Example sentences of "[adv] been [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Competing in the free market of air fares had catapulted Branson into the rarefied area of government policy and international relations , and helped to define what had hitherto been purely instinctive beliefs in a more rigid ideological context .
2 He do n't know nothing — he 's only been here 10 years . ’
3 She 's only been here two weekends , and none of us had worked for her in the past …
4 No because they cou first , that 's been here about three weeks and the little one 's only been here two weeks .
5 He 's so good seeing he 's only been here two days .
6 I 've only been here four years we had the white one remember the gas one got certified dangerous ?
7 After all , I 've only been here five years !
8 We 've only been here three quarters of an hour !
9 I 've only been here three years now !
10 You 've only been there eighteen months while I 've known it all my life .
11 She 'd only been there twelve months .
12 I 've only been there five minutes , ’ Maggie protested .
13 you 've been there and I 've only been there thirteen years so
14 But I 've only been there one day — half a day , really , since I took a good bit of time off this afternoon to talk to you .
15 It 's very good — we 've only been there two days and could n't even scratch the surface .
16 But she had only been there four months when she fell prey to supervisor Brian McConville who subjected her to a harrowing sexual harassment ordeal .
17 ‘ Head boy ’ in the school of ‘ 93 is opener Stephen Mann , one of the longest-serving players with the Section Three club — even though he 's only been there three years !
18 He and Kelly had only been together five minutes but the photographs brought back the full nightmarish shame of it all .
19 She was only thirteen stone when they took her in that last time , she was massive , she must of only been about five foot
20 The Court of first instance decided that there had not been unfairly prejudicial conduct .
21 That has been monumental help , but it has not been just practical help .
22 The Stirling-American traffic has not been all one way !
23 The course since then has not been all plain sailing , as changes in the launch date , originally set for August 1981 , reflect .
24 Lillywhite recovered after crashing just after the Horseshoe Pass climb at Llangollen at 73 miles though it had not been all plain sailing for the Banana team .
25 I 've had tremendous support in carrying them through , and had there not been this unforeseen event , I would certainly have been expecting to , and looking forward to , carrying on doing that for quite a considerable time , but I am sure that Kenneth Clarke will carry the same reforms forward with equal gusto .
26 There have not been as many jobs lying unfilled for at least three years , and companies simply can not find the people they need . ’
27 Something which had not been there three years ago now existed .
28 There has not been too much building to spoil the village , and the population has not greatly altered over the years , so it is a pleasant village in which to live .
29 One of the problems , of course , is that , with the invariably available and endlessly enthusiastic Dixon having achieved the remarkable feat of being appointed to no fewer than five of Scotland 's summer tours , there has not been too much opportunity for anyone else to advance his claims .
30 Have there not been too many people in then ?
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