Example sentences of "[adv] been [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And from now on , he will be as fervently fanatical in his promulgation of Nazarean thought as he has hitherto been in trying to suppress it . |
| 2 | That it has been ‘ the only game in town ’ , as many have argued , has not meant that it has necessarily been worth following , either from an Israeli or a Palestinian view . |
| 3 | Eva had only been at Usher a couple of months and was preparing to go to the International College for Officers ( ICO ) in London on a refresher course after her long years overseas . |
| 4 | ‘ I make no secret , ’ said Samuel suddenly , who had obviously been considering doing just that , ‘ that I disliked the fellow . |
| 5 | Lindsay McKeown has already been on asking for her phone number . |
| 6 | To date we have raised over £200 since we opened and this has largely been from re-selling books we have had to buy . |
| 7 | Tory Governments have always been about creating a two-tier educational system . |
| 8 | The emphasis has always been on producing verifiable statements of income and expenditure , balance sheets and , latterly , cash flows . |
| 9 | Charles enjoyed the time he spent with his wife and children , but the events of the last four years had been no less momentous for him , and his way of coping with the stress and tensions in his life had always been by testing himself physically . |
| 10 | My interest has always been in locating the various holes on the surface from descriptions I have read . |
| 11 | Since the knowledge required will be prescribed , the tendency will be ( as it has always been in teaching ) to present it in such a form as to be acceptable to the average child . |
| 12 | Oh they were , have n't you ever been to Wakes ? |
| 13 | This is the closest we have ever been to getting Ben back . |
| 14 | The only dances she had ever been to had been school dances , and she wanted to go to this one . |
| 15 | Sylvie had come the closest she had ever been to begging . |
| 16 | He was friendly with my erm uncle they 'd b both been in starting when they started in business . |
| 17 | I 've never really been into fixing heroin . |
| 18 | And then the guitarist went from Davey to Bernie Watson , who 'd previously been with Screaming Lord Sutch 's band ; then from Bernie to Roger Dean ( yes , the one who does all that artwork on Yes albums ) and from Roger Dean to Eric , and then Eric to Greeny and then to Mick Taylor … ’ |
| 19 | Since the interview in Matron 's office , Sister Cooney and Doctor O'Connor-Crowley had barely been on speaking terms . |