Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] been [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The principal problem about them has generally been said to be that of their meaning or semantics .
2 Prince Jan Lubomirski , who managed to buy his castle of Kruszyna back from the local council for a symbolic zloty ( they refused Barbara Johnson 's offer of millions in a fine gesture of patriarchal loyalty ) , can not get the Lodz Museum to return the set of family portraits removed from it , even though none of them has ever been exhibited since being confiscated .
3 Furthermore , nothing has yet been said about all the research that does not depend on the collection of data by the sociologist ( primary data ) but instead makes use of secondary data — the wealth of material already available from other sources , such as government statistics , personal diaries , newspapers , and other kinds of information .
4 " If nothing has yet been settled with regard to Ald. Hallam 's gift of a thousand pounds , it seems to me well worth considering whether it would not be more advantageous to the School to endow a " Hallam Lectureship in Natural Science " than to found a scholarship .
5 I know that nothing has ever been proved against the man , but you 've heard the rumours about how he tries to pressurise people . ’
6 Studies of many thousands of people have shown that no-one has ever been infected through kissing .
7 By nine , the playroom was like something censored out of Gremlins , and I spent most of the morning as a cross between Mummy Bear and Mister Wolf I 'd just been pinned to the floor , it was like an insane asylum in Lilliput , when buti Sikita beckoned me to the phone .
8 I 'd previously been trained in management and I did n't want to be an audio typist .
9 There was the beer keg I 'd been tied to and the length of wire I 'd probably been tied with lay on the floor .
10 I 'd never been surrounded by so many nice things before , not even at the Lewises ' .
11 Laing was at pains to stress that at no time did he feel under pressure : ‘ It was that I 'd never been caught before and I did n't know what to do .
12 The , they really convert bibles for doing that is because I 've always done that of er right that 's , that 's out of the way , jump the paperwork , now what about talking about your clubs and that t to sort of close down the call and relax the client for getting into referral mode and I 've always done it tail end on so the introduction to the referral is at the beginning and perhaps looking for them during i is totally unfamiliar , I mean I do note the odd thing as I go through and note them down on the , the but I 'd never been used to actually although we were told referrals how and why that went with it .
13 ‘ I was annoyed that I 'd never been told about this illness in England ’ , says Leslie .
14 I 'd always been fascinated by the people who live on the skid rows of our cities — the ones we regard as the scum of the earth .
15 On the other hand , I had also been instructed in what it was to be a woman and how to function successfully in that role .
16 Charlie did not know , at that time that I had also been hit in the chest and that my right lung had been punctured and had collapsed ’ .
17 As it was , they were all staring fixedly at the entrance to the place , so I had already been inspected by them .
18 Simon got very excited when he heard that I had already been driven round the circuit by Brundle .
19 Leonard Cheshire and I were pilot officers together in No 4 Group at the beginning of the war ; he came from the dreaming spires of Oxford and I had just been commissioned as a pilot officer after serving a stint of five years as a sergeant pilot .
20 Questioned about why she had not sought help immediately after the alleged attack , she said : ‘ I had just been raped by a policeman , and I did not trust no police after that . ’
21 I suppose the problem was that I had never been told about it officially — that is , by an adult — and so I had somehow blocked off the information , not connecting it with myself , with my own body .
22 Though I had never been hurt like this before , strangely enough I bore him no resentment for these beatings , accepting them as the penalty for what I had done .
23 I had never been interviewed before but felt really at ease , mainly because I discovered I had been an informal link worker all my life !
24 I had always been taught in Germany to trust my doctor , and obey what he said , ’ she explained .
25 Spoiled by the fact that I had always been treated with respect because I was a veterinary surgeon , a member of an honourable profession .
26 Apart from my absolute belief in National Socialism and my conviction of Hitler 's superhuman heroism , I had always been attracted to Germany .
27 It turned out that she lived in some place called Romford and as she was due to take me back there the day after the funeral I had only been left with a few hours to make a decision .
28 In his last memoirs , written in his second exile , he wrote that before 1953 , " I had been no more than a hereditary sovereign , but now I had truly been elected by the people .
29 I reflected that I was not sure if I had ever been filled with the Holy Spirit , let alone spoken the word of God boldly .
30 I 've already been contacted by people as far away from the airport as Holywood and Cultra , as well as many businesses , worried about this possibility , ’ said the City Council Ulster Unionist deputy leader .
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