Example sentences of "been [prep] [noun] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If it had n't been for Home Rule in the South , would Ulster have been ruled by Presbyterians in Belfast ? ’ |
| 2 | But the project could have been lost to overseas had it not been for grant aid from the Welsh Office . |
| 3 | No wonder that the answer to the puzzle was AN EXCLUSIVE SCOOP and that is just what her entry has been for Ann Scudder of Dartford , Kent as she is the one to scoop up this fabulous prize . |
| 4 | Jane Starkie , she , she would have been in the frame had it not been for penalty points during the cross country course , for being a wee bit too slow . |
| 5 | Tidal experts agreed that the body could not have been off Pilsey Island for more than 24 hours . |
| 6 | I 've never been as sea sick in all my life ! |
| 7 | Until now , Mr Major 's biggest fear has been of revenge attacks on the 2,400 British troops . |
| 8 | Although once most usually seen in winter , nearly all records since 1938 have been of passage birds at the coast . |
| 9 | Dave Punshon , Age Concern 's chief officer , recently expressed fears that the scheme would have to close and its staff have been under redundancy notice since Christmas to finish on March 31 . |
| 10 | General Philippe Morillon has set up headquarters in the town , which has been under Serb siege for 11 months , according to Laurens Jolles , of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees . |
| 11 | On April 4 Bor , which had been under SPLA control since April 1989 , fell to a government force of some 2,000 men , which was armed with heavy artillery against the SPLA 's lighter arms . |
| 12 | Suu Kyi , secretary general of the opposition National League for Democracy ( NLD ) , had been under house arrest since July 1989 [ see p. 36816 ] . |
| 13 | This meant in effect that Aung San Suu Kyi , the country 's main opposition leader who had been under house arrest since July 1989 , was removed as the party 's secretary general . |
| 14 | In April 1991 Aung San Suu Kyi , who had been under house arrest since July 1989 , had been effectively removed as NLD general secretary [ see p. 38151 ] . |
| 15 | During the following week over 30 political prisoners were reportedly released , including a number of bodyguards and assistants to Aung San Suu Kyi , the country 's main opposition figure who had been under house arrest since July 1989 . |
| 16 | Aung San Suu Kyi , the country 's main opposition figure who had been under house arrest since mid-1989 , was permitted a visit by her husband , Michael Aris , and two sons during May . |
| 17 | The resolution also called for the unconditional release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi , who had been under house arrest since 1989 . |
| 18 | It was obvious that he had been under house arrest at some point in his life . ’ |
| 19 | But one woman who should have been there could n't attend the ceremony — because she 's been under house arrest for the past four years . |
| 20 | All this time , Lumumba had been under house arrest in Leopoldville . |
| 21 | However she was unable to attend , having been under house arrest in Burma which is ruled by the military , for the past four years . |
| 22 | The seven laureates hope to focus world attention on the plight of Ms Suu Kyi , who has been under house arrest in Burma since 1989 , and 1,500 other political prisoners of the junta . |
| 23 | The seven laureates hope to focus world attention on the plight of Ms Suu Kyi , who has been under house arrest in Burma since 1989 , and 1,500 other political prisoners of the junta . |
| 24 | The black population has been under police surveillance for a long time . |
| 25 | One of its Knesset members is in prison for stealing from its own coffers , another has been charged with cooking the books and Mr Deri himself has been under police investigation for suspected financial irregularities for more than two years . |
| 26 | Up to now , distribution has been via system integrators to the Federal and commercial markets , but it is now lowering retail prices for all its ViewStation FX Series of X terminals by 30% to 50% when it sells them direct . |
| 27 | They had been followed into the hall by the young man who had been with Dom João on the quay , and Sara felt that other eyes were watching from half-open doors . |
| 28 | His mother has been with Douglas Reyburn for twenty years , now working as a spinner in the mid-flat . |
| 29 | Hugh was 62 years ' old and had been with Douglas Reyburn for 28 years . |
| 30 | Stephen has been with Clover Leaf since 1986 and is a full time-served apprentice and MoT tester . |