Example sentences of "be [prep] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frankly , after what we 've been through together that 's nothing short of childish . |
| 2 | The two children in this story have been through very bad experiences . |
| 3 | ‘ The family have been through very difficult times . |
| 4 | It would be immoral for me to give up on my son ; I have been through so much in the last three years , ’ she said . |
| 5 | I FEEL sorry for him because he 's been through so much — hammered in every way . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been through so much more trouble than Sean , but he 's famous and nothing he ever does is secret . |
| 7 | Normally this could be kept under close observation and could clear up of its own accord in optimum conditions , but as these fish had already been through so much , I decided to treat then with herbs . |
| 8 | Shareholders in Unisys have been through so much misery , the fear that the IBM mainframe blight will soon infect the company is so great that no reasonable offer for the company is likely to be refused — and while the Unisys debt burden is now manageable , it is still onerous for a company of Unisys ' size , but AT&T 's credit remains almost as good as gold . |
| 9 | I know you 'll understand our anguish — you 've been through so much with your husband 's alcoholism . |
| 10 | I have been through so much of it myself . |
| 11 | and erm I was feeling ill at the time and I , I wondered why because he 'd been through so much suffering , you know , it was a happy release . |
| 12 | She 'd been through so much with an alcoholic daughter , unemployed husband and dyslexic son . |
| 13 | ‘ Since we broke up a year ago I 've been through so many relationships , and my songs are now a lot more about being really fickle with women , and not knowing who I like , and being really insecure about who likes me . ’ |
| 14 | I 'd been through so many rehearsals of this moment in London . |
| 15 | We 've been through too much together . ’ |
| 16 | I happened to see Sir John Woods [ Permanent Secretary to the Board of Trade ] tonight and he told me that Sir Stafford Cripps had been reading the minutes of Cabinet committees during his absence [ in India , where he had been for nearly four months trying to reach a settlement which would lead to independence ] and had been depressed by the amount of time and energy taken up in the Ministerial Committees with the discussion of quite minor matters which individual Ministers ought to settle in their discretion . |
| 17 | But this is my dwelling place and has been for nearly four months now . |
| 18 | All might still have been well had it not been for yet another unfortunate circumstance . |
| 19 | And as I said , Mrs Mary she 's the national treasurer and has been for over thirty years . |
| 20 | No , it was Marguerite Bryant now and had been for over fifteen years . |
| 21 | Although a rich resource for trivialisation by the media , the women 's movement in the 1970s succeeded in making issues to do with women 's rights visible in ways they had not been for over sixty years . |
| 22 | ‘ Lower interest rates and current house price levels mean that house are more affordable now than they have been for over 20 years . ’ |
| 23 | And has been for over 40 years . |
| 24 | She opened her eyes and was aware of being in her mother 's bed , where she had not been for over ten years . |
| 25 | For some time the weapons states have maintained that the peaceful trade in peaceful atoms has been for purely peaceful purposes . |
| 26 | I think members will probably by now , be aware that a decision has been taken to leave the offices in Bedford Square where we have been for so many years . |
| 27 | It takes you a long while to realise what a twit you 've been for so long . |
| 28 | That might have been for very good environmental and health reasons . |
| 29 | In recent years the alpine trend has been for less adventurous climbing : bolted instant classics from climbers ' such as Michel Piola — safe rock routes with a savage backdrop . |
| 30 | Had been for about eighteen months . ’ |