Example sentences of "have [been] [adv] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is older than the rocks among which she sits ; like the vampire , she has been dead many times , and learned the secrets of the grave ; and has been a diver in deep seas , and keeps their fallen day about her ; and trafficked for strange webs with Eastern merchants ; and , as Leda , was the mother of Helen of Troy , and , as Saint Anne , the mother of Mary ; and all this has been to her but as the sound of lyres and flutes , and lives only in the delicacy with which it has moulded the changing lineaments , and tinged the eyelids and the hands . |
| 2 | It is a memorable evocation , casting a spell over the reader : ‘ She is older than the rocks among which she sits ; like the vampire , she has been dead many times , and learned the secrets of the grave ; and has been a diver in deep seas , and keeps their fallen day about her … ’ |
| 3 | Surely there 'd been too little time , but then her father would n't have needed much time , would he ? |
| 4 | ‘ I should like that very much , but you must have been there many times before . ’ |
| 5 | Emily must have been there some time . |
| 6 | He had been dead some time . ’ |
| 7 | She was cold , she had been dead some time . |
| 8 | Kuttner Dowd had been here several times , though never when the Society was assembled , as it was tonight . |
| 9 | When she had been little , once Fenna had taught her how to fly so that she no longer went wandering off , there had been very little time when she had been left alone . |
| 10 | During the short time their marriage had lasted , there had been so many times when she had given in to Julius 's forceful demands , just to keep the peace . |
| 11 | He had been there many times before . |
| 12 | We had been there some time . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been here some time now and it 's never happened before . ’ |
| 14 | well we 've erm we 've erm we 've been rather tempted by the west coast er I personally want to see the Grand Canyon and erm I 'd like to see San Francisco so the package which is being offered to the Boots Association with whom we 've been away several times and we lo we like it as , as a , as a background because you 've got a rough idea , you know , the people you 're going with |
| 15 | Erm there 's been a reduction er , in the er , staff er because er er people have moved on and er , I take Sue 's point about er if it were n't for the fact that erm they 'd got fully e e experienced staff who 've been there some time , they have n't , not used to this churning over o of , and therefore , that has paid off in er in er in erm so far as being able to deal with the problems that have arisen and er , you 'll see further on er , addition profiles of the work that 's been done with er in this area over the town . |
| 16 | ‘ There 've been so many times when I 've lain awake at night longing for you to kiss me , make love to me . |
| 17 | ‘ I know this because I have been here several times when I was younger . |
| 18 | All sorts of things seem to have happened while you have been away this time . ’ |
| 19 | I have been there many times and had many unshakeable criticisms , which now have , of course , been shaken . ’ |
| 20 | But I know that part of the country and have been there many times . |
| 21 | I have been there many times , both for business and for pleasure . ’ |
| 22 | Troops have been there some time and they 're familiar with locals on the ground . |
| 23 | He 's been here several times before , and er , we do look forward to having another interesting morning with you , and I understand that er , you 're going to give us a musical morning , this morning , and er , |
| 24 | He 's been here enough times in the past . |