Example sentences of "[adv] it [verb] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know how long it 's been on the bed , but it 's far too damp to sleep in . |
| 2 | Then he remembered ; appropriately enough it had been at the party when Slater had first introduced Graham and Sara to each other . |
| 3 | In terms of actual support , I think for me personally it 's been within a gay men 's group . |
| 4 | So it has been with other countries of immigration — the immigrants embraced a new nationality with , if the nationalist fictions are to be believed , unseemly eagerness . |
| 5 | So it has been for centuries , yet the multi-petalled bloom of modern times , epitomized by the modern Hybrid Tea rose ( or , as it is abbreviated , H.T. ) and probably most people 's mental image of all that a rose is and should be , is a product of modern hybridizing and cross-breeding that did not exist even as recently as medieval times . |
| 6 | Erm this has been to Great Parndon Committee so it 's been through the neighbourhoods er , community cycle and there has been an exhibition following that committee on Three Hills , which was very well attended by by tenants and residents and main feelings coming out of that was that erm the residents were keen for this to happen , certainly wanted something to happen erm er , on the estate particularly demolition of the four empty blocks . |
| 7 | So it 's been in the garage for years ? |
| 8 | And all the time Nisodemus was reminding people how much better it had been in the Store . |
| 9 | Nevertheless it had been at Bray 's Buildings , stench or no stench , squeals of slaughtered beasts or no squeals , that one of the most fascinating of Benjamin 's children had entered the world . |
| 10 | He had waited for her in the forests that fringed Tara , his mind filled with light and hope , his body more fiercely aware than ever it had been in his entire life . |
| 11 | Until now it had been outside her experience … |
| 12 | Well it 's been on er consumer selling |
| 13 | Earlier it had been on view at 66 Portland Place , and it will shortly complete its run in Folkestone . |
| 14 | Maybe it had been like worship then , worship that begins in love and dovetails neatly into hate . |
| 15 | There was also what was to become a recurrent feature of Gilkes 's reports — as indeed it had been for a half a century already — regret at the parents ' lack of faith or courage , which resulted in boys leaving early and not going on to University . |
| 16 | Carrie knew how hard it had been for her father , who had spent almost thirty-seven years as a horsekeeper for Galloway , to look for other employment . |
| 17 | It is actively seeking to extend its network : currently it has been in discussion with firms in Austria , Greece , Italy , Spain and South Africa . |
| 18 | Almost certainly it had been on camera-reconnaissance , photographing the British reserves being rushed up . |