Example sentences of "[conj] we [verb] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the mid-'50s , where we 've been for quite some time , we 're suddenly into the '60s , 1961 in fact , and a finger-picked instrumental written by Chet Atkins , entitled Trambone . |
| 2 | Tom and Terry , but especially Terry , wanted to know everything about us immediately : where we 'd been to school ; what we 'd studied ; the history of the British constitution , or lack of it from an American point of view ; what the real situation was in Ireland ; why did n't Brian hit me when I responded to a proffered cigarette with , ‘ Fuck off out of my life , you wheedling Irish bastard ’ ? |
| 3 | I think members will probably by now , be aware that a decision has been taken to leave the offices in Bedford Square where we have been for so many years . |
| 4 | Right and also comments and suggestions although we 've been in the business for a number of years , er comments and suggestions are always er welcomed and and and considered very carefully . |
| 5 | Although we had been in the land of constant daylight for several days , the sun had been hidden for much of the time by high cloud . |
| 6 | ‘ We are established in many other sports , including the Johnnie Walker Ryder Cup , the RAC Rally , the Silk Cut Derby at Hickstead , the Benson and Hedges Snooker Masters at Wembley , the Volvo European PGA Tour and the British Grand Prix ’ , explains Delahunty , ‘ and although we have been in tennis since 1985 when Stella Artois first commissioned us , I still look at tennis as a growth area . |
| 7 | ‘ After all that we 've been to each other over the years , Dane , darling … ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm afraid everything 's not as I would like it to be here — you know , of course that we 've been without a Marshal for two months now — not that I ca n't cope after twenty years service in this village , but even so — ’ |
| 9 | We 've seen a very controlled and steady growth over the thirteen years that we 've been in business and I think as you can see there year on year we have consistently increased turnover and increased profitability . |
| 10 | We returned to Makassar from the Toraja highlands with dangerously diminished funds , realizing that we had been in Celebes for two months and that the chances of finding a prahu which could carry us the nearly two thousand miles to the Aru Islands were remote . |
| 11 | We were in precisely the same place that we had been in three dawns previously ! |
| 12 | All the reason that we have been against each other is because of economism and we , we |
| 13 | And greater success at wealth creation has also meant that we have been in a better position to provide practical help to those that need it . |
| 14 | Because of the repayments that were made of borrowing during that period , in the midst of a recession we are now in a better position to borrow prudently — than we have been at any stage in the past : to borrow prudently and to maintain our commitment to a balanced budget in the medium term . |
| 15 | What is for sure , we need to be more active than we have been in this area if tennis is to flourish in this country . |
| 16 | Maybe they 're more cauti cautious than we have been in this country about the effect of Chernobyl . |
| 17 | Geraldine had lost both her parents the year before , so we 've been through a lot of the same feelings . |
| 18 | Ah it 's the acne it 's I ran out two weeks ago , so we 've been on holiday I had to get those prescription . |
| 19 | ‘ When once we 've been to a place , we 're liked . |
| 20 | But once we 've been through , once we 've had our pre-meeting , |
| 21 | But initially there had to be a real , genuine erm working class revolution and therefore Marx looked first to England because we were the most advanced and we 'd been in the business of running capitalism for s so much longer than any other country in the world . |
| 22 | There were one night the door and we 'd been in quarantine you know for th that three weeks . |
| 23 | Then the social worker got us this flat and Keith moved in with us , and he stayed until just before Christmas , and we 've been on our own ever since . |
| 24 | the P E teacher is supposedly collecting aluminium cans and we 've been through various daft schemes of stopping the children from throwing the cans everywhere because we 've got this coke machine . |
| 25 | Yeah well thanks Jim , it 's been lovely meeting you and I , I 've enjoyed the evening erm and enjoyed , thanks for the tea and we 've been through |
| 26 | We 're passing through on the way to Manchester and we 've been to your surgery they said you were out this way … described your car . |
| 27 | we 've been to France and we 've been to , we 've been to er er |
| 28 | Yeah , but you 're a go and we 've been to . |
| 29 | The England captain said : ‘ We 've done it despite a lot of injuries and we 've been without Mark Waugh for the last six matches because he 's with the Australian team in Sri Lanka . |
| 30 | There 'll be blue murder if he comes back and we 've been in here . ’ |