Example sentences of "been [noun] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have been attempts at explanation . |
| 2 | In the case of titles , of course ( that is , markers like Miss and Mrs ) there have been attempts at reform , and in some countries — though not in Britain — they have been very successful . |
| 3 | It was apparent that there had been money at all periods except the most modem , and taste at some . |
| 4 | To commemorate the visit , the Prime Warden the next year , Mr. John Prideaux ( whose father had been Clerk at the time of the 450th Anniversary ) , called at the School in April with designs of a second cup and cover , which was commissioned by the Company from Miss Jocelyn Burton and was presented to the Chairman and Headmaster in July 1974 . |
| 5 | This year it could well be the turn of the talented nine year old whose main target has been glory at Aintree . |
| 6 | I hope er the Chairman that the committee will not follow Mr 's suggestion and will in fact support er erm Mr 's alternative er suggestion er , as been stand at the moment to , to accept the recommendation on the order paper alone with the |
| 7 | Several Scottish players said that there had been talk at the dinner about the possibility of one of the Romanians hoping to stay in Scotland . |
| 8 | This is not considered as fire damage unless there has been combustion at the source of heat and either direct contact between the property and the source or direct radiation of heat from the source to the damaged property . |
| 9 | In that same summer , however , occurred the incident involving the Hurufis , to be described shortly , in which Fahreddin Acemi is clearly shown to be acting as Mufti ; and he must therefore have been Mufti at the time of Molla Arab 's putative association with him . |
| 10 | Down whose son had been bestman at his wedding . |
| 11 | FATHER GREG BOYLE , SJ , has been pastor at the Mission Dolores Church in East Los Angeles for six years . |
| 12 | Miller has always been expert at bringing out the best in players — he turned Frank McAvennie from a midfield player into a striker in his St Mirren days — and the evolution of Pat McGinlay as a goalscoring midfield player is merely the latest example of his handiwork . |
| 13 | The council apparently argued that as Gloucester had not been protector at the time , any attempt on his life could not be construed as treason . |
| 14 | The council apparently argued that as Gloucester had not been protector at the time , any attempt on his life could not be construed as treason . |
| 15 | There 've been robberies at Tibberton near Droitwich , Worcester and Wyre Piddle near Pershore . |
| 16 | One gate that he could open himself let him into a front garden patrolled by two Dobermans , but he was okay with dogs because there had always been dogs at his mother 's home , and at his grandparents ' home . |
| 17 | Miss Mack had been housekeeper at The Hall for as many decades as most people could remember . |
| 18 | The Fowlers have been tenants at Battlelake Farm for 58 years . |
| 19 | Certainly I I 've been aware for a while now that there have been problems at Kingslane general in terms of of break ins erm not just specifically with the launderette but with also the community room er there and certainly I I 've been engaged in making one or two suggestions about how security measures could be improved . |
| 20 | Indeed , the implication of his resignation letter was that for five years there had been conflict at the very heart of the government that had precipitated the earlier resignations of Heseltine , Lawson and , in July 1990 , Nicholas Ridley , the Trade and industry Secretary ( the last after he had expressed intemperate views about Britain 's European partners that many observers believed the Prime Minister herself shared ) . |
| 21 | Mr Stillings , 59 , had been Rector of Trefnant for 18 months and had formerly been curate at Rhosymedre and Minera , Vicar of Bagillt and Rector of Llanfynydd . |
| 22 | In other countries ( notably Germany and Japan ) banks have traditionally been investors at least in major industries . |
| 23 | There have been changes at Naddle , too . |
| 24 | THERE HAVE also been changes at the south end of the Kylesku Bridge , where the little cluster of buildings where vehicles formerly embarked on the ferry boat is now bypassed by the new road . |
| 25 | In his autobiography he claimed that the family had been farmers at Long Eaton , Derbyshire , since the eighteenth century . |
| 26 | The cost of the call via BT would have been £29.25 at the cheap rate after 8pm , BT confirmed . |
| 27 | ‘ Perhaps I prefer cold air to hot air , ’ he suggested urbanely , his eyes darkening with what could have been amusement at her spirited defence of her career . |
| 28 | There also seems to have been trouble at Ramsey . |
| 29 | This semi-audible remark made me uneasy — that there had been debate at all on my utility — so much so that I wished I had never heard it . |
| 30 | Barratt came from an old mining family and indeed , had been captain at Wheal Friendship , on Dartmoor , where his father , for years , had been manager . |