Example sentences of "been [prep] [det] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ And , Sir Richard , ’ Cranston continued , ‘ you have now been through all the memoranda , documents , household books and accounts in your brother 's possession . |
2 | Equally , everybody knows why everybody stays , they 've been through all the arguments a hundred times before and now they do n't need to any more , now they know they 're not to blame and their husbands are n't the homicidal maniacs some theorists would have them be . |
3 | Supposing that the essential words conferring the primacy on all successive archbishops of Canterbury were in fact in the letters which Lanfranc mentioned , why did he go on at such length about the facts drawn from Bede , when a single quotation from one of the passages granting the primacy in perpetuity to the archbishops of Canterbury would have been worth all the rest of his argument put together ? |
4 | " But it 's been worth all the pain and trouble . " |
5 | If the contract had been ‘ straightforward ’ then it would have been worth half the £1.31 million that he was to be paid . |
6 | Resenence Jeopardy still expected him to work hard , was still friendly and attentive , but had n't he been like that the day before ? |
7 | I 've probably been in all the shops down there but I , I do n't know what the name is . |
8 | He was more frightened than he had been in all the time he had been with them , and he could tell that the girl was frightened too , by her quick , shallow breathing . |
9 | I see Chummy has been round all the desks . ’ |
10 | She had been to all the parentcraft classes , and had not learnt a thing . ’ |
11 | Yes , it 's been to all the committees now , bar the Public Affairs Committee . |
12 | Yeah , it 's been on all the time is n't it ? |