Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] have been [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed that she had been on her own forever . |
| 2 | Gemma , 11 , found fending for herself in her west London home while her mother , 31 , was on holiday in Spain , was taken in by Hammersmith Council on February 1 after complaints that she had been on her own for two days . |
| 3 | Diana insisted that she had been in her apartment , exhausted after a late night at the Ritz hotel where she and Prince Charles had attended Princess Margaret 's 50th birthday party . |
| 4 | She was now 15lb ( 7kg ) heavier than she had been in her single days ; she felt tired and run down , and suffered with migraines , abdominal bloating and increasing premenstrual symptoms including irritability , nervous tension , depression , tearfulness , confusion , weight gain , sore breasts and insomnia . |
| 5 | I could not in the court of law swear that you had been under my observations the whole time we were making the ascent . ’ |
| 6 | Although there was no hope that her own son and his intimates would forgo their day 's sport , there were those less inclined for the hunt than they had been in their younger days . |
| 7 | It made it no better for her that they had been after her father . |
| 8 | The thought that it had been inside his mouth , touching his tongue and gums and those rather small but perfect teeth , that it had been drenched in some of his most intimate fluids gave me an erotic thrill . |
| 9 | Leaf-roll sawfly This clever little beast is given a fair description and discussion in the answer to question number 52 on page 208 , which , with Figure 13 above , will enable you to spot that it has been on your plants . |
| 10 | Her mousy hair had been bleached by the sun to a more nearly-blonde than it had been since her childhood , and her skin was very brown . |
| 11 | If possible , life was harder even for these ragged redskins than it had been for their forefathers after the war with Rope Thrower , when their livelihood had been deliberately burned away from them . |
| 12 | When he was caught driving in January , Ironside claimed that he had been on his way to look at the possibilities of a council house exchange . |
| 13 | Landlord Bill Long , who has since moved to another pub , gave evidence in support of the defendant , verifying that he had been within his sight for the time in question , except for a brief spell when he was collecting glasses . |
| 14 | Those who have worked with him during the time that he has been in his present post have come to admire the hard work , courage and assiduity with which he has pursued the object of bringing the parties within the island of Ireland to sit down with the British Government and resolve their differences . |
| 15 | In fact , if anything he was even more remote and distant now than he had been before their weekend , as if he had n't meant to let her get so close and was frantically clawing back space . |
| 16 | I 'm 15 years old and I 've been with my current boyfriend for quite a while . |
| 17 | I 'm 21 , and I 've been with my boyfriend for almost four years now . |
| 18 | A week earlier Steve and I had been on our way to the summit of Ultar with a pair of 150 foot ropes . |
| 19 | I dare n't disobey her , Miss Abbott — dare I , Aunt ? — because you see , my brother and I have been in her care since we were boys and stand in the greatest awe of her imaginable . ’ |
| 20 | If I 'd been of your chosen few , |
| 21 | ‘ If I 'd been on my feet . |
| 22 | ‘ To be honest if I 'd been on my own I would n't have gone ahead with it , ’ says Avril . |
| 23 | much time if I , If I 'd been on my own . |
| 24 | And if I 'd been in his skin , and seen the power in Dawn 's beak and feet , I do n't think I 'd have done anything either . |
| 25 | ‘ If I 'd been in your shoes I 'd have walked right out on him . ’ |
| 26 | If I had been on my own I probably would not have done it . ’ |
| 27 | If I had been at my gun , I would have been dissected . |
| 28 | We undertake to refund the deposit in full if you cancel because of redundancy , provided we are notified at least 8 weeks before departure and on receipt of confirmation from the employer concerned ( provided you have been in your current employment for the last 2 years ) . |
| 29 | It was mid-evening , and she 'd been on her beat for about ten minutes , when an elderly , smartly-dressed man passed her . |
| 30 | They had walked quite some miles , she realised on the return journey , and she had been in his company for quite some while , so it came as no surprise to also realise how totally unsuited she was for the job she was there to do . |