Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [been] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No-one has been on this path for two days . ’ |
| 2 | I 'd a lump on my head the size of a goose egg ; I 'd been through some kind of hell in the spaces ; I 'd prayed for … it was not what I 'd prayed for at all . |
| 3 | Yes that 's how that 's how it was , yes all I was on that gate , I 'd been on that gate myself dozens of times . |
| 4 | I 'd been at that school for two terms , eight months at the most . |
| 5 | ‘ If I 'd been in cold sobriety I would never have married her . |
| 6 | I 'd been in this business long enough to know he was lying and that something was going on . ’ |
| 7 | I had been along this track many times , and this was the first occasion on which I hesitated to pass the rocks . |
| 8 | Within a week , I received a duplicated form to fill in stating all my details and demanding proof that I had been on that flight . |
| 9 | The morning after I had been to this party at the Spanish Embassy , I received an invitation from the Spanish Ambassador and Señora Puig de la Bellacasa to go to their Farewell Party . |
| 10 | I had been in constant pain , since my accident , for nearly two years when I stumbled across the Alexander Technique . |
| 11 | And I think er Well Pat and I have discussed that a little bit as well , cos I 've been under some pressure in this direction with Alice . |
| 12 | I 've been into this look for quite a while now , I know the rules . |
| 13 | I mean , you could learn , but I 've been down that road and I do n't want you to follow . |
| 14 | Yeah , well I 've b t to tell you honest truth , I 've been on th I 've been down that road . |
| 15 | I 've been over this part twice , and look at the water . ’ |
| 16 | I 've been on that plane , I have been on that plane |
| 17 | I 've been on automatic pilot for 25 years . |
| 18 | Since I 've been on this course , I 've been on the bus a few times . |
| 19 | I 've been on this circuit for six months now , but I 've been driving cabs for twenty-four years . |
| 20 | time and time again they sit on the sidelines saying this is what we think do n't talk to us about it do n't debate it , do n't ask us to think about it , take it or leave it , if you do n't give us what we want we 'll sit back and moan and sulk and they 've played , I think that 's a very irresponsible line they 've played in the five years I 've been on this council and I hope that er again the issue on the next item on the agenda represents a change of heart on their behalf . |
| 21 | I 'm hearing things now that I have not heard in fifteen years that I 've been on this County Council and I would suggest erm to Mr that when he 's talking about things that this County Council ought to print , and I think the one suggestion he came up with is very sensible , he could perhaps follow up with a catalogue of those things which he considers need doing that after a hundred years have not been done . |
| 22 | ‘ The improvement and the form suggests it 's the best Welsh pack since the Triple Crown in 1988 , so yes I 'm more optimistic than I 've been for some time ’ , said the 43-year-old ‘ Panther ’ , who is now a schoolmaster in Swansea . |
| 23 | really s I 've been to dental hygiene cos I thought |
| 24 | Yes and er if I might s oh I er do n't know I 've been to bloody shop meself but I ai n't sorry about it , cos I 've done what I 've wanted to do and I 've enjoyed what I 've done and erm the authorities they get 'd me that on er hardship grounds there , as I say , being on er residential premise and er they showed me great respect and er |
| 25 | Try and make sure it 's dried and then I 'll do it tomorrow morning when I 've been to that playgroup . |
| 26 | I 've been to that house |
| 27 | Well I hope I 've been of some help . |
| 28 | And I hope that I 've been of some assistance . |
| 29 | I 've been around this house for |
| 30 | I 've not been against lines of communication , I 've been against excessive expenditure on such . |