Example sentences of "that [pers pn] have 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 I remember that luncheon with Basil absolutely perfectly , and that I 'd been at the National Gallery or the Tate , and I had a postcard with me of one of those primitive paintings , naïve paintings , of a cricket match they still have postcards of it .
20 It was the first time , too , that I 'd been in a classroom with girls , and I got in with a bad bunch of women .
21 Nobody seemed to accept that I 'd been in charge of my own body and my own medication for the best part of my life ; they seemed to think that was a very strange idea .
22 That was quite nice , to see somebody that I 'd been in prison with and still be able to sit down and talk the same old way .
23 The thought hammered in my brain that I had been under the impression that I was fit .
24 Often they say , ‘ I thought that I had been through all this and settled it in my mind ten years ago , yet here I am having to come to terms with the same issue all over again . ’
25 This school looked so much bigger than the other two primary schools that I had been to .
26 Within a week , I received a duplicated form to fill in stating all my details and demanding proof that I had been on that flight .
27 My appearance showed that I had been on the surface — and the officials were kind enough to put some healants on my ( superficial ) burns while they sent mandroids to check my story .
28 I wished again that I had been at B.P. with Angela and Anne and Wendy and my other ‘ comrades ’ .
29 As it turned out , Mother was still delighted to remind all her friends that I had been among the first women from the East End to sign the register .
30 I said that I had been in the British Army which prompted another Englishman called Chris to ask if I had known anybody in the Royal Signals in Aldershot or Catterick .
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