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Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?
Been and gone
Been around the block a few times
Been had
Been here before
Been in the wars
Been there, done that, got the T-shirt
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Brand new ballgame ( A baseball expression meaning when a team that has been behind ties up the game )
Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been ( Beatles song lyric )
For years we've been making our products as if lives depend on them ( Squib drug products advertising slogan )
Had a good war ( to have been successful during a military campaign )
Her Honeymoon - and it should have been mine! ( Listerine Mouthwash advertising slogan )
I coulda been a contender, instead of a bum, which is what I am ( On The Waterfront )
I've been brokenhearted, blue since the day we parted ( ABBA lyric )
I've been cheated by you since I don't know when ( ABBA lyric )
I've been had
It's been a hard day's night, and I'd been working like a dog ( Beatles song lyric )
Mistakes have been made
My stomach thinks my throat's been cut
Normal service has been resumed
Pussycat pussycat, where have you been? ( line from nursery rhyme )
Shovel ready ( a building project in which all the preliminaries have been arranged )
Sweet sixteen and never been kissed
The die has been cast
You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby ( Bing Crosby song )
You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth, It Must Have Been Whilst You Were Kissing Me ( Meatloaf song )
You know when you've been Tango'd ( Tango advertising slogan )
You look as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwards
You'll wish you had never been born
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