Example sentences of "been [vb pp] and [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was staggered to realise I had been honoured and to this day I do n't know who put me forward . ’ |
| 2 | The lands to the north and east of a line joining these two houses had in the ninth century been conquered and to some degree settled by pagan Scandinavians , who had destroyed the existing monasteries and several of the bishoprics , and such evidence as there is suggests that the Christianity practised within them retained aspects upon which the stricter kind of churchman would have frowned . |
| 3 | It is , of course , desirable to check that nothing has been forgotten and to this end it is usual to ask an operator to go through the designed procedure while observing what he does and also observing that the system performs as expected . |
| 4 | To handle these , a separate telephone line with a twenty four hour answering machine service has been installed and to each individual is sent a list of stockists for their local area , together with a covering letter . |
| 5 | In all such cases the court must estimate as best it can what would have happened if the plaintiff had not been injured and on that basis must assess his loss . |
| 6 | In many companies the normal management accounting system will only pick up a currency exposure when the sales entry has been made and by that time adverse currency fluctuations could have eroded or wiped out the profit margin . |
| 7 | ‘ I do think that public concern over the leniency of the original sentence has been assuaged and in that sense I suppose some justice has been done . ’ |
| 8 | says explaining why he had come to earth Jesus told the Roman governor Pontius Pilate , will thus I 've been born and for this purpose I have come out of the world that I should bear witness to the truth , but what particular truth was Jesus sent to earth to make no man , first just about his heavenly father , he taught his followers to pray that his father name be hallowed or hell holy and he prayed , I have made your name manifest to the man you gave me , also he said I must declare the good news with the kingdom of God , because for this I was sent forth , so what truths did Jesus come to er , to tell ? |
| 9 | Everything people said about Kelly was supposition , nothing against him had ever been proved and in this country you were innocent until proven guilty . |
| 10 | Perhaps the most interesting feature of the experience so far for Britain is to recognise the care with which the health problems of minority populations have been investigated and to some extent acted on . |
| 11 | I know that enthusiastic palaeontologists in several countries have claimed pieces of this missing record , but the claims have all been disputed and in any case do not provide real connections . |