Example sentences of "[vb base] been [adv] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been here for some time . |
| 2 | I 've been on to this morning , asked me to and they have got thirty palettes there at the moment . |
| 3 | So we 've been up for some time cos the arms are wet where he 'd been sucking it ! |
| 4 | ‘ D' you mind tellin' me what you 've been up to all day ? ’ demanded Dolly . |
| 5 | I 've been up since half past seven . |
| 6 | To be able just to walk , or drive , wherever you want ; Christ , I 've been away from all this for less than a week and I feel like somebody coming out after thirty years . |
| 7 | Repeat name and date at every opportunity ; the sort of people who live in the East End like to know you 've been around for some time . |
| 8 | You 've been round to all the branches ? |
| 9 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
| 10 | ‘ Back home in Australia , you can play for my university there , Queensland , for ever , so long as you 've been there at some time . |
| 11 | We 've been back to some of the places in the film to see what changes there 've been and to talk to some of the people who were in the original film . |
| 12 | We 've been back to some of the houses featured in the original film to see how they 've changed . |
| 13 | I 've been out , I 've been out since half seven this morning well |
| 14 | We 've been out on this balcony a long time , and no one has come to interrupt us . |
| 15 | mind you , I 've , we 've just finished eating our tea , we 've been out to all hours doing the lawn , you know cutting the lawns all round the house |
| 16 | When you have been up for half an hour on a normal working day , how do you feel ? |
| 17 | Official signs for a cycle path connecting Baird Road , Ratho Station , to the minor road from Ratho to Newbridge have been up for some time . |
| 18 | I have been around to all of them , most of the shops in the town and we will be patrolling all the time . |
| 19 | I have been around to all of them , most of the shops in the town and we will be patrolling all the time . |
| 20 | Few ‘ moderate missions ’ are definite either , despite proposals that have been around for many years . |
| 21 | Fax machines have been around for many years and the obvious benefit of being able to transmit documents and graphics by telephone is by no means newly perceived . |
| 22 | Other English-speaking riders have been around for some years . |
| 23 | Mammal-like animals have been around for some 200 million years but did n't become particularly numerous until about 70 million years ago , around the time the dinosaurs became extinct . |
| 24 | These are all approaches which have been around for some time — in the case of the perennial philosophy a very long time — and while , no doubt , they have a great deal to contribute , it is surely probable that the impulse for any paradigm shift will come from an unseen direction . |
| 25 | ‘ I have been most of all impressed by the contention that removal to such an area would be damaging to the morale of journalists . ’ |
| 26 | We have been here under many governments since 1971 and will continue to be here under many more , ’ the Salomon spokesman said . |
| 27 | You know a lot of the erm shops that have been here for many years |
| 28 | 50 officers are involved in the hunt for the man 's attackers ; scenes of crime and forensic experts have been here for most of the day . |
| 29 | There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly . |
| 30 | Erm on the audit side both Karen and I have been round to all the branches in order to deal with our old equipment . |