |
| 3 | Celmira : I 've been in this country for fifteen years . |
| 4 | Maybe they 're more cauti cautious than we have been in this country about the effect of Chernobyl . |
| 5 | I do not think that the hon. Member for Edinburgh , Central , his hon. Friends or the majority of my hon. Friends would say that the Government were wrong , rather than giving no status to people who have been in this country for a number of years , to have given them exceptional leave to remain . |
| 6 | These few days with you have been like this country before me here — a new paradise , an enchanted place so rich in itself that it needed nothing else . |