Example sentences of "have [pron] be [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has he been in all day ? |
| 2 | Has he been in all day ? |
| 3 | The only time he 's ever had one was at this kid 's party Fran , Franny someone , he 's actually a bloke ! |
| 4 | Determined he 's gon na have what 's in that bucket is n't he ? |
| 5 | If you can tell me the initials of my name , you can have what 's in this bag . ’ |
| 6 | Of course I would have enjoyed the occasion much more had I been in better shape , but in the event it all went better than I had dared hope even if I was near to passing out at times . |
| 7 | Had she been to these places with Chris ? |
| 8 | Had she been in any way party to that act ? |
| 9 | The USSR , as before , remained ready to further its own interests wherever it could , and those interests were not always in agreement with those of Western governments — nor had they been in tsarist times . |
| 10 | That it was a Saturday morning had made his presence possible — he would not have accepted the invitation had it been on some date in the week — and carriages had already piled behind one another in the main street ; evidently it was to be a large party . |
| 11 | Mandela had what was by all accounts a successful meeting with the UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on July 4 , describing her afterwards as an " enemy of apartheid " . |
| 12 | How successful have I been at various jobs ? |
| 13 | ‘ How long have you been with this company ? ’ |
| 14 | Have you been to that part there ? |
| 15 | Have you been to that Nettos ? |
| 16 | Have you been to that Nettos then ? |
| 17 | Have you been to that place , Holiday Inn ? |
| 18 | ‘ Have you been to eleven Creffield Road ? ’ he asked smugly . |
| 19 | The present crop of portrait painters is uninspiring : ‘ Have you been to any degree shows ? |
| 20 | Have you been to any castles ? |
| 21 | Have you been at that gym tonight ? |
| 22 | When she walked into the kitchen her mother looked up and said , ‘ Where on earth have you been at this hour . |
| 23 | ‘ How long have you been in this field ? ’ |
| 24 | It is helpful if the speaker has good articulation ( crisp consonants ) and is able to phrase sentences so that the key word or subject does not depend on a high frequency — for example , instead of saying ‘ Do you know Sussex ? ’ ( key word Sussex ) , they could say ‘ Have you been in this part of the world before ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ How long have you been in this job ? ’ |
| 26 | So have you been in this business before ? |
| 27 | they have it was on one night . |
| 28 | ‘ It is vitally important we get people who have themselves been through that experience , ’ said Christine . |