Example sentences of "have been [prep] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , people vary in their tolerance from day to day , and it is not safe to assume that because you have been to 15,000 feet or so without oxygen before , you will be able to do it again . |
| 2 | " Scores of men are in a worse plight than they have been for thirty-seven years past " , admitted Harry Orbell , " The pawnshops are glutted . |
| 3 | Attempts to test the state subsidy theory of strikes have been of two kinds : studies attempting to show the correlation , if any , between levels of benefits and strike activity over the years ; and studies exploring the views of strikers in relation to benefits and strike activity . |
| 4 | Leeds have been up three days ago . |
| 5 | The pair , both 25 , have been through two days of hell — and team-mates fear the nightmare may have damaged their medal chances . |
| 6 | Is the Prime Minister aware that building employers say that conditions are worse than they have been in 40 years , that car sales are down 20 per cent . |
| 7 | Here they have seen her because they have been within thirty feet of her . |