Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , had Fei Yen not been in the boat , he would have allowed himself to concede that Wu Tsai was herself quite beautiful . |
| 2 | I suspect he would have been rewarded by now had a private conversation of his on a car telephone not been picked up and leaked a couple of years ago . |
| 3 | Ok , we ve not been scoring too many goals , but the performances for EVERY MATCH ( barring MAYBE Norwich ) have been better than that of the opposition . |
| 4 | I 'ave n't been back to Tyler 's 'ard from that day to this — I could n't bear to . |
| 5 | After so many attempts , that day could not have been more rewarding , and I 've since been back at its summit twice . |
| 6 | " No , I was not : I 'm not a member of the South Tipperary Brigade , but I heard the details from one of the lads there , and they 've since been confirmed by the Big Fellow himself . " |
| 7 | Now there 's concern about people like the Hinton twins who 've since been made redundant . |
| 8 | He says they 've since been dismantled . |
| 9 | Mr Dobbs ' parents heard police evidence that their son had travelled to Amsterdam with 3 others ; two from Gloucester , who 've since been questioned in connection with conspiracy to smuggle drugs . |
| 10 | They were arrested after police were tipped off by local residents , who say they 've since been threatened and intimidated . |
| 11 | They were arrested after police were tipped off by local residents , who say they 've since been threatened and intimidated . |
| 12 | So the highly defined agenda of a festival such as this may well be the way forward for gay men who 've long been marginalised and denied fair access to the media . |
| 13 | In 1861 : ‘ I 've long been meditating a novel on insanity , or rather on how one becomes insane . ’ |
| 14 | They 've long been a part of the river 's past . |
| 15 | I 've long been unproductive . |
| 16 | Many have multiple thin trunks growing up from the ground — they 've obviously been coppiced in the past . |
| 17 | Now they 've obviously been exported to this country . ’ |
| 18 | You 've obviously been told |
| 19 | We consider that investment in quality is as important as improving the working environment , which we 've obviously been er doing slowly over the last three years . |
| 20 | Wh erm Terry 's feelings there do they you 've obviously been speaking to large numbers of protestors do they marry with the other opinions that you hear ? |
| 21 | And I noticed at one point in the discussion , this was queried by H B F. I think they feared that we would n't at that stage we 'd be opening up free for all of the kind which we 've obviously been seeking to avoid thus far . |
| 22 | Since you 've obviously been left stranded , you 're free to join me , if you wish . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You 've all been very kind . |
| 24 | And if it does not do that , we 've all been wasting our time . |
| 25 | ‘ They 've all been fumigated quite properly under Ministry supervision . ’ |
| 26 | We 've all been a bit worried about you and I would love to see you . |
| 27 | At last — the book we 've all been waiting for : The A-Z of Good Sex by SHE 's Dr Delvin . |
| 28 | ‘ And my feelings are telling me that we 've all been wrong about what I want to do . |
| 29 | ‘ I know now that we 've all been wrong about what I want to do with my — ’ |
| 30 | While we 've all been quick to condemn guitar manufacturers for being too timid to boldly go where no other has gone before design-wise , I found myself unwilling to applaud the Valley Arts Carlton for its daring to be different , but not being able to understand exactly why . |