Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] have [adv] been [prep] " in BNC.

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1 That 's how it 's always been with Oliver and me .
2 why she has n't been to school she was in erm the .
3 Well that 's why she has n't been about you see .
4 But today Gloria blundered out through the swing doors when she 'd hardly been in there any time at all and looked like she was groping along in her sleep .
5 " He wanted to know why you had n't been to class lately . "
6 Well , it was n't till the Tuesday of the week after when we 'd all been to the funeral at the crematorium that Inspector Bush came in again .
7 You could spot where it had just been by aeroplanes and helicopters taking off in a hurry .
8 For a moment , for the first time in his life , he began to realize why his grandfather had never lost his love of Mother Russia , why it had always been in his blood .
9 One after the other was called to report why he had not been to the police court for a long period , and threatened that if he did not do more work in the future he would lose pay .
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