Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] have been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was mean-minded enough to wish it had been for longer . |
| 2 | Rachel suddenly felt she 'd been through an emotional wringer . |
| 3 | He could not know she had been on the beach long enough to see what had happened . |
| 4 | Neither of them was able to identify any they came away they did not feel they had been of much help . |
| 5 | And , well , I just felt it had been worth trying but it was n't going to work . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I just thought he 'd been at the whisky even more than usual , and ignored him . |
| 7 | ‘ Doone phoned me yesterday to say he 'd been to the boatyard and taken away some objects for which he would give me a receipt . ’ |
| 8 | Emily , swimming vigorously , came to assist her , and together they managed to reach shallow water , where Gwendolen promptly denied she had been in danger . |
| 9 | ‘ I always wished I 'd been in love and run away when I was young . ’ |
| 10 | The Fat Controller looked more at home in this context than I could ever imagine him to have been at Cliff Top , or anywhere else for that matter . |
| 11 | Their forensic tests could probably prove it had been around your neck and in my pocket , but it 's been badly mistreated as a piece of evidence . ’ |
| 12 | If he had denied it , and we later proved he had been on the moat , then it would have been a different matter . ’ |
| 13 | It had been necessary to handle the appointment rather delicately , as when the post was originally advertised it had been for a boys ' school , 600 strong ; with the anticipated changes this would soon develop into a co-educational establishment of up to 1,000 . |
| 14 | And I do n't think they have been for this last |
| 15 | Well she always used to say , why you do n't say anything , but she always used to say to , she 'd never come down to the house , I mean I do n't think she 's been to my house , house five times |
| 16 | Er , and I do n't think she 's been in trouble before . |
| 17 | He 's scored four in just five starts , and said : ‘ It 's been a good start but I still do n't think I 've been at my best . ’ |
| 18 | I do n't think he 'd been for about six month . |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | I think it 's level , I think the , the benefit just stays the same cos the , the cost has n't increased it 's been like that for oh she 's been paying round about twelve pounds a month now for as long as I can remember . |
| 21 | The proceedings were watched by Michael Crook , principal Adult Education Organiser for Norfolk , along with other AE officers , Peter Softly of Norwich Sports Council , mentioned particularly how impressed he had been by the day . |
| 22 | ‘ Wigan will certainly know they 've been in a game . |
| 23 | , see I got very pally with old , , we use to play snooker together that 's how I first met him and then we went there , and I never knew he 'd been in the cos I transferred to the R E's you see . |