Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] been [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike Rowbottom has been looking at the history of this remarkable experiment in Christian co-operation . |
| 2 | Such a lightning-spattered ending is found , for example , in Passionate Summer ( 1958 ) , where for most of the film the schoolteacher on a Caribbean Island has been keeping at bay the emotions directed towards him by a troubled pupil , the headmaster 's wife and an air hostess . |
| 3 | In its efforts to raise revenue to pay off the debt , Maxxam has been logging at twice the usual rate . |
| 4 | Frances has been working at Ashworth for the last four years . |
| 5 | The case against Morag Taylor has been continued at the High Court in Edinburgh . |
| 6 | Our Political Editor Peter Hayes has been looking at Labour 's week in Brighton . |
| 7 | At the University of Ghana , Dr Samuel Sefa-Dedeh has been looking at ways of increasing the productivity of grain legumes in the tropics . |
| 8 | A separate section describing some of the famous warriors of Ulthuan has been included at the end of the army list . |
| 9 | Mrs Singh had been visited at home and the head had arranged for me to be present so that I could explain and reinforce any suggestions . |
| 10 | The agreements with the United States had been bought at the cost of disproportionate cuts in Soviet weaponry and were clearly dictated by the need to reduce military spending , a much heavier relative burden for the USSR than for the United States . |
| 11 | Apparently , a day or so before my arrival , the children of Navan had been entertained at the centre by a man dressed-up as Mickey Mouse . |
| 12 | Dustin had been working at his antique desk all morning on contact sheets of his wedding pictures , taken almost a year before , trying to pick out the ones to develop . |
| 13 | But she said Lilian had been working at the old people 's home just down the road . |
| 14 | I was in the Feathers the night Sandy MacAllister punched Laurence Uden on the nose for saying that Stanford Roberts had been drunk at poor old Sidney Cunningham 's funeral . ’ |
| 15 | Do you know that two-thirds of obstetricians in the States have been sued at least once in their lives ? |
| 16 | Concerts by the CBSO have been sponsored at the Town Hall , Birmingham , at Nottingham , Warwick Arts Centre , Coventry , the Barbican Centre and Derby , The Royal Bank of Scotland Concerts with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra have visited Liverpool , Preston and Blackburn and with the Halle Orchestra to Manchester and Sheffield . |
| 17 | And Michael Caine , Imran Khan , Omar Sharif and the president of Pakistan have been spotted at its tables . |
| 18 | One of the victims of the RAF Hercules crash in Scotland has been remembered at the traditional Tetbury Woolsack Races . |
| 19 | Since Dr John Gore , a nuclear scientist and his wife Ruth were found at their home at Tetbury in Gloucestershire in September last year , axed to death , their son Christopher has been held at Broadmoor Hospital . |
| 20 | Marilyn has been licensed at a special service at St John 's Church there , effectively joining the ministry team in the parish of Egremont . |
| 21 | West Indian Tony Gray has been signed at great expense while former Durham County stalwart , Johnnie Johnston , is set to return to the club for one final fling . |
| 22 | Does the right hon. Gentleman really believe that if politicians in Northern Ireland had been sitting at a table , the awful atrocities that we have witnessed in the past few days would not have taken place ? |
| 23 | Apparently Mr. Dolman had been working at The Albion Hotel , fell from a very tall ladder and was killed . |
| 24 | Harriet , being no fool , read between the lines and knew that Sidney had been got at by his stronger-minded and cynical other half . |
| 25 | Pringle , of Thirlmere Road , Darlington , was shot in the neck by a police marksman on Tuesday after 21-year-old Leanne Rees had been held at gunpoint for 47 hours . |
| 26 | Carol had been born at Christmas twenty-seven years ago — how long ago it seemed . |
| 27 | Shortly before the attack , Mick had been dancing at a Singles Night at the Wiltshire Hotel . |
| 28 | Hal and Joy had been working at Applecross Cafe for over 10 years . |
| 29 | Shortly before the February 1992 meeting it had been reported that OPEC production in January had been running at 24,200,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) , about 70,000 bpd above the level in December 1991 and the highest levels since the 25,000,000 bpd recorded in 1980 . |
| 30 | Zuno had been convicted at an earlier trial but Rafeedie had set aside the verdict on the grounds that the prosecution had referred in closing arguments to matters not in evidence . |