Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] been [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he said he could not release any details about the inquiry 's scope , in general , if the CRE found there had been unlawful practices it would issue a ‘ non-discrimination notice ’ listing the changes to working methods a respondent must make . |
| 2 | Although he said he could not release any details about the inquiry 's scope , in general , if the CRE found there had been unlawful practices it would issue a ‘ non-discrimination notice ’ listing the changes to working methods a respondent must make . |
| 3 | Not that you 'd know they 'd been most days . |
| 4 | They say they have been innocent victims in a crime for which the law says they must also be punished . |
| 5 | If Vitor believed her to have been three months pregnant in Adelaide , then he believed she had already been pregnant when they had made love ! |
| 6 | ‘ The Doctor says it 's been three years for you , ’ the Professor said . |
| 7 | I do n't think she 's been five times to my house in all the time I 've lived there , now in the early days er she said that when it , hang on , she said she 'd never come down cos she did n't like er |
| 8 | Tekere alleged that four of his supporters had been killed in Harare , and that others had been harassed ; he also claimed there had been administrative irregularities in the polling . |
| 9 | Gin er was that er Alderman , the old gentleman , the older alderman , you know he 's been dead years now from , and erm they were very good . |
| 10 | Well I I think the period that embraced my school days , you see I did n't leave till nineteen nineteen and th that meant there 'd been four years of war at school and the last year well , it ended in er nineteen eighteen , the war did , so only the last year , but it was full of patriotism and all the old scholars that had er served or suffered or been killed , their names were up . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm sorry — I do n't mean to , ’ she said sadly , then stifled a sigh while realising that slowly and surely he was ruining what had been precious moments . |
| 12 | ‘ Dave rang me , see , and he said there 'd been some blokes asking around about me and he did n't think they were coppers at all , and I thought well , that could be The Firm — |
| 13 | Tayside 's deputy chief constable William Spence , noting the report , said there had been various elements of improvement and said his force was still above the national average in detection . |
| 14 | A West German government spokesman said there had been technical hold-ups , but he was confident the refugees would leave soon . |
| 15 | Trevor Radway , Chairman of the Forest of Dean Railway Company Limited , said there had been many improvements in recent times , and the railway was going from strength to strength . |
| 16 | The BBC said there had been 12 calls about the programme some complimentary . |
| 17 | It said there had been seven votes cast and a clear majority for Prime Suspect . |
| 18 | Granada has a £63million stake in BSB and said there had been several approaches for Alan Bond 's major stake in the venture . |
| 19 | Barnard Castle police said there had been several incidents reported at Winston Bridge . |
| 20 | A spokesman said there had been several break-ins at town centre premises over the weekend , including at Mowbray Vale Insurance on Galgate when the roof was damaged and cash taken , Stoneleigh residential home , also on Galgate , and the Kings Head Hotel . |
| 21 | A spokesman said there had been several raids on homes in the past few days by sneak thieves . |
| 22 | But Bill Murray , chief executive of South Tees acute hospitals , denied there had been any cuts . |
| 23 | But Mr Bill Murray , chief executive of South Tees acute hospitals , denied there had been any cuts . |
| 24 | ‘ It all looks ludicrous now ’ , observed David Widgery , ‘ but if you realize there had been twenty years of Cold War normalism this was a very exuberant reaction to the world of Pepsodent ads , and the father-mother-children-aren't-we-normal ? kind of thing which was still the prevailing mentality . |
| 25 | It is difficult to be certain from the passage whether Hezarfen believes there to have been official muftiliks at all in the fifteenth century , but he is clear on the point that the arrangements for whether formal or informal , were similar in the three cities . |
| 26 | Have there had been any stories in the media or er television programmes . |
| 27 | He had just glanced at his wristwatch , to discover that Cunningham 's arrival still lay approximately two replays of Little Brown Jug in the future , when a woman slid onto the next bar-stool to his and said : ‘ Hello , Harry , ’ in a tone of husky confidence which suggested they had been lifelong friends . |