Example sentences of "[vb base] been [verb] [prep] two [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In this chapter we 've been looking at two novels which , though they both contain their own particular stylistic innovations , nevertheless stick to the recognised , traditional shape of the novel .
2 she said ‘ We 've been going for two months with very long hours . ’
3 Elstree is not able to take all the aviation business that 's been displaced for weeks that I know of and , and for Hatfield I 've been notified by two people who are at present at Hatfield , one of whom is going to move to Stansted .
4 ‘ I 've been waiting for two hours . ’
5 Like here in the north of Australia , I 've been waiting for two days for the light I need for a shot of some valleys .
6 Copies of the full text of each local law society and ‘ other ’ response have been collected into two files and will be available for inspection at both Redditch and Chancery Lane , or otherwise on request .
7 Since , for example , administrative and financial activities do not impinge on plant records , these activities have been separated on two LANs — they work faster and more efficiently separately , and faults in one do not disable the other .
8 A The law allows any couple to seek a divorce on the grounds of the irretrievable breakdown of marriage once they have been separated for two years .
9 He argues that our views on the nature of the modern state have been polarized between two modes of identification .
10 The reserves remaining net to LASMO have been presented on two bases , on the relevant working interest and also on a net entitlement basis which takes into account projections of government share of production calculated in accordance with certain price and expenditure assumptions .
11 • AA Hospital Plus provides full insurance cover for pre-existing medical conditions , once you have been covered for two years without a recurrence .
12 Fish traps have been discovered at two sites in St Helens .
13 The new modules have been developed for two groups of students : those returning to S5 for a limited period of time , and those who intend to complete a full year 's programme of study in S5 or S6 .
14 1.21 The plaintiff 's rights in relation to medical examinations by the defendant 's doctor have been redefined in two cases .
15 Although ECL cell type was predominant in all tumours , other endocrine cell types have been noted in two tumours .
16 You are entitled to a written statement of the reasons for your dismissal if you have been employed for two years or more .
17 In addition , one very broadly-based general SVQ is being introduced at level I. We are also introducing two preliminary awards at a more basic level than level I. All these awards have been accredited for two years in the first instance .
18 Two huntsmen have been jailed for two months for knocking down a hunt saboteur with a four wheeled buggy .
19 I am sure that you will agree that there should be a debate on the Court of Appeal system now that three major cases have been overturned in two years after substantial campaigns .
20 But these experiments have been criticised on two counts .
21 In France , where I have been working for two years , the government understands the need for cultural things .
22 Since giving up work to start my family , I have been working on two books — a novel and a cookery book related to my former job ( I was a home economist ) .
23 McNeill said : ‘ I have been waiting for two days for this supposed written offer .
24 Amongst the delegates were three British senior tutors , who have been seconded for two years to the EBI financed by the ODA , to assist with the setting up of tuition and training services — Geoff Sales , Phil Brear and Pal Mangla .
25 The deposits have been divided into two groups : at the bottom of the sequence are the basal waterlain sands and gravels , and these contain strongly rounded fossils derived probably from earlier surface sediments .
26 Pancreatic and venom PLA2s have been divided into two groups on the basis of the amino acid sequences of the enzyme proteins .
27 ‘ There were tackles going in out there that have been banned for two years , including the tackle from behind . ’
28 The Wine Rack is the jewel in the crown of a 1,000-strong chain of shops which have been reorganised into two groups .
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