Example sentences of "been [verb] [prep] [pron] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Levels of earnings might well have been limited by their own work-psychology , as were those of lead miners in Derbyshire and the Mendip Hills , where the labour force consisted almost entirely of smallholders and cottagers . |
| 2 | He had been toying with her that day on the river , playing games to satisfy some peculiar quirk of his character . |
| 3 | It is well known that parents tend to treat their children as they themselves have been treated by their own parents . |
| 4 | Croatia 's acceptance follows on from the recent announcement that the Baltic states of Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania has been reinstated to their former status as full members , a status that they enjoyed prior to the outbreak of the second world war . |
| 5 | The tropical forest policies of the World Bank have been criticized by its own researchers . |
| 6 | There was nothing to spare unless he used the rupee that he had been given for his own food . |
| 7 | Morant , Chambers and others were aware that for ten years or more several LEAs including Sheffield , Nottingham , Wigan , Liverpool , Carlisle , Finchley , Bolton , Cambridge , and Edinburgh had been experimenting with their own employment schemes . |
| 8 | His guilt has been exposed by his own actions . |
| 9 | In the 1970s the Labour government supported a private member 's Bill which took over an item which would have been included in its own programme if there had been sufficient parliamentary time . |
| 10 | A Berlin research institute is developing a scheme by which micro-organisms will feed on abandoned Trabant cars , large numbers of which have been discarded by their former East German owners in favour of more modern Western models . |
| 11 | A : After appearing on TV , I was contacted by Terry Moseley who had been following my story since Kelly was killed , and Jeanette Thompson , whose child had been attacked by her own dog . |
| 12 | An elderly man has been attacked by his own dog . |
| 13 | Teachers constructing lists for students no doubt remember these books from their youth and are therefore more conscious of their failings and believe them to have been superseded by their own books and those of their colleagues . |
| 14 | Almost , in the midst of the new apartment that she hated as much as he did , though it had been decorated to her own specifications , she said , ‘ I have been to see my son . ’ |
| 15 | Each of the bedrooms has been designed with its own balcony or terrace equipped with garden chairs , and the walls have been sound-proofed for added privacy . |
| 16 | The first time she nearly burnt me in my bed , and the second time she visited you , and must have been reminded of her own wedding day by seeing your wedding dress . ’ |
| 17 | I 've been looking for him all afternoon , but he must have been tied up with work . |
| 18 | A YOUNG mother claimed yesterday that justice has been done after her former boyfriend was convicted of assaulting her three times in one night . |
| 19 | A curd which has been soaking in its own whey makes an acid cheese ( which explains the often sharp taste of Eastern Mediterranean white cheeses which are sometimes stored in whey ) . |
| 20 | It would take a musical analysis to find out whether the offerings to which these two extremes respond are really worlds apart ’ ( Adorno 1976 : 13 ) , we know that the question implied in the final sentence has already been answered in his own mind , just as surely as we know that he has not done the musical analysis but simply conflated Elvis and … whom ? |
| 21 | " Profit " lies here also and some members of this school might have passed their lives in prim obscurity had their names not been made by their own publicity . |
| 22 | ‘ The reader interprets the text as if it had been written in his own language , culture and time … . |
| 23 | Wayne was enchanted to see Hermia and Perdita , and gave the appearance of having been searching for them all day . |
| 24 | ‘ The British have always been prepared to give a measure of recognition to the imperial qualities of other races , especially when these races have been absorbed into their own dominions ; for obvious reasons of self-esteem , conquerors especially enjoy the subjection of those who were formerly paramount . |
| 25 | The government denied involvement in Toro 's activities but few observers believed that he had been acting on his own initiative . |
| 26 | Carry on is message to tourism success story Tees Valley Tourism , a partnership between the public and private sectors , has been saved by its own success . |
| 27 | The Earl had been shouting at her that morning , ‘ Have n't you gone yet ? |
| 28 | Provincial had been bitten by its own success . |
| 29 | It had been told to him many years ago when he was a boy , shortly after he had arrived in Carewscourt . |
| 30 | ‘ Father , I have been waiting for you all afternoon . ’ |