Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] [prep] [pron] time " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Despite the difficulties and the continuing insecurity of support , Linda concludes that life for Elizabeth and Helen has been improved by their time in the community and that the hard journey is worth it . |
| 2 | The major innovations and discoveries of the 20th century such as transistors , penicillin or nuclear power could not have been predicted before their time nor do their stories have much in common except the the research which led to them could not have been directed towards their discovery . |
| 3 | Even David Owen was later to admit that they should have been scrapped during his time at the Foreign Office in 1 977–9 . |
| 4 | Thus Regan , in memoirs not noted for their kindness to the president , says , ‘ [ Reagan 's ] grasp of economic theory as it had been taught in his time ( Eureka College , class of 1932 ) was excellent , and he kept abreast of later theory . |
| 5 | He found it difficult to see what progress had been made since his time . |