Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] been [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I 've only been in the industry , I 've only been with this company for two and half years , and when I joined and had a look at what the industry was about , there were thirty express overnight carriers . |
2 | ‘ I 've not been in this part of the forest . |
3 | ‘ Well , I 've always been into all kinds of guitarists , ’ Guy explains . |
4 | I 've now been in this game for about eighteen years and I suppose thirteen of them I did n't have two beans to rub together . |
5 | I 've never been into that scene . ’ |
6 | Bryan agrees : ‘ I 've never been into that sort of high speed guitar playing , and if I was it would have to be something very melodic . |
7 | In spite of himself Joe was impressed by the earnestness in Chris 's voice and said less forcefully , ‘ I know it 's easy for me to talk , I 've never been in this situation , but what 's going to happen ? |
8 | I 've never been in any factory in my life , working nights , I have been in many , but I 've never found my fellow men very sociable on the night shift . |
9 | Some people have already been down that road ! |
10 | Most of our advertisers have already been in some form of advertising before . |
11 | They have not been for some time except to people who still remember The Beatles and The Animals . |
12 | Taxes are higher than they have ever been in this country 's history , and the burden falls disproportionately heavily on lower-income families . |
13 | ‘ I 'm not sure that we have n't been at some point , ’ says Mr Garner . |
14 | I 'm afraid I have n't been of much help to you , Mr Millet . ’ |
15 | Mm we have n't been through this way for a long time have we ? |
16 | You have n't been outside that door for days . |
17 | " I have n't been for some time . |
18 | " No , and there have n't been for some time . " |
19 | For a man of my age I have n't been to many funerals , the result of belonging to a much reduced family and having a limited acquaintance . |
20 | Well , I do n't know cos I have n't been to any meetings for months , not |
21 | ‘ Oh all right , I have n't been inside this house since I used to come here to dances when your father was a boy . |
22 | We have n't been round this way for a while have we ? |
23 | Accidental fires do happen when the Peak is very dry but we have n't been in that situation yet . |
24 | He added : ‘ Obviously it 's a great thrill to be top of the table with Rangers because I have n't been in this position before . |
25 | ‘ I have n't been in this church for years . ’ |
26 | ‘ You have n't been in this neck of the woods for years , and I doubt if in all her life she 's been further than Blackpool . ’ |
27 | But yeah , it 's alright , it 's okay but not a lot 's going on , really , I have n't been in any activities for ages . |
28 | ‘ Of course I have n't been in any rackets . |
29 | I have never been to this town before , but I do not think she is a typical resident of Bournemouth . |
30 | Although this may sound harsh and unreasonable , experience has made it hard for me to trust women who have never been through some form of separatist reaction . |