Example sentences of "[vb base] been [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been called in to the Museum during the night or at weekends for a variety of reasons . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been tuned in to the local station , ’ he said shortly . |
| 3 | Mind you the best ones would be by er those ones they 've been selling off to the highest offer . |
| 4 | The origins of the black cat , as a distinct colour type , have been traced back to the ancient Phoenicians , who sneaked some of the sacred cats out of Egypt and began trading in them around the Mediterranean . |
| 5 | Last term 's fund-raising efforts have now raised £1,048 for the Leukaemia Research Fund — and two sacks of old postage stamps have been sent off to the Blue Peter Appeal in aid of Romanian children . |
| 6 | Two square escutcheon plates , each incised with a cross , have been riveted on to the surface above and below the keyhole . |
| 7 | A ten-fold increase in fish farming is expected in Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire , over the next couple of years and , already , sizeable plots of land have been given over to the business . |
| 8 | The gamble has paid off , so tourists and faithful can now contemplate a moving image of the tormented body of the dead Christ in a remarkable state of conservation except for the loss of the skin colour pigments , which have been abraded down to the greenish underpainting . |
| 9 | I have been listening in to the E-Mail for some weeks , and in fact even coming in on weekend to pick up the results and comments . |
| 10 | Since then , police have been listening in to the frequency used by the gang . |
| 11 | In case you think I have been having a merry old time , I 'd better tell you also that I have been staying up to the small hours as there has been such a lot of preparation to do , and the course participants have also been keen to make use of our presence by asking all kinds of questions about English etc. , so this is literally the first free time I have been able to make since I have been here . |
| 12 | A number of test cases on Sunday trading and the possible conflict with the treaty of Rome have already come before the European Court and all have been referred back to the various countries involved . |
| 13 | Due to pressure on space in this issue of The Lifeboat reports of several naming and dedication ceremonies have been held over to the Autumn issues . |
| 14 | ‘ It should be stressed that no debts arising from non–payment of the community Charge have been added on to the Council Tax bills . ’ |
| 15 | These and similar questions have been forced on to the theological agenda by the way in which the modern western world has grown . |
| 16 | Is he not ashamed that so many children have been thrown on to the streets of Scotland while he has been Prime Minister ? |
| 17 | ‘ I expect they have been taken back to the Wyrmberg . ’ |
| 18 | Once graphics have been loaded on to the Working Area , the Studio facility is then used . |
| 19 | The Disability Alliance , Mencap and other disability groups are outraged at the way in which these four affirmative orders have been spatchcocked on to the normal debate . |
| 20 | Sexy blonde curls have been pinned on to the crown for this look from John Peers |
| 21 | Letters addressed to the AIBS concerning Vic Williams have been passed on to the IS . |
| 22 | In a highly competitive market the returns would be a satisfactory performance measure ; for a monopolist it might merely reflect that any inefficiencies in service have been passed on to the customers who have no choice but to pay the higher prices . |
| 23 | Those costs have been passed on to the residents , so the gap has widened . |
| 24 | Four bags of toxic waste which were found abandoned on the Oxford ring road have been handed back to the company that lost them . |
| 25 | The execution of these ideas with regard to graphical presentation and production of an addictive shoot-em-up arcade game have been carried out to the highest professional standard . |
| 26 | Essential repairs and refurbishment have been carried out to the Library 's Sighthill Bindery and to the Lawnmarket Building . |
| 27 | 1.6 " the Premises " means the part of the Site described in the Second Schedule together with such of the Works and the Tenant 's Works as may from time to time have been carried out on the Premises This describes the premises which are to be demised to the tenant and which will include the tenant 's works and possibly also the landlord 's works where alterations or refurbishment works have been carried out to the premises by the landlord . |
| 28 | Nothing that the Minister has said today convinces me that his heart and his mind have been won over to the case for a funding council . |