Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] 've been [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It may be a consolation for them to know that I 've been at the receiving end myself .
2 He said the area had ‘ an extremely unfair image because the majority of people on this estate want the best housing facilities and the best education for the children and that is certainly my view in the year and a half that I 've been at the school ’ .
3 When I go back to the police station I 'll write today that I 've been at Harlowbury School all day doing a school visit and a school talk to different classes .
4 Admit that I 've been on ‘ Top Ten ’ ; 5 .
5 I 'm hearing things now that I have not heard in fifteen years that I 've been on this County Council and I would suggest erm to Mr that when he 's talking about things that this County Council ought to print , and I think the one suggestion he came up with is very sensible , he could perhaps follow up with a catalogue of those things which he considers need doing that after a hundred years have not been done .
6 ‘ But now that I 've been on a regular contract at Brookside for the last two years I can afford a season ticket in the stand ! ’
7 Oh I said , yes she said , I like going on a boat , she said not that I 've been on one she said she 's never been on a boat across
8 I 've never told any of my girlfriends that I 've been with prostitutes because I know they would be horrified .
9 I 've never , in all the time that I 've been with the company , I 've never had any positive feedback at all .
10 I liked York very much , because it was set round a lake and it was the first one I went to , but I must say of the other modern universities that I know I would say that Sussex was erm was the other best one that I 've been to and the one that I felt most comfortable and happy .
11 I liked York very much , because it was set round a lake and erm it was the first one I went to , but I must say that of the other modern universities that I know I would say that Sussex was erm was the other best one that I 've been to and the one that I 've felt most erm comfortable and happy in .
12 And I hope that I 've been of some assistance .
13 Pakistan also have strong support from ex-Test stars from other countries such as Australia 's respected former captain , Richie Benaud , who says : ‘ On the opening day of the final Cornhill Test I was privileged to witness some of the finest swing bowling in the 44 years that I 've been in the game .
14 So far I 've been very fortunate in that I 've been in the right place at the right time ; buying land and property in a subdued market then selling it on when demand is high .
15 Right up until I was n't able to do any more and able to , like all engineers you get most of the men when you get to the stage where you 're not able to crawl under cars and do things like that so you you find another bu business , we went into sales and , and er accessories , stores and that I 've been in all that line in the last twenty years before I retired .
16 Erm secondly , I 'm not a statistician , I am unable to comment about all the technicalities of the the various assumptions that go into things but some of the people sitting around this table will know that I 've been in Yorkshire and Humberside for quite some time .
17 Erm that is an area where , that and road traffic accidents which has grown considerably in , in the time that I 've been in the service in more recent years , which has become more sophisticated , the equipment has become more sophisticated , the techniques have had to be developed to deal with them and firemen are becoming more expert in , in handling these er er situations with , with equipment er which is much more technical , and , and er
18 he said in spite of the fact that I 've been in parliament for longer than he has , which surprised me cos I would n't have thought so this is the young Winston Churchill of course so the Chinese man said to him erm oh well the reason for that was that he had a famous grandfather
19 Never get bored with the fact that you 've been with someone for a long time , it 's a good thing , not a bad thing .
20 Nearly always some compromise can be reached with the vendor , depending on whether it is a buyer 's or a seller 's market , but at least you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you 've been through everything with a fine tooth comb , that you 've done the best you possibly can and know what you are letting yourself in for !
21 I know that you 've been through husbands until now th y y , the feller you 're living with , your seventh husband is not e , you 're e actually married to him .
22 They wo n't give me a minute 's peace tomorrow now that you 've been to the centre . ’
23 Well show them that you 've been to the pictures
24 ‘ After all that we 've been to each other over the years , Dane , darling … ’
25 ‘ I 'm afraid everything 's not as I would like it to be here — you know , of course that we 've been without a Marshal for two months now — not that I ca n't cope after twenty years service in this village , but even so — ’
26 We 've seen a very controlled and steady growth over the thirteen years that we 've been in business and I think as you can see there year on year we have consistently increased turnover and increased profitability .
27 is , is , in London and we deal with the British Section which is are the particular bits , but the prisoners have to be vatted and looked at and found by the International Secretaires , then they 're passed on to British Section who pass them on to us and a great deal of research goes into making sure that they really are truly prisoners of conscience , that they 've been in prison for some er possibly because of their belief or religion or their race erm and they 've not taken or advocated violence not taken part in or advocated violence and then , then they are full prisoners of conscience erm we maybe allocated them .
28 But some times when I when people tell me that they 've been in a certain environment .
29 Oh yes you mean the fact that they 've been in flower ?
30 a lot of it is er propaganda by the Conservative if , if they were gon na get it right , why could n't they get it right in the thirteen years that they 've been in power ?
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