Example sentences of "[noun sg] have been [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This technique has been around as a possibility for these machines for years , dating right back to the very early 1970s and the S42 , or ‘ peg-board ’ machines . |
| 2 | The Ox has been around for a couple of months , but the new host of the Tips Clinic is Dr Butcher . |
| 3 | The drug has been around for the last 20 years , but this is the first time the research has been carried out over such a lengthy period . |
| 4 | Service intervals of 3000 miles , plus an initial 500-mile check , mean the car has been back to the Dartford factory five times since April and have produced bills for a total of £826.05 , although £96.50 of that was to replace one of the 205/45 ZR16 Goodyear Eagle GS-D tyres , which had collected a nail in its tread . |
| 5 | Not content with blackguarding him in the columns of the local rag , him and his silly daughter 's bum , the one-time Chief Citizen of the Borough had been up to no good with a girl young enough to be Grace 's sister , and in the Grand Hotel , and at a Conservative Party conference of all places . |
| 6 | Marijuana , liberalism , wild living and protestation had been around for a long time . |
| 7 | The sun has been out for a while after straining hard through moody skies and my skin is warming . |
| 8 | Hypnosis has been around for a long , long time . |
| 9 | The Great Britain half-back has been out for a month with strained stomach muscles . |
| 10 | This original small port and fishing village had been down on the marshes adjoining the Rother , not far from Rye , and given to Fécamp Abbey by Cnut . |
| 11 | Of " voluntary " temporary workers , nearly a half had been out of the labour market entirely 12 months before and only two per cent had been unemployed , but of " involuntary " temporary workers the proportions were just under one third in both cases . |
| 12 | You see , some girl 's been out for a drink , or to a disco , met a fella , the fella invites her back , she goes , and things go a bit further than she intended . |
| 13 | The record has been out for a couple of years , and it 's called ‘ Electric Counterpoint ’ . |
| 14 | Last year a team from Hereford were the winners and the Castaways raft has been back on the Wye this week practising to make it a double . |
| 15 | The man who ran the world 's first sub-four minute mile has been back to the track where he made history nearly thirty five years ago . |
| 16 | Oh all of my stuff has been up in the loft it 's like you say , I mean if they 've been double wrapped and everything and you wash them |
| 17 | All being well , the skies will part once or twice during the festival — only the second time the event has been out in the open air . |
| 18 | Sometimes , he assumed the Elder had been around since the Creation . |
| 19 | Scott was sensitive to the pressure his wife had been under for the past month . |
| 20 | But our improvement this season has been down to a team effort , not to any particular individual . |
| 21 | The Yorkshire captain has been out with a broken finger since the opening day of the championship season and it was thought he would not be fit until next week . |
| 22 | By now , 1345 hours , the Colonel had been up with the leading Troops for more than because two hours , and as the short Arctic day was drawing to a close he ordered the withdrawal to begin . |
| 23 | Many of Rosemary Cook 's respondents in the Rhondda , who had given birth to children during the inter-war years , said that birth control had been out of the question despite the fact that the birth rate for the Rhondda fell dramatically during the inter-war period . |
| 24 | Conference , we are all well aware of the terrific financial burden that this union has been under over the last few years . |
| 25 | I 'm trying to find out what sort of emotional state your daughter has been in over the past six months . |
| 26 | Now , The Cheaper Sex had been out in the States for some weeks , and it seemed as if everyone under the age of twenty-one wanted a copy . |
| 27 | Hand dragged furniture had been around since the 18th century . |
| 28 | The principles of magnetic recording had been around for a long time . |
| 29 | Because they 've been split between school , between young classes , my daughter 's been in with the eight year olds . |
| 30 | you see , if you put a line it costs you about a hundred a thirty quid now I think , but according to what they tell me , once a line has been in for a year if you put a line in , you 've got to pay the first year , its got ta be in for a year , if you have it taken out before the year , you 'll still be due for the rental on it |