Example sentences of "been [prep] [det] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have not been for some time except to people who still remember The Beatles and The Animals . |
| 2 | ‘ The brilliant inventiveness of the engineers and scientists … would have been of little avail if this strong industrial base had not existed . ’ |
| 3 | This book is useful but could have been of more value if it had been more clearly grounded in practice . |
| 4 | In a community like this the printed word has always been of more importance than to most of those whose access to books was very much easier . |
| 5 | ‘ All the coaches in the world would n't have been of any use if you had n't had courage . |
| 6 | I hope that this has been of some help if you were not too sure of which rib to use on what occasion . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh all right , I have n't been inside this house since I used to come here to dances when your father was a boy . |
| 8 | Impressive as its successes have been in such matters as the unravelling of the genetic code , nevertheless they represent only an infinitesimal step towards a complete account in conventional physical terms of even the simplest animal brain . |
| 9 | Or again , the Friar had been in that area when last seen . |
| 10 | I 've been in that block since it was built , it suits me fine . |
| 11 | I mean I 've been in more pubs than I 'd say longer than most people who drink a lot and er you know it 's just be I think music and and song is the big addiction in Ireland not the drink but because er it it the chances of a music session starting in a pub is just you know the chances are that it probably will at some stage of the day . |
| 12 | In one of those disarming quotes that make him both loathsome and likeable , he once said ‘ I 've been in more courts than Bjorn Borg . ’ |
| 13 | They all put in their tenpenny 's worth about what they thought should be filmed , but nobody asked my opinion , and I 'd been in more films than the rest of the cast put together . |
| 14 | If she 'd been in any doubt as to the strength of my feelings , she had no excuse any longer . |
| 15 | I have to say this is the first time I 've been in this position since I took over . ’ |
| 16 | Must have been in this room when I got here . |
| 17 | What is for sure , we need to be more active than we have been in this area if tennis is to flourish in this country . |
| 18 | The tightly packed schiltrons might have been in some danger if the enemy 's Welsh archers had been used at once ; but Edward or his advisers thought they could settle things swiftly by an all-out cavalry charge . |
| 19 | I bet I 've been to more schools than Australia , I 've been to four schools in Australia |
| 20 | We have been without this issue as she is still receiving the last of her treatment from Charing Cross Hospital . |