Example sentences of "[conj] [n mass] have be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 She also says : ‘ … where people have been in the habit of reaching out towards the Unseen they wear a kind of track , and it 's much easier to go out that way . ’
2 In addition , 25% have managed only one issue in the relevant period , and no less than 38% have been in the top 50 for less than four years , excluding those who have established themselves in the last four years .
3 The solar system has travelled round the galaxy almost 20 times since it was formed , and it has described only a tiny arc of its journey during the two million years that people have been on the Earth .
4 Problems with short weights are being tackled and if fish has been on the market overnight , the person buying it is aware .
5 The General Household Survey found that in one month in 1985 , out of people aged 65 and over , 34% had seen their doctor ; 5% had seen a nurse ; 1% had seen a health visitor ; 11% had seen a chiropodist ( footcare ) : 9% had seen a home help ; 2% had received meals on wheels ; and 5% had been to a day centre .
6 If people had been in a building after we had been round testing it and seen it secure , they 'd come out and leave it open .
7 The other factor that was related to assessments of quality of life was whether people had been in a residential home for a year or more or for a shorter time .
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