Example sentences of "[been] [prep] [det] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time he had been through that and was ready to return , Jennifer had been married and divorced and was almost a stranger again . |
| 2 | In November , he warned that if the likes of IBM and DEC did n't implement drastic measures they 'd go through ‘ Holy Heck ’ — DG has been through that and if the company is confident about one thing , it is that the worst is over . |
| 3 | I do n't make any apologies for that , and maybe it is going over the old ground , but unless we do it , unless we try to do it , if we 've done it the way before been and it has n't produced what we , what we want , then surely it 's not for us to sit back and say , ‘ Well , it 's been through that and it has n't worked ’ , surely we ought to try again , and that 's what I hope to be doing , sort of value your support and see you . |
| 4 | Sacha Bull is 4 weeks old , but she 's already been through more than most people experience in a lifetime . |
| 5 | We know how tough it has been for many but we are poised to move forward again , lacking only the spark of confidence with which a Conservative victory would ignite recovery . |
| 6 | This time tomorrow it would be all over , and part of history ; the victors would be celebrating , the losers complaining that had it not been for this and that , they would have won , and the course of history would have been different . |
| 7 | This is the most upbeat I have been for more than a year . ’ |
| 8 | There were no sounds of any kind coming from Alina 's bedroom , and had n't been for more than an hour . |
| 9 | But the Conservative record has been about more than increasing spending . |
| 10 | But the party conflict had always been about more than the succession . |
| 11 | Why has Transitional Relief Scheme been worth less than publicised ? — someone referred to an article in the Scotsman on this on 12 March 1993 . |
| 12 | Aunt Edith , Uncle Walter 's wife , had been like that before she died . |
| 13 | I mean its always been like that but |
| 14 | Has she always been like that or is this ? |
| 15 | He 's always been like that and he has n't changed . |
| 16 | Yes they 've always been like that and they always will be like that . |
| 17 | He 's been like this since I come in . |
| 18 | somebody at work , what 's a matter love you 've been like this since you 've got up have n't you ? |
| 19 | Has she always been like this or is |
| 20 | Others , however , joined in the exercise : ‘ It must have been in such and such a way ; I mean , there 's a story which says … |
| 21 | I can honestly say I ca n't remember a show I definitely did n't like doing , although I might have been in some that did n't turn out as I though they would . ’ |
| 22 | This has been hanging about for a long , long time while I 've been on this and these people and they 're very special people I 've got this sword of hanging over my head . |