Example sentences of "as [pron] have [adv] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , before the war , it was reported that he was heard to say over the telephone , in reply to an invitation from a leading London hostess , ‘ I should especially like to come , as I have not been to Hampstead since 1916 ’ . |
| 2 | Just to set the scene and seeing as I have n't been in the plot too much lately . |
| 3 | As I have never been in the habit of working at my easel every morning from 8 am , I only feel inclined to work when something stirs me in some way . |
| 4 | I also feel it was a great honour being a woman and having achieved it in such a short space of time as I have only been in hairdressing for around six years . |
| 5 | Three months is the maximum I can impose as you have never been in jail before , but if I could give you more , I would without hesitation . ’ |
| 6 | In contrast , things are very much as they have always been in Wales . |