Example sentences of "[been] [verb] [adv] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a region of hamlets and little towns which , in the Middle Ages at least , had been inhabited largely by aliens imported by borough patrons . |
| 2 | The expediter — ‘ Joy ’ — was the envoy of a client of mine : the Construction and Development Corporation of the Philippines ( CDCP ) , a local company my bank had been courting unsuccessfully for years . |
| 3 | Then , even as it dawned on her that the flowers had probably been placed there by lovers , so , as she looked up again into the dark eyes of the tall Czechoslovakian , she all at once knew why it was that her breath had caught a few seconds ago . |
| 4 | Because they have been treated more as adults here , the contrast between this and ordinary school makes it sometimes difficult for them to return and adapt to being treated as children again , so it is obviously preferable for them to continue on at the unit . |
| 5 | I have also been criticized fiercely by philosophers for using imaginary time . |
| 6 | Britain 's loss of overseas markets has been explained largely in terms of the qualitative factors such as design and poor delivery , to which reference has been made [ Caves , 1968 ; Stout , 1976 ] . |
| 7 | These new insights have been developed mainly by researchers and activists in Latin America and the rest of the Third World , and WACC has played its part in that development . |
| 8 | This antibody , which neutralises TNF α cytotoxicity on L929 cells and blocks TNF α induced MHC class I expression has been given therapeutically to humans suffering from septic shock , and is used to assay TNF α by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay ( ELISA ) . |
| 9 | Generally , Asians in Britain have been regarded both as scroungers and as so industrious that they are taking over jobs and businesses , as both thrifty and flashy . |
| 10 | After the stories of the last few chapters , since the point when the promises were first given , our confidence in Abraham 's reliability has been shaken nearly to pieces . |
| 11 | It was their third attempt on the peak , having been repulsed twice by storms . |
| 12 | Although previously I had been walking only on weekends , I was now walking up to five times a week for half an hour at a time . |
| 13 | Deaf schools in Britain have traditionally had a long involvement in the Scout and Girl Guide movement , but Scouting has not been confined simply to schoolboys and schoolgirls . |
| 14 | So far , the debate about economic policy has been confined largely to technocrats and foreign advisers lodged in expensive hotels where one night costs around the average worker 's monthly wage . |
| 15 | A considerable research tradition was built up , and yet : " this tradition has been confined largely to studies of the comparative effectiveness of conventional procedures and selected types of so-called visual or audiovisual media in attaining the same objectives . " |
| 16 | And when she 's been confined there for days you sometimes have n't bothered with a towel . |
| 17 | Small farms in the public sector have been grouped together in cooperatives to gain all the benefits possible from size and concentration . |
| 18 | We 've been cultivating both for centuries . |
| 19 | To Riego liberalism had been installed solely by officers : civilians had missed any title to glory by failing to raise Cadiz after the army had pronounced . |
| 20 | Fatal hepatotoxicity during VPA treatment has been reported rarely in adults , and only in patients with encephalopathy . |
| 21 | A high prevalence of lactose malabsorption has been reported previously in patients with chronic radiation enteritis who required parenateral nutrition . |
| 22 | A number of cases of nephrotoxicity has been reported recently in patients taking oral mesalazine . |
| 23 | These are the human remains that appear in the picture of the priests , from bodies that had already been torn apart by dogs before they were found in the sand . |
| 24 | Some of the people looked as if they had been torn apart by animals with more in the way of teeth and claws than the Good Lord intended for them to have . |
| 25 | Marje now admits that her carefully nurtured image has been torn apart by revelations from a new biography . |
| 26 | It has been designed especially for students with a different educational background from those entering the degree programme . |
| 27 | The Free Curl cordless styling Brush , Free Curl cordless styling Tong and Free Curl cordless combination Brush and Tong have been designed specifically for women on the move which makes them so easy to travel with . |
| 28 | The horse fair has been happening here for decades and it used to be a time of celebration when the market square at Stow was filled by a Fun fair aswell , but after a flare up last year the Fair 's owners wo n't be coming back . |
| 29 | The horse fair has been happening here for decades and it used to be a time of celebration when the market square at Stow was filled by a Fun fair aswell , but after a flare up last year the Fair 's owners wo n't be coming back . |
| 30 | The brother of Yucel Ozen , who died in custody on 24 November 1991 after interrogation at Beyoglu Police Station , claims that he had been telephoned frequently by police who made veiled threats and advised him no to press his complaint concerning his brother 's death . |