Example sentences of "to [pron] [pron] [verb] been [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had genuinely meant to facilitate my exit from Dili ; at the time she 'd made her little speech to me she 'd been perfectly sincere . |
| 2 | Then he admitted as he shovelled manure at a tree-planting ceremoney in his Huntingdon constituency : ‘ It occurs to me I 've been up to my neck in this stuff for the last month . ’ |
| 3 | While setting up the calm surface of village life in a realistic manner , the film does so only as a contrast to the savagery that ensues : a priest is shot while making a stand against ‘ the enemies and oppressors of mankind ’ , the Post Office lady kills a German with an axe and is promptly bayonetted herself , and the vicar 's daughter disposes of the Quisling squire , to whom she had been amorously linked . |
| 4 | She could have borrowed the hairstyle from the latest man to whom she has been romantically linked , British actor Daniel Day Lewis . |
| 5 | What could she say to someone she had been so close to , had spoken so bitterly to ? |
| 6 | ‘ She is unable to give an interview to someone who has been so rude to her , ’ he told Groom curtly , but agreed to furnish her himself with the few facts she needed . |
| 7 | It is thought that previously matured vitrinite would begin to undergo maturation again once it reached the maximum temperature to which it had been originally exposed . |
| 8 | for proceeding from the premises of a manufacturer or repairer of or dealer in mechanically propelled vehicles to a place from which it is to be transported by train , ship or aircraft or for proceeding to the premises of such a manufacturer , repairer or dealer from a place to which it has been so transported ; |
| 9 | The writer would like to express his appreciation of the art historical studies of Teresa Gisbert , Leopoldo Castedo , Julia P. Herzberg and dr Luis Enrique Tord , to which he has been deeply indebted in writing this article . |
| 10 | ‘ And to one who has been delicately reared — ’ |
| 11 | The rules of the referendum gave a vote to anyone who had been permanently resident in the republic since before Nov. 3 , 1989 . |