Example sentences of "[noun] we have [adv] been [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea of the country 's international economic standing is well established , for over several decades we have all been confronted with frequent and regular comparisons between the UK and other countries . |
| 2 | For example , we want to be able to take knowledge gained from studying the free recall of nonsense syllables and make predictions about our ability to remember things like telephone numbers , or the names of people we have just been introduced to at parties . |
| 3 | By which time the sexual revolution was also wearing a bit thin and became more to do with increasing women 's availability to men than the sexual autonomy and control over our own bodies we had all been promised . |
| 4 | ‘ We were the giggling lavatorial girls we 've always been portrayed but somewhere there was a spark of maturity , ’ says Carolyn . |
| 5 | ‘ One of the most difficult matches we have ever been asked to play , ’ confided Sir Alf Ramsey in June , 1973 , his apprehension understandable despite being able to call upon the vast experience of Bobby Moore , Alan Ball and Martin Peters . |
| 6 | If someone wants to pay 3.0 mil for Deane god help them — are then any quoted values on Rush and Ferd — both players we have recently been linked with . |
| 7 | Certainly there are differences , especially in the better development of marine sediments in the American Pennsylvanian , but these in a way have obscured the resemblances ; for work in America has concentrated on the marine fossils , whereas in Europe we have usually been forced to fall back on the non-marine faunas and floras . |
| 8 | As no man can serve two masters we had long been told no wise general tries to fight on two fronts . |
| 9 | ‘ This year we have already been told the reason we have had three surges higher than anticipated was because of the bath-tub effect from closing the Thames barrier , ’ she said . |
| 10 | Well increasingly , of course , they are English words and that 's because , increasingly , we are getting closer and closer to erm expressing intention , and the thing about language , you see , is that it was designed by nature to be a vehicle for intention , and that 's what we all secretly know , but in fact we 've never been helped to think about it . |