Example sentences of "[vb base] been [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been here for years and this is the first conversation I 've had with a human for simply ages . |
| 2 | Er , that 's alright , let's behave ourselves , I says what about us , we 've been here since quarter to ten waiting for you to come . |
| 3 | I 'm , I 'm asking , I 've been here since Saturday |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been here in Ralarth a fair while now , ’ he began , and the others stared at him . |
| 5 | I could easily have been overawed , I 've been thoroughly on edge all week . |
| 6 | " You 've been away for ages , " she says . |
| 7 | During the time that you 've been away from work you have certainly not been ‘ not working ’ — you have undertaken a whole host of activities which happen to have been unpaid . |
| 8 | In terms of erm , return to work , er , we also er have been very good , I think , in the sense that we now offer the twenty-five per cent bonus er , after pregnancy , do n't get me wrong on that , er , what happens is , people are actually recompensed , given back the money which they 've sacrificed because they 've been away from work for six months , and they get is back over the next two years . |
| 9 | Do n't worry , they 've been away from England for ten years … |
| 10 | I mean to our children , although they 've been away from Butchwana for quite a few years now it 's still home |
| 11 | We 've been pally for years Sadie . |
| 12 | now , I mean you 've been very to Neil over the last year or so and I mean now it 's time to get his act together . |
| 13 | And I 've been there since Alpha and I every year I 've looked out and watched the form twos . |
| 14 | Mhm cos they 've been there for ages have n't they Mary do n't you think ? |
| 15 | They 've been twice to Scotland , but no well they went there when they come from Australia , instead of coming straight here . |
| 16 | ‘ And very careful they 've been too about period detail , Dr Cameron . ’ |
| 17 | I 've been all over England , Wales and Scotland too — though not Northern Ireland … |
| 18 | We 've been so at odds the past few days … ’ |
| 19 | No matter what Bob says or Harry or any other member of the Conservative group , and I accept that they 've always been consistent on it the same as the Labour group has always been consistently against the merger I accept that they 've been consistently in favour of a total merger . |
| 20 | Despite differences of emphasis between different unions , union policies have been overwhelmingly in favour of technological change , while at the same time seeking increased involvement in the process of change to " maximise the benefits and minimise the costs " of such changes . |
| 21 | On other occasions committees have been generally in support of government action but have urged that it be undertaken more vigorously : the Defence Committee has been critical of the Ministry of Defence when it has spent less than the sums provided in the annual estimates . |
| 22 | The Muses have been traditionally at war with Christ , ever since the period of late classical antiquity , when Jerome and Augustine both viewed literary excellence with the gravest suspicion . |
| 23 | And er , that we have , we have been largely on target with those items that were put forward , as has been the objectives and , and some of the targeting of the agreement itself . |
| 24 | Hole have been right up front with the anger thanks to newly pregnant Mrs Cobain , Courtney Love . |
| 25 | But it is n't true to say I 'd certainly say it is n't true to say that making the recommendations of our market have been slightly up recommendation in takings . |
| 26 | I have been here for decades untold in this court , never leaving it except in my mind , ranging to far stars yet never truly experiencing those elsewheres . |
| 27 | ‘ But some of them have been here for ages , ’ she remonstrated . |
| 28 | ‘ The Arbuthnots have been here for generations . |
| 29 | These have been here for months |
| 30 | For the last fortnight some prisoners have been here in person . |