Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] been out [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had been out for many hours that day and had covered many miles of jungle with unflagging caution , but without one moment , s unease , and then , on cresting the ridge , and coming in sight of the rocks , I knew they held danger for me , and this knowledge was confirmed a few minutes later by the kakar 's warning call to the jungle folk , and by my finding the man-eater 's pug marks superimposed on my footprints . |
| 2 | I 've been out , I 've been out since half seven this morning well |
| 3 | However , there were people there who were ‘ greatly desiring that she had been out of that country ’ , and she bustled off to York , where the Archbishop paid a man five shillings to lead her out of the town . |
| 4 | She 's been out with enough lads to know he 's the right one for her , ’ Maureen said . |
| 5 | We 've been out on this balcony a long time , and no one has come to interrupt us . |
| 6 | mind you , I 've , we 've just finished eating our tea , we 've been out to all hours doing the lawn , you know cutting the lawns all round the house |
| 7 | On the previous days they had been out to some meals , but she had also cooked for them . |
| 8 | He 's been out for some time . |