Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [been] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony and Jean have been in their present home for two years . |
| 2 | After making a living in London and Scotland the family moved to Spennymoor in 1905 and Coias have been in the town ever since . |
| 3 | While unemployment figures in Northern Ireland have been on the increase , they have not accelerated at anything like the rate in the usually prosperous south-east of England . |
| 4 | Historically , England have been at their best defensively with a solid centre-half , and a more mobile central defender/sweeper type player ( e.g. Moore/Charlton , etc ) . |
| 5 | England have been in trouble twice this season , upset by Canada 's pack at Wembley and shunted alarmingly by South Africa during the first half . |
| 6 | Lisburn have been in existence for more than 150 years and is Ulster 's oldest surviving cricket club . |
| 7 | With no game this weekend the Manor Ground was closed for business … but the directors were working overtime in the boardroom … sorting through thirty applications for the manager 's job … they 've drawn up a shortlist … four men are being interviewed over the next couple of days … who are they … the club are keeping the names a secret … we reckon Chris Nicholl … the former Southampton manager is still in the running … so too is the former Sunderland and Bristol City chief Denis Smith … the fans favourite is Mark Lawrenson who was in charge of United for a short spell before he fell out with Maxwells and the fourth man … is a mystery … could be the dark horse the names of former England keeper Ray Clemence and one time Villa striker Peter Withe have been under discussion … all will be revealed later this week … |
| 8 | Brian , you and Kerrie have been in temporary accommodation since January 1991 . |
| 9 | For generations , printers in Fleet Street have been among the highest-paid industrial workers in Britain . |
| 10 | Hugh and Joyce Gardiner have been with Timex for a total of 44 years and never believed that their fight could have reached such a pitch . |
| 11 | He 's been in it for five years ( only he and Jean Boht have been with the show from the beginning ) and he 's proud of that , he says . |
| 12 | A magnificent example of the ‘ Paxford says ’ routine is provided when Maureen and Minto have been into Oxford to get two wireless sets on approval . |
| 13 | Swindon 's glory days in the FA Cup were a long time ago while Cambridge have been to the quarter finals two years running . |
| 14 | Reed Canoes & Camping of Cambridge have been amongst the retailers having a difficult time of late . |
| 15 | Brussels , Copenhagen , Strasbourg , Madrid , Heraklion and Cambridge have been among the front runners of 48 competing cities . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd like to put on record how co-operative Copenhagen have been throughout this affair , ’ said the Linfield chairman . |
| 17 | Artcare have been at the forefront in the production of portfolios for the discerning artist since 1938 . |
| 18 | The restrictions on imports from and exports to South Africa have been in place since 1985 . |
| 19 | The restrictions on imports from and exports to South Africa have been in place since 1985 . |
| 20 | Liverpool have been without five of the powerful line-up Mr Souness selected for the first match against Portsmouth in the intervening League games . |
| 21 | Mr Jarvis , who first gained the attention of Mrs Major through his readings of the Richmal Crompton 's William stories , says : ‘ The BBC have been after me to record some more William stories but I have decided that one series a year is quite enough . |
| 22 | Though the Lions ' backs have the credentials and Winterbottom and Dean Richards have been in the heat of a Lions Test scrum , there are six forwards who will be experiencing a Lions Test for the first time . |
| 23 | Mr MacSharry and Commission President Jacques Delors have been at daggers drawn for weeks over tactics in the GATT talks with the Americans with Mr Delors accused of favouring the powerful French farm lobby . |
| 24 | Not too much has appeared in the public prints on the conference , but Reuter reporters Russell Blinch and Judith Crosson have been on the spot taking it all down ; this page is compiled from their reports . |
| 25 | Shareholders in Unisys have been through so much misery , the fear that the IBM mainframe blight will soon infect the company is so great that no reasonable offer for the company is likely to be refused — and while the Unisys debt burden is now manageable , it is still onerous for a company of Unisys ' size , but AT&T 's credit remains almost as good as gold . |
| 26 | Beniaminio and Mario Di Conza have been in the hospital since June , undergoing investigations to find out the extent of organ sharing , before the operation which was completed yesterday . |
| 27 | Numerous societies including the Cheltenham & Gloucester , National & Provincial , Norwich & Peterborough and Birmingham Midshires have been in the frame as possible targets . |
| 28 | You and Brian have been through a lot , living in different emergency housing places . |
| 29 | In the past nine years , he says , he and Kinnock have been to hell and back together but ( unless Sisyphus intrude these columns again ) paradise now seems tantalisingly close . |
| 30 | Would the Prime Minister confirm that today 's figures show the biggest rise in long-term unemployment in 10 years , that 1.3 million people in Britain have been without work for more than six months and that 750,000 of those have been without work for more than a year ? |