Example sentences of "been [prep] [det] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , now I 've been past many a field of hay but it does n't smell like it used to in my young days . |
| 2 | Been like that a couple of days . |
| 3 | The proportions reported to have had difficulty with various aspects of caring for themselves ( getting in and out of a bath or shower , dressing and undressing , going to the toilet , washing and shaving , feeding themselves , making a hot drink , or needing help at night ) for a year or more before death was 87 per cent of those who had been in a residential home for a year or more , 60 per cent of those in for a shorter time and 25 per cent of those who had not been in such a home at all . |
| 4 | But he had been in such a degree of desperation because of his financial position . |
| 5 | She would have liked Nice — if she had not been in such a hurry to be in Paris . |
| 6 | hold a position of responsibility within the industry and have been in such a post for at least two years |