Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've [adv] been [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've already been to Colin , placed my order , given him a deposit — and nothing 's happening . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've already been in touch with the Secretary-General . |
| 3 | Yeah , okay , I 've just been to Asda so kids are on the way to put the bits of shopping in the van , alright , cos I got 'em some cereal and some bread and I 'll bring up the toaster , they can take the toaster with 'em for a while and oh there is , is there ? |
| 4 | I 'VE just been to court for the first time in my life at 74 , because my local council said I owed them £63 for my wife 's poll tax during 1991–92 . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've just been with Michael Stein in Immigration . |
| 6 | I 've even been past Grey House twice to see if by any chance your car was there , to see if you 'd come back and not let me know . |
| 7 | In fact I 've scarcely been to bed before one o'clock any night since I first realized he was dyslexic . |
| 8 | basically so am I , I 've got to write a news in the next few days so I 'll see in early February tell him about the ideas , I 've also been in touch with another lobbying firm , I say been in touch but it 's quite easy because |
| 9 | ‘ As I told you last night , this is the only time I 've ever been to Venice . ’ |
| 10 | Personally I 've always been into style and clothes though . |
| 11 | Now when interest charges fall , the person who is buying the house benefits from the reduction in interest charges , but the person who is renting a house in local authority and then in this case nobody , nobody else in Harlow to rent it from , is faced with , not with a decreased monthly rental , but with an ever increasing one because as more and more Council houses are sold the cost of maintaining that there , the superstructure of the town , the cost of maintaining Council houses goes on increasing and so the burden is laid on the tenants and the tenant can find , will find himself that pound for pound increasing his rent while the house owner is decreasing his mortgage charges and at the end of the day the tenant is paying increased rent , increased rate and with nothing to show for it , erm , I 've always been in favour of a sale , of , of property er owner occupiers , but not at the expense of the people who can not afford to be owner occupiers , ah , to my mind , the present housing system is designed to maintain the existing class structure because even with the large discounts that one gets and nobody 's ever yet convinced me that why you should get a discount because you buy a Council house , but if you buy one privately owned you ca n't get a discount and it , there 's , this , this is so utter nonsense , but it is throwing a much heavier burden every time a house is sold on the remaining houses which are for rent , and so you that , although the idea is to make it a classless this society with more and more people owning their own properties the mo the mere fact that the majority of people in the town can not afford to buy even the reduced priced Council house , is an example that the , the system , the class system a division by income still exists . |
| 12 | I 've always been in trouble … |
| 13 | ‘ I 've always been around dope . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've never been to Northumberland before , ’ she said wistfully . |
| 15 | I 've never been to Edinburgh before , myself . |
| 16 | I 've never been to Germany since , never seen anymore of it than I saw from the air that day in 1945 , and I ca n't say I 've ever wanted to . |
| 17 | I have n't , I , I , I 've never been to Ireland |
| 18 | " I 've never been to Venice . " |
| 19 | I 've never been to Venice before , I can prove it , nor have I met your father . |
| 20 | I 've never been to England before . |
| 21 | But the fact that I 've never been to England before does n't make me a complete bumpkin . |
| 22 | " I 've never been to Southport . |
| 23 | I 've never been to Kings Lynn |
| 24 | I 've never been on tour , but I 've been to the visitor 's centre , and |
| 25 | I 've never been into party political material as such and he just does n't make me laugh . ’ |
| 26 | I 've never been as sea sick in all my life ! |
| 27 | ‘ I 've never been in New Zealand native forest , ’ she added wistfully . |
| 28 | He 's also said : ‘ I 've never been in love with directors . |
| 29 | No , I 've never been in love , I do n't know anything about it really . |
| 30 | I ca n't tell her I 've never been in love . |