Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been stopped loads of times and had my bag searched |
| 2 | Very few pagan cemeteries were in use throughout the period , and those that were tend to be the large examples in eastern England which may have been centralised depositories , not belonging to individual settlements . |
| 3 | The durability of the red metal had been recognized centuries before and copper and brass domestic ware was , as the 16th Century copper smelters were at pains to point out , far better than their brittle cast-iron counterparts . |
| 4 | The explosion detached the separate wings as if they had been plucked feathers . |
| 5 | England have usually been favoured opponents , and before the series ended he would have two more hundreds against them . |
| 6 | But Anthony Arnold , chairman of the Vale of Glamorgan Conservative Association , said the visit by the Central Office agent had been arranged weeks in advance . |
| 7 | He flew to Holyhead in a helicopter from the Queen 's flight and then on to Anglesey for a series of visits which had been arranged months in advance . |
| 8 | The total area of the site which has been developed runs to about 60,000 sq ft . |
| 9 | The first of a new family of drugs based on the leech has been developed thanks to a key piece of understanding provided by Huber 's team at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Germany . |
| 10 | As no formula for capitation funding had been developed fundholders were given budgets on a historical basis . |
| 11 | If we look at rule six , and we 've all been given rulebooks , if people have brought them with us , what we have to do is bend that rule so that it applies to branches , not members . |
| 12 | He has been given instructions to this effect . |
| 13 | Each campesino had been given instructions to always have ready 20 extra tortillas in case we had to leave at a moment 's notice , but even so , it was very hard . |
| 14 | Once again the solicitor representing them said that there was not and that his clients had put him in difficulties , as he had only been given instructions a week before . |
| 15 | Ron Barton , who had received a bollocking from his editor ( ‘ where was yer , you prick ? ’ ) had been given instructions to raise the offer to 10,000 . |
| 16 | For example , on the crucial question of the medical condition of the evacuees , which was to cause so much controversy , the Board of Education believed that local authorities had been adequately warned that pediculosis ( head lice ) would be a problem and had been given instructions on how to disinfect children by the use of steam baths ; also that its memorandum Ev . |
| 17 | Traffic wardens and police patrols have been given instructions to keep a careful watch for motorists who may attempt to break the new rules . |
| 18 | Researchers with an interest in the subject matter of the programme are encouraged to contact SSRU who have been given resources under the programme to support a range of projects conducted by people from outside SSRU . |
| 19 | gone to their GP 's , and often have been given some sort of medicine for their depression but have n't had the counselling side of things dealt with and they 've just been given re-prescriptions , not necessarily seen every time for a re-prescription . |
| 20 | FSLN leaders had been given farms and houses because , the Sandinistas argued , they had sacrificed good salaries for a decade and dedicated their lives to the defence of the country against the US-backed contra rebels . |
| 21 | His father had been given Grágás at fourteen , and had gone with Thorkel Fóstri raiding the tribute-lands . |
| 22 | Mr O'Connor produced letters dated last May from the Dishonoured Cheque Register , whose client Texas Homecare had been given cheques by Mr Round for £117.46 and £81.98 . |
| 23 | Mr O'Connor produced letters dated last May from the Dishonoured Cheque Register , whose client Texas Homecare had been given cheques by Mr Round for £117.46 and £81.98 . |
| 24 | ‘ We have been given reassurances that the water is safe to drink and it was just the long hot summer but we are not so sure . |
| 25 | He would have done better to hoard a fast , independent ship with good signalling equipment , for on the Queen Elizabeth , which had been given tasks of her own , he became a virtual prisoner , unable to respond to events or give directions . |
| 26 | Duduc had been given lands at Congresbury and Banwell in Somerset and a monasterium in Gloucester before he was promoted to Wells , and another royal priest , Stigand , received the new church at Assandun and became a major figure under Edward the Confessor , eventually ( and illegally ) holding the great sees of Winchester and Canterbury in plurality . |
| 27 | I mean even if you did provide reassurances , just because the peasants were well aware of the fact that hardl although they 'd been given lands and their had been er the lan you know the previous been destroyed , the Communist Party could take back their land tomorrow if they wanted to . |
| 28 | She had been given directions to a smallholding where they sold early strawberries on a roadside stall but she must have missed her way , taken a wrong turning and come out here . |
| 29 | Two policemen who helped convict a fraudulent investment consultant have been given certificates of commendation . |
| 30 | And nine unnamed UDR soldiers have been given honours ranging from a CBE to Mentions-in-Despatches in awards for gallant or meritorious service . |