Example sentences of "been [verb] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The ability of a prime minister effectively to call a general election has been regarded by some writers as the most important weapon in ensuring parliamentary support . |
| 32 | If a patent were to be granted to the second business , it could prevent the first from using what it has already been using for some time . |
| 33 | Division Two of this event is probably best left to Tom Jones 's Sadler 's Wells newcomer Alyakkh , about whom local work-watchers have been cooing for some time . |
| 34 | The London General Omnibus Company had been experimenting for some years and , in 1910 introduced to the streets of London , their ‘ B ’ type , petrol engined , double-decker , opened top buses . |
| 35 | He had a face that was both sensuous and battered — his nose had been broken at some time — with deep pouches under his dark eyes . |
| 36 | The AEEU Scottish organiser , Harry McLevy , said he thought both sides had been inching towards some sort of agreement . |
| 37 | Already huge controversy has been provoked by some researchers ' attempts to claim effective ownership of human genes through patenting and by a proposal to set up a UK national database of ‘ DNA fingerprints ’ to enable the rapid identification and capture of violent criminals . |
| 38 | Spectacles or low vision aids may have been prescribed in some cases , and teachers should be informed about this . |
| 39 | To prove contrary evidence it was necessary to have either positive proof that the document was returned to the sender or , if sent by recorded delivery , that there was no acknowledgement of receipt , or if there was evidence of the document having been received by some person , there was proof that the person was not the intended recipient and that he had not brought the document to the notice of the person required to be served . |
| 40 | Here we know that the enclosure of the open fields began in the 1570s , and had been completed by some date in the seventeenth century . |
| 41 | They were as follows : ( 1 ) there is a dispute or a difference between the parties which has been formulated in some way or other ( see 15.5 ) ; ( 2 ) the dispute or difference has been remitted by the parties to the person to resolve in such a manner that he is called on to exercise a judicial function ( see 15.6 ) ; ( 3 ) where appropriate , the parties must have been provided with an opportunity to present evidence and/or submissions in support of their respective claims in the dispute ( see 15.7 ) ; and ( 4 ) the parties have agreed to accept his decision ( see 15.8 ) . |
| 42 | If all the etch-resist is completely stripped away in a short period of time , then perhaps the whole board has been exposed at some stage to too much UV light . |
| 43 | He sounded embarrassed , as though he had been caught in some misdemeanour . |
| 44 | ‘ I felt I 'd been caught in some street scam . |
| 45 | ‘ I do n't know what he meant , ’ Allen said after they had been walking for some time on the soft turf at the verge of the track . |
| 46 | Though the system has now been modified for some years , local authorities still play a crucial role in the shaping of the local environment by , for example , forecasting the need for roads for travel to work or leisure , and thus plan on the basis of that need Planners seek to influence behaviour , for example , by deciding that particular zones will be devoted to industrial estates , others to shopping centres and residential use in order to harmonise traffic movement and so on . |
| 47 | MOD-BY the module has been modified in some way |
| 48 | It came from Tony Morrell , the Hartlepool-based athlete who has been preferred to Cram in the 1500 metres and whose fitness had been queried in some quarters . |
| 49 | She says her neighbour 's garden , always is a mystery here , her neighbour 's garden has been attacked by some kind of animal , she thinks nocturnal , there are small areas dug up from the garden , they are about three to four inches in diameter and about the same in depth , so it 's , it 's , it 's a little hole rather than the end of a tunnel it seems . |
| 50 | Over 40,000 people staged a demonstration in Buenos Aires on Dec. 30 against the decision , which had been forecast for some time . |
| 51 | No I did n't Stefan , we 've been blamed for some things in our time , have n't we but |
| 52 | After four attempts to elect a Chair of the Ukrainian Council of Ministers , the outgoing holder of the post , Vitaly Masol , was re-elected on June 28 , despite having been blamed by some deputies during the election debate for the Ukraine 's current economic problems . |
| 53 | Our fellow-traveller had been mumbling for some time that he would ‘ hae tae get oot ! ’ . |
| 54 | Alternate day prednisone was not often used , even though such treatment has been recommended by some gastroenterologists as routine maintenance treatment of Crohn 's disease . |
| 55 | He had a good look at it and said part of the pedestal had been mended at some time which took away a lot of the value . |
| 56 | The statement on value added has been reported in some cases . |
| 57 | Increased rates of spinal bone loss have been reported in some patients and the average spinal bone loss was 3%/yr . |
| 58 | The ideal of privatized , familial , informal care , unsullied by the peremptory intervention of the municipality , has been pursued with some vigour . |
| 59 | She and her friend Sharon have been pursued by some boys , who are taunting Carol to take her clothes off . |
| 60 | So I should n't think he 's been driving for some time and |