Example sentences of "have been [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | there 's been a lot of people that have been on that level for a long while . |
| 2 | I 've been on that plane , I have been on that plane |
| 3 | A disgruntled father whose two sons have been on several skiing fortnights feels school trips are run primarily for the teachers ' convenience . |
| 4 | Is she , where , is she actually proposing that these should be located ? in , in the countryside , in , in towns ? because they 're sens sensitivities o on that particular on the siting of that er particular activity and er we 're seen it elsewhere , er , those of us who have been on this committee for some time will know the concern that there are about the location of waste recycling facilities and er as I say I would hate that we would have a list of sites across the county which would just start paying us money and quite frankly should never be started . |
| 5 | A lady who suffers with a hiatus hernia wrote , ‘ I have had to take Rennies after meals for years but since I have been on this diet I have n't had a Rennie for five weeks ! |
| 6 | ‘ Look , we have been on this world a matter of a few days . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | They have been at each others ' throats . |
| 9 | They have been at each others ' throats . |
| 10 | They have been at each others ' throats . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I have been at this job long enough , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , to know in advance what the different phases will be . |
| 16 | I have been to both places and can assure you , there is a great difference . |
| 17 | The Faroe Islands are self-governing , but have been for many years a colony of Denmark , and still rely on the government of the old mother country for international representation . |
| 18 | Many are extremely tense , not only since the infarct , but have been for many years , and it is possible that the inward tension that they suffer has been a contributory factor to their disease . |
| 19 | These will be concerns for his successor as David will take his leave of the Education Department at the end of July and his immediate plans are more leisurely now than they have been for many years . |
| 20 | Erm , please , appalling and have been for many years and er the whole of the road needs to be done . |
| 21 | ‘ House repossessions are at no higher rate than they have been for many years , ’ he says . |
| 22 | ‘ Present values are lower than they have been for some time , and are sticking . |
| 23 | However , those who are unemployed , especially if they have been for some time , may find it is more important to send out as many letters as possible , in the hope of getting some response . |
| 24 | I am much slimmer and a better shape than I have been for some time ( or for months , years , etc. ) and I am going to get even slimmer and achieve an even better figure — a figure I never thought I could have . |
| 25 | ‘ I think you do follow us , ’ Cranston replied , ‘ and have been for some time . |
| 26 | Well , we have been for some time . |
| 27 | My children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 28 | My children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 29 | Yes my children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 30 | Yes my children do go to school oh I was going to say , have been for some months now . |