Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jackson must 've been under the effects of the anaesthetic after a nose job to come out with something so bad . |
| 2 | We know what the experience has been over the years . |
| 3 | Dr Williams has been through the ranks of the order and now holds the post of County Surgeon for County Durham . |
| 4 | This is an agricultural area still , as it has been through the centuries , and most of the residents are employed in the district , with some commuting to Hull , the nearest city . |
| 5 | Beyond the fringe Nicky Mason , who has been on the fringes of England 's best men 's team for 30 years , showed during England 's outstanding 5-1 victory that he can still … |
| 6 | One of the reasons for the improvement in pedestrian safety on the Continent over the past decade , is that the focus of traffic calming work has been on the areas where most people live , that is on existing , not new , residential areas . |
| 7 | She started ‘ working ’ at the age of 14 and has been on the streets for five years . |
| 8 | Living rough : Stewart has been on the streets in Edinburgh for three years , sleeping wherever he can find shelter and surviving on a mixture of benefits and begging . |
| 9 | Certainly some , like British Telecommunications , gas , electricity and water , produced spectacular financial results , but the lasting impact has been on the businesses themselves . |
| 10 | It is therefore timely to consider what the impact of this mandatory scheme for school self-evaluation has been on the teachers , recalling what the stated intentions were at the outset : |
| 11 | Though its timing caught out the markets , the krona/ecu link has been on the cards for some months . |
| 12 | The former pairing has been on the cards ever since critics fingered Penn as the brat who would be Bob but the latter seems less plausible . |
| 13 | The merger has been on the cards for some time and of course makes perfect sense . |
| 14 | Our marriage has been on the cards from day one , and there 's not a damned thing either of us can do about it . ’ |
| 15 | Also , much of the money for the campaign has come from the community itself , and where outside groups have provided assistance , either financially or otherwise , it has been on the terms of the YCCC rather than anyone else . |
| 16 | there has been hardly any research on the police compared with the large output of critical scholarship on industry , commerce , the civil service , the health service and education … what little direct research there has been on the police has scarcely begun to ask such fundamental questions as what is the police force and what is it doing . |
| 17 | Until an hour or two ago I certainly did n't know that this problem had arisen , but the date April has been on the lips of my er Honourable Friend er and of the Noble Minister er I used to represent part of the City of Leeds and Honourable er a and Noble Lord you 'll have heard recently of behaviour at Elland Road Football Ground on the death of Sir Matt Busby and one can only wonder what sort of people er we 're dealing with , but many of them arrive at Leeds City Station on the day of a match and they come early and they have then to get their way to Elland Road and there are often real problems . |
| 18 | He has been with the police for 19 years , and has served at Colchester , Chelmsford , police HQ and for two years worked for Scotland Yard in conjunction with Interpol . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , we know of the legend , ’ said Gladys McDonald who has been at the Chequers , no longer an inn , for 32 years . |
| 20 | Whether it 's petty cash , invoicing , or conference organising , 's your person ! has been at the maltings for just over a year and takes care of all those time consuming , but essential , administration services , appreciated by us all . |
| 21 | ‘ Tagan is our best tracker , ’ Ratagan said , ‘ and he has been to the Greshorns . ’ |
| 22 | The most that the British knew about armies was that intermittently over four or five centuries they got together in a sort of militia or Home Guard in case the enemy arrived , and the necessity of a state to run the affairs of the country for the country 's salvation , was never so present to the British mind as it always has been to the minds of most continental people . |
| 23 | More recently , the primary threat has been to the highlanders ' land , although coerced labour and unequal trade continue . |
| 24 | IF THE PLAN has been for the Europeans not to show their strongest hands in the Freeport-McMoran Classic at English Turn , which takes its name from one of the sweeping bends in the Mississipi River , much has gone according to plan . |
| 25 | The Bolton area health authority was forced to reveal his identity after he was named in local newspapers , and its chief executive , Richard Sutherland , said last night : ‘ Our first concern has been for the patients involved . |
| 26 | The more the institutions of representative government demand technical efficiency from administrative organizations , the more those organizations have found it necessary to employ specialists and the more difficult it has been for the judgements of the career officials to be resisted . |
| 27 | Since its foundation in 1943 , the Norwegian School of management ( NSM — Handeslhøyskolen BI ) has been among the leaders in developing innovative programs for both Norwegian and international students . |
| 28 | Each has been among the leaders in positive action and now welcomes an examination of impediments to change . |
| 29 | The former Swindon Town striker Duncan Shearer has been among the players giving evidence in court against his former manager Lou Macari . |
| 30 | ‘ Weeks has been before the magistrates this morning and has been discharged without a stain on his character . |