Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] it [verb] [been] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in July Mary of Guise was able to fight back more successfully , and at the end of the month the two sides made another truce , by which Edinburgh was to be free to choose its religion , and Catholic observance was not to be reinstated where it had been suppressed . |
| 2 | It was the only object , apart from the books , which reflected a personal taste ; Dalgliesh hardly supposed that it had been provided by a Government agency . |
| 3 | Iliescu later reported that it had been agreed to establish a dialogue involving the NSF and representatives of the 20 political parties now in existence [ These round table talks will be covered in the February News Digest . ] |
| 4 | She was muddy , her dress torn , her hair looked like it had been combed with a hedge , but she crackled with so much internal power that she was nearly throwing off sparks . |
| 5 | Our use of some light music on the Fort San Programme was excused because it had been requested for those patients recovering in hospital . |
| 6 | They explained that the meeting was cancelled and everyone dispersed as it had been confirmed that the government was about to arrest all strike leaders . |
| 7 | There was some confusion in court as to whether a private prosecution can be withdrawn once it has been decided that there is a case to answer . |
| 8 | Love also revealed that it had been decided not to include Iain Philip and Alastair Storie , as they had been playing overseas and it was a better option to give the others some match practice . |
| 9 | Thus , whilst in 1953 Armed Forces support was invoked by the Party , in 1957 it might be said that it had been enlisted by a faction , albeit the First Secretary 's own . |
| 10 | No doubt she would have noticed if it had been used in the interim . |
| 11 | I 'd have noticed if it had been missing . |
| 12 | I was often called Hamlet because I so resembled my father 's appearance in his most famous film , the ‘ Coronation ’ Hamlet , so named because it had been released in Coronation year . |
| 13 | He appears to have maintained in the Court of Session that the provisions of that Act should not be applied because it had been passed without his having had notice as required by Standing Orders … |
| 14 | Some of the manuscript has been saved because it had been printed off for a friend to proof-read . |
| 15 | The area around the crack should be thoroughly cleaned and the two-part resin filler applied after it has been mixed up in accordance with the instructions . |
| 16 | Their hay would be fed as it had been cut , handful by handful , and should be enough with seaweed and oat straw to feed her till she was helped out in the spring . |
| 17 | From the seventeenth century onwards , much of this land to the south of the Wash was drained and it has been farmed intensively ever since . |
| 18 | When they arrived home , Liz quickly wrote to the curator of the castle 's museum to ask for a pattern of the dress , only to be told that it had been copied from an 1898 issue of the London Illustrated News . |
| 19 | Anyway , today I was told that it had been passed . |
| 20 | When I queried the decision I was told that it had been taken at the very highest level , as a result of information not available to me . ’ |
| 21 | It is important that this is done immediately , as the master disk can not be copied once it has been used . |
| 22 | However , it is apparently the practice that if the prisoner inquires in such a case whether the tariff has been set at 20 years , he will be told if it has been set at that period , but not if it has not . |
| 23 | Only the one chosen background material has been used but it has been presented at various distances and angles . |
| 24 | ( d ) a delivery after transfer , where the requested item proves to be already on the reserve shelf of another reader , but can be supplied after it has been transferred from that reader to the more recent applicant . |
| 25 | In this context , we shall assess how the Act has added to police power and what effect it has had when it has been used in tandem with the pre-existing law . |
| 26 | which the House of Lords would have exercised if it had been asked to do so but had not in fact been so asked , Berry ( No. 2 ) would have been a very easy case for the Court of Appeal to deal with , but there is no indication that it found Berry ( No. 2 ) to be so simple . |
| 27 | Balsa wood can also be smoked after it has been broken into little pieces , but some say it is even less rewarding than banana skins . |
| 28 | The standard method of recovery must be taught because it has been proven to be effective during testing . |
| 29 | A term is always to be regarded as not individually negotiated where it has been drafted in advance and the consumer has therefore not been able to influence the substance of the term , particularly in the context of a pre-formulated standard contract . |
| 30 | She had n't known if it had been changed — it was unlikely — but if nothing else it would help to gain him admittance . |