Example sentences of "[been] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He remarked however that there was little to choose between kitchen and living-room in respect of air , since the oven had been on since dawn . |
| 2 | Cos they 've been on about people |
| 3 | not been on for ages . |
| 4 | Well of course it 's not on , it has n't been on for weeks . |
| 5 | PET ‘ HOTEL HATES ’ ( THE FREQUENT ONES ) * narrow stairs and no lifts * low shower pressure * telephone kiosks built for left-handed midgets * only one plug , down on the floor under the bed and 5AMP * hairdryers on 1m fixed lead from the floor socket 3m away from wall mirror facing opposite direction * just two 40 watt lamps to read and work by * toilet rolls positioned for contortionists only * room service that brings each course separately throughout Dallas * radiators that have n't been on for years * radiators that wo n't go off * basins that take half an hour to empty after you 've cleaned your teeth and you want to shave * stoppers that hang under the cold water tap but do n't reach the drain * stoppers that have no chain so you wallow in the dirty water to find them * toilets where you can sit down or close the door but not both |
| 6 | I 've been on to Di this long time and have one like that , then you can and put down so you can have more room , you know , when you put it out . |
| 7 | ‘ I hear the English faculty has been on to Humphrey already , ’ he volunteered . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've just been on to Mallachy . |
| 9 | ‘ If Devlin is as smart as I think he is , Jack , he 's been on to Frear from the start . |
| 10 | Well I , I 've been on to world wom women 's committee and they assure me that they , the hospital says these tests should come through in a week , at the most three week 's , but you can phone them , so that certainly has improved , there does n't seem to be a back log . |
| 11 | Fraser said wearily , ‘ Have you been on to Dublin ? ’ |
| 12 | He 's just been on to Maureen , got a couple of orders bearings and an Anglia contact . |
| 13 | I have been on at Desmond about it , as a matter of fact , which I suppose is what she wanted . |
| 14 | But for that he would have got his sword out of its scabbard , and the fight they could not afford would have been on in earnest . |
| 15 | I 've actually been down to Norfolk this weekend so |
| 16 | She 's been down to Birmingham to see our kid . |
| 17 | Recently , however , they have been down to Lord Mayor Treloar College where they are helping to buy TNS 's , a battery powered device which produces small low powered electric shock — something like pins and needles — designed to ease muscle pain for people with disabilities such as spina bifida and muscular dystrophy . |
| 18 | no , I forgot well see I forgotten and I 'd been down to Boots an all I , aunty Mary had them once , one time and said |
| 19 | I know Paul 's been down to Percy Saint John 's and they are quite far ahead believe it or not they have got separate sheets for most subjects and we 'll able to do that English at pri Spring Gardens is good , so it maths because that was actually dealt with by erm Barbara |
| 20 | Neville , fresh in from points east , had just been down to Carnaby Street and looked the very model of the new generation . |
| 21 | ‘ Anyhow , Grandfather had been down to John Adrich 's at the bottom of the hill and he 'd bought himself a grin'stone for sharpening tools . |
| 22 | He had seen Frank 's mutilated back when they had both been down for screening , and had been deeply shocked . |
| 23 | When Conchis had said that he 'd been down on Moutsa the week before , it had been this one fact , the sweet womanish perfume , that had puzzled me . |
| 24 | Apparently he 's been down at Streatley since the weekend , but Joanne says he should be back today . |
| 25 | ‘ Has he been down at Streatley ? ’ |
| 26 | I went to Scotland Yard this morning and saw an Inspector and told him all about our suspicions , and about how we knew Nigel had been down at Streatley that Saturday — ’ |
| 27 | The gate may have been down at Sanford Smith 's fourth annual Works on Paper exhibition in New York 's Park Avenue Armory from 3 to 5 April , but most of the participants had little to complain about . |
| 28 | Because if you had not been down in Minya chasing that gipsy woman you would have been at the theatre . |
| 29 | Er the thing is that the people in the northeast yes er there is a lot more work done up there by the Society but you know since I 've been down in Horsham I have found that the northeast is not alone . |
| 30 | Having worked for a number of years now in community health services , previously erm in Yorkshire , in fact I 've only been down in Oxford about four or five months , I 've learnt how important it is in fact to make good working contacts with members and officers of other organizations , and particularly of local authority organizations . |