Example sentences of "[pers pn] [been] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How long have I been like this ? ’ she asked in one interval . |
| 2 | ‘ How long have you been with this company ? ’ |
| 3 | What mischief have you been at this last while , then ? ’ |
| 4 | When she walked into the kitchen her mother looked up and said , ‘ Where on earth have you been at this hour . |
| 5 | Although Frank has been a director of Pearson since nineteen eighty six and those of you been to this meeting in the last few years will have seen him before I 'd like to introduce , ah , Frank to you in his new capacity Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer at Pearson . |
| 6 | ‘ How long have you been like this ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ How long have you been in this field ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ How long have you been in this job ? ’ |
| 9 | 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 ? ’ |
| 10 | So have you been in this business before ? |
| 11 | That 's him been in this post for twelve years ? |
| 12 | How long had it been like this , untouched by people , gradually decaying and changing with the wind and the weather ? |
| 13 | Er what 's the atmosphere like in Belfast , what 's it been like this week ? |
| 14 | ‘ How long has he been like this ? ’ |