Example sentences of "have been [prep] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It would encourage newcomers ; especially if they 'd been on a few walks and seen the problems .
2 Eventually ( it would later be established it must have been within a few minutes of six-thirty ) the car slowed to a halt .
3 Fosdyke was all alone , had been for a few days since I had dinner with him in fact . ’
4 And you know we 've been to a few caravans
5 What I mean by that is , when you get back to your branches , you will go onto further training programmes in branch training , developing your practice training , so each branch will vary how they sort of co-ordinate this , but let's say , we 've been in a few months now , and twice a week we 've got to go in for training .
6 In fact , he is one of the best professionals I have ever played with — and I 've been around a few years ! ’
7 He 's a gem , always full of good humour , and he 's been on a few times , now , but this particular moment was when I noticed in the studio lights a glint of trouser zip .
8 Bloody film star he ought to be , not a and he you see him on the television , he 's been on a few times at night !
9 Tom 's been around a few years now .
10 He 's been in a few things .
11 ‘ Yeah , and she 's been in a few times since .
12 It looks as though it 's been in a few scrapes before . ’
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