Example sentences of "[vb base] been at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it 's er er we go to Ffestiniog power station to have a drink and then come to er er well we 've been at Royal Hotel at Betsy-Coed these last years or two . |
| 2 | Now remember I am the leader of a party that has been in the front line against his violence for twenty years , and have been at many risks , as have been members of my party , but when I say that that dialogue is the best hope they 've seen for peace for twenty years . |
| 3 | They have been at each others ' throats . |
| 4 | They have been at each others ' throats . |
| 5 | They have been at each others ' throats . |
| 6 | Supporters of gun control are in a stronger position now than they have been at any time since 1968 , after the shootings of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I have been at those dinners where the merits of our contemporaries are discussed , and where Du Camp , as each new name was suggested , would with infinite urbanity correct the general view . |
| 9 | The range of decorative techniques which have been at some time applied to metalwork is a subject for many books , not just a few pages . |
| 10 | American bond yields have been at 20-year lows , and shares are expensive . |
| 11 | Fire crews have been at full stretch dealing with flooded houses mainly in the Cotswolds . |
| 12 | I have been at this job long enough , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , to know in advance what the different phases will be . |