COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
been...good to
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The company’s always been very good to me.
have been to (= have travelled to )
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I have been to Germany several times.
Have you ever been to (= have you ever travelled to )
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Have you ever been to Japan?
It has been suggested that
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It has been suggested that the manager will resign if any more players are sold.
it’s been a long...haul
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At last we’ve won our freedom but it’s been a long bitter haul .
sb/sth has never been known to do sth (= used to say that something is strange because it has never happened before )
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Max had never been known to leave home without telling anyone.
the groundwork has...been done
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Much of the groundwork has already been done .
there has been a misunderstanding
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There’s been a misunderstanding about what I meant.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(it's been) nice meeting/talking to you
have been around
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I've been around the block a few times, and I think I know when someone's trying to cheat me.
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When you've been around as long as I have you realize some things aren't worth getting upset about.
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Armies are the main conventional weapon and have been around for over five millennia in various forms.
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Demos have been around as long as computer games.
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Most of them have been around a lot longer.
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Neural networks used for robotics and control applications have been around for a relatively long time.
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Some have been around a long time, others are of more recent origins.
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The usual suspects are labor unions, which have been around for a century.
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They have been around , practically unchanged, for at least 200 million years.
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Though I must have been around just at that time, I think.
justice has been done/served
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He can continue to appeal, or go to some other level, until he feels justice has been done.
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He has successfully persuaded the crowd that justice has been done.
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Mr Townsend says he feels justice has been done.
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Mrs Alliss' solicitor says justice has been done.
look as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwards
sb has been had