Example sentences of "[det] [vb past] [been] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For many years , as a result of the reduction in the flow of the Painswick Stream coupled with the silting up of the mill pond , this had been used on a 50:50 basis with a gas engine , sufficient water only being available for half a day 's working . |
| 2 | It had been a slow job , but as all this had been going on the elvers had been flooding into the basin . |
| 3 | The men asked some very technical questions and during conversation it turned out that one of them had worked on the construction of the Visitors ’ Centre and another had been employed on the construction of one of the Scottish nuclear power stations . ’ |
| 4 | In addition they had two camel guns , small cannons which could be mounted on saddles and fired from the backs of camels ; for the circumstances these had been mounted on the back of a plush sofa which had been recovered from the rampart where it had served during the rains . |
| 5 | It was the discovery that little had been written on the background of Scottish women MPs which prompted the research work that Dr Burness is following during her fellowship . |
| 6 | Both had been dragged on a Highland holiday from leather-button cardiganed Surbiton , I also decided . |