Example sentences of "[verb] been in [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My aim has been in one respect identical to Paley 's aim . |
| 2 | An employee needs to show that he has been in two years continuous employment . |
| 3 | The major thrust of this recent research has been in four directions . |
| 4 | After I 'd been in three years , I got married . |
| 5 | When Bigwig had spoken earlier of sounding out the Owsla , Hazel had been in two minds . |
| 6 | Dr Curtis had been in four times . |
| 7 | Yes and on the whole recently we 've had prisoners who been imprison for sort of two or three years , we 've , we 've made up petitions , we 've sent postcards and we 've , we 've written letters and er they 've been released in reasonably short space of time , but then mostly the prisoners which , who have n't had a very long sentence , unlike the one I mentioned on the way here tonight , have the Russian who had been in thirty years |
| 8 | I 've been in two minds about whether to bother with the ABA this year , but the news that Baroness Thatcher and Margaret Atwood are to share a platform at a Book and Author Breakfast has made my mind up for me . |
| 9 | I mean I 've been in two shops now there 's fifty pound difference like , you know |
| 10 | Is the Prime Minister aware that building employers say that conditions are worse than they have been in 40 years , that car sales are down 20 per cent . |