Example sentences of "have been [prep] [det] " 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 | 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 ! |
| 5 | ‘ Look , we have been on this world a matter of a few days . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 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 | ‘ You have been at some personal pains , ’ said the king in the same quiet voice , ‘ to bring us an eye-witness ’ account , and for that we thank you . |
| 16 | I believe that I am right in saying that in the most recent 20 cases , there have been at most 22 counts . |
| 17 | I have been at this job long enough , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , to know in advance what the different phases will be . |
| 18 | I have been to many throughout the country . |
| 19 | I have been to many of those areas and seen the problems . |
| 20 | I have been to enough ecclesiastical congresses which have claimed that the voice of the Holy Spirit lay behind the votes of the big battalions to be sickened by it . |
| 21 | I have been to both places and can assure you , there is a great difference . |
| 22 | c ) How many have been to both ? |
| 23 | Well what would the original Gaelic have been for that ? |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Erm , please , appalling and have been for many years and er the whole of the road needs to be done . |
| 28 | ‘ House repossessions are at no higher rate than they have been for many years , ’ he says . |
| 29 | These little shrubs are also known as ‘ hedgehog ’ hollies , and probably have been for all of the 300 years they have been grown in gardens . |
| 30 | ‘ Present values are lower than they have been for some time , and are sticking . |