Example sentences of "have been [verb] to [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I hear you 've been talking to my Hilda and young Ralph . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I hear you 've been talking to our friends in Manila , ’ he says , chattily , as though the difference in our rank means nothing to him . |
| 3 | Kevin Maxwell has been appointed to his first job since he resigned as director of Mirror Group Newspapers following the collapse of Robert Maxwell 's business empire . |
| 4 | Under the Tories , Britain 's aid budget has been cut to its lowest ever . |
| 5 | From this community they have spread out and have now become a part of LE for adolescents and children of all races , though perhaps ( no research has been done to my knowledge ) only in areas where there is significant contact between the black and white communities . |
| 6 | Does the hon. Gentleman have the grace to accept that that is clear evidence of the damage that has been done to our economy by a Government who have no industrial policy ? |
| 7 | Will my hon. Friend therefore give me an undertaking that he will visit Dartford early in the new year , or on Christmas day if need be , to see for himself the damage that has been done to our river and how much has been lost ? |
| 8 | Yet nothing of this sophistication has been transmitted to their flock . |
| 9 | We would advise that the policy has therefore been cancelled and a full refund of premiums for 1991 has been made to your mortgage account . ’ |
| 10 | A resounding thumbs up has been given to our police officers by staff at AEA and British Nuclear Fuels following a detailed customer opinion survey . |
| 11 | Some day all that may change and the weekly pension will amount to only a little government chit telling you how much has been credited to your account . |
| 12 | The family has been offered £6 worth of vouchers by the company , but say they wo n't be happy until their son has been compensated to their satisfaction for his suffering . |
| 13 | An impressive feature of the cliffs is the Great Stack , a detached pinnacle of sandstone which , incredibly , has been ascended to its flat top by rock-climbers . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ The matter has been referred to my insurers who will contact the company 's previous insurers . ’ |
| 15 | Croatia 's acceptance follows on from the recent announcement that the Baltic states of Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania has been reinstated to their former status as full members , a status that they enjoyed prior to the outbreak of the second world war . |
| 16 | OSF says the Informix Wingz spreadsheet has been ported to its Architecture Neutral Distribution Format technology and was successfully installed on an IBM RS/6000 : a DEC Alpha version will follow . |
| 17 | The idea that a court is entitled to disregard a provision in an Act of Parliament on any ground must seem strange and startling to anyone with any knowledge of the history and law of our constitution , but a detailed argument has been submitted to your Lordships and I must deal with it . |
| 18 | As the hon. Gentleman knows , the application for that hospital to have self-governing status has been submitted to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State . |
| 19 | Britain 's resulting debt burden was in fact greater than that of the French , whose consequent indebtedness has been linked to her political crisis of 1788 – 9 . |
| 20 | The popularity of this novel has been linked to its didacticism : a second edition followed the next year . |
| 21 | The monarchy has been rocked to its foundations and a Government still basking in the glow of re-election has been brought to its knees by a series of disasters . |
| 22 | Przewalski 's Horse has been reintroduced to its native plains near the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator , after 50 years absence … |
| 23 | Since joining , she has been promoted to her present very senior position . |
| 24 | Give me a links course in Scotland or Lancashire , or one of the beautiful Surrey courses any day , where the natural terrain has been used to its best advantage ; such courses have the great benefit of maturity . |
| 25 | His failure to do so has been attributed to his association with the ( to some ) dubious professions of wine merchant and journalist , to his supposed Jewishness , his lack of a university education , or even to anti-Surrey bias . |
| 26 | We may note with interest that this document , signed by Madame de Lully and Ballard , states that the opera Zéphire et Flore is the composition of Lully the father , whereas it has been attributed to his son Louis . |
| 27 | The world has turned to places it regards as more important , and Afghanistan has been left to its civil war . |
| 28 | As he knows , as that matter is quasi-judicial , under planning law it has been left to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State . |
| 29 | Hanif , meanwhile , has been chained to his desk since his mid-teens hammering out novel after novel , all of which are rejected by publishers . |
| 30 | Belfast councillor John Carson has been reported to his North Belfast Unionist Constituency Association over allegations that he verbally assaulted party member Fred Proctor . |