Example sentences of "[verb] been [verb] many [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their evidence for this judgement , as with those presented in most of their surveys , was loosely stated and difficult to verify , but the argument has been echoed many times in recent years in Britain by academics and policy-makers alike . |
| 2 | This function has been called many times under many conditions , and with a variety of subjects . |
| 3 | It has been seen many times since then , and many of the Baskervilles have died in strange and terrible ways . |
| 4 | He has been challenged many times on the weak link in his case , which is that since American firms are free to relocate to Mexico , a trade agreement is the best way to make sure that American interests are protected . |
| 5 | The Earth has been visited many times in its history , but it 's all been covered up . |
| 6 | This subject has been debated many times over many years and , after much deliberation , it was felt less confusing to say ‘ Basket Only ’ rather than stipulate a specific number of items [ at least for the majority of our stores ] as this tended to cause confrontations between some cashiers and customers as to the quantity of items in the basket . |
| 7 | One of the many highlights is the view down Loch Shiel from Glenfinnan , a vista that has been reproduced many times on gaudy retouched 60s ' postcards , and on calendars handed out at Christmas by firms who manufacture ball-bearings . |
| 8 | The fight we have witnessed between eagle and man has been fought many times in many places and will be fought again . |
| 9 | Indeed , the documents themselves could have been transcribed many times through the ages . |
| 10 | Eventually , after the subject had been raised many times by the Inspector , the CEGB gave in and agreed to produce the figures ‘ without prejudice , to its main argument . |
| 11 | A post mortem showed 80year-old Mr Goult , known as ‘ Old Jack ’ , had been stabbed many times in the chest at his home in Woolfall Heath Avenue , Huyton , Liverpool . |
| 12 | In agreement with Lapworth , it was shown that the uppermost rocks had been pushed many miles over the lower ones along a low-angled thrust fault . |
| 13 | Aplin had been asking many questions about Putt , not only in connection with the robberies but with the rape of Anna too . |
| 14 | At this time , too , he carefully examined and brilliantly settled the old quarrel concerning the metropolitan church of Britanny between Tours and Dol , which although it had been judged many times by his predecessors would never have been brought to a final settlement but for him . |
| 15 | He interrupted her thoughts and showed he was himself still on the same track , for he observed , ‘ I 've been called many things in my time , but never a bully , or , ’ he frowned again , ‘ a megalomaniac out of a horror movie . ’ |
| 16 | The process of management and the functions of management have been analysed many times in various ways by different writers , who have taken the view that : |
| 17 | Books have been called many things in their time , but not ‘ lean and muscular ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ I have been called many things by my political opponents , but I have just been given the kiss of death . ’ |
| 19 | ( I have been told many times by participants in such workshops that they have felt it necessary to conceal from their colleagues where they were going ! ) |