Example sentences of "[adv] been [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 featured the last er three years some of the other companies have only been here since last year and the year before so I mean we 're a national tour operator
2 It broke Perdita 's heart that Ricky , who 'd only been out of top-class polo for three years , was totally ignored .
3 The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra 's reputation has long been out of all proportion to its representation on record , at least in the West .
4 She has not been out of this room for six months .
5 ‘ Old Mr Fiddle has not been there for some time , Rose , ’ said Dagmar from the door .
6 We have still not been given any kind of direct word , we 've not been back in direct communication with them .
7 It 's always been around in comic culture , but as cynical publishers try to cash in on the success of Howard Chaykin 's gross Black Kiss , there 's so much of it that the powers that be have noticed .
8 He had always been so against any kind of what he called ‘ gobbledygook ’ .
9 By now they were in Piccadilly Circus , anonymous among the largest crowd Sally-Anne had ever been in without some sort of companion to protect her , or to look out for her .
10 It had probably been there for some time !
11 Mm Erm yes so he was just saying that , you know , the only night he 's really been out since New Year 's Eve was last Wednesday , he 's just been in the whole time .
12 The doctor , who had now been there for some time , and was looking at his watch , had been explaining .
13 Nothing else has changed ; I have n't been here since that day a week after Clare died , and it had the same muddily washed-out look about it then .
14 You have n't been here for last week did you ?
15 ‘ He has n't been here for some time , ’ Hari answered .
16 One song reveals the damaging influence on their minds of their sojourn in London : ‘ Soccer Fan ’ is a peon of praise to Everton 's midfield cruncher , Norman Whiteside. l CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT Get Ahead ( Mercury ) You can tell that Curiosity Killed The Cat have n't been around for some time .
17 been out , I have n't been out since New Year 's Eve .
18 Had n't been out since this morning .
19 We 'd never been apart from each other for more than two weeks when I was arrested .
20 But now that she came to think of it she had never been out to any sort of meal with John .
21 Yeah , folk here just never been out since New Year , then she had to work at the hospital Tuesday , well Bradley said if you do n't feel fit enough phone up and we 'll send a nurse to you I said you 're bloody mental , you ask for everything you get , I said instead of phoning the nurse in , ah but I think Alison told me they both need a good , good bloody feed they do
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