Example sentences of "[vb base] been in [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that netherworld state , while they 've been in that state of absorption . ’ |
| 2 | Well , I I find that totally impossible , I mean I know that , I 've been in that plot thousand of times . |
| 3 | Maurice Hope held a similar view , though he favoured social rather than genetic factors : ‘ Black people are natural fighters ; they 've been fighting for survival and they 've been in that condition all their lives . |
| 4 | What I am going to focus on is this terrible guilt feeling which is coming out while you 're giving me all this information , and I can see one or two nodding heads , I guess , I guess some of you 've been in that situation . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been in that sort of situation before , sitting in a dressing- room after losing to a team you 've been expected to beat . |
| 6 | I 've been in that block since it was built , it suits me fine . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been in all morning . ’ |
| 8 | Therefore if we have activists who are put on the panel alib fi safe seats , marginals or unwinnable seats and we 've been in some areas where it 's been unwinnable , have n't we Dick , we 've still canvassed , we 've got the votes up , p places like Macclesfield where they got Nicholas Winterton , where they got that racist Churchill . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been in this part of the country before , remember , ’ he broke off to explain at Isabel 's surprised stare . |
| 10 | Celmira : I 've been in this country for fifteen years . |
| 11 | I 've been in this position loads of times , like . |
| 12 | I have to say this is the first time I 've been in this position since I took over . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We 've been in this situation before , where we 've needed a good result away from home only to lose 1–0 , ’ he said . |
| 14 | We 've been in this house for about twelve years |
| 15 | I 've been in this frame of mind for a long time , but no one seems to notice . ’ |
| 16 | Kerly added : ‘ I 've been in this game for 16 years . |
| 17 | You 've been in this job too long mate , you 're going senile . |
| 18 | It 's unfair , Bernard , you 've been in this job much longer than me , what do you think about this new menu for the canteen at Digby 's Ballbearings ? |
| 19 | A. There are , but we 've been in this business for nearly 200 years and pride ourselves in the fact that we have probably dealt with every known problem that has ever arisen . |
| 20 | I mean I 've been in more pubs than I 'd say longer than most people who drink a lot and er you know it 's just be I think music and and song is the big addiction in Ireland not the drink but because er it it the chances of a music session starting in a pub is just you know the chances are that it probably will at some stage of the day . |
| 21 | In one of those disarming quotes that make him both loathsome and likeable , he once said ‘ I 've been in more courts than Bjorn Borg . ’ |
| 22 | Impressive as its successes have been in such matters as the unravelling of the genetic code , nevertheless they represent only an infinitesimal step towards a complete account in conventional physical terms of even the simplest animal brain . |
| 23 | Jesus Christ , you have been in that pit for the past three hours . |
| 24 | ‘ I mean , maybe Scotland Yard have been in that area . ’ |
| 25 | And th I 'm sure every one of you have been in that situation where somebody 's suddenly popped out and committed themself to an overtake and they 've got nowhere to go at all . |
| 26 | They have been in some ways too successful . |
| 27 | It is true that as human beings we may be able to empathize with social work clients who are short of money or bereaved as we probably have been in these situations ourselves . |
| 28 | This does not mean that the objective differences in wealth and income have been in any way reduced , but relationships have become easier and more informal . |
| 29 | But we have been in this type of business for longer and will score on our expertise and we will also benefit from the ability we have through branch offices to handle claims . ’ |
| 30 | But we have been in this type of business for longer and will score on our expertise and we will also benefit from the ability we have through branch offices to handle claims . ’ |