Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] [verb] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We hope the DoH recognises we have been conservative with our bids in the past and will take this and our supporting statement into account as we feel there will be a demand for growth ’ . |
| 2 | If they go away with a positive decision against starting up a tourism enterprise , Sue feels she has been able to help them avoid an expensive mistake . |
| 3 | Balding is at a loss to explain what has been wrong with Morley Street . |
| 4 | Yeah , I was gon na give you a ring to say it 's been this way , pick them up |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Severn Trent says it 's been aware of the problem , but the money was never available to carry out the upgrading . |
| 7 | The directors , who met weekly , acted as a house committee , and the minutes of their meetings show them to have been diligent in pursuing the objectives set out in the preamble to the Act of Parliament which had brought them into existence . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | MIKE HOOPER could earn a shock recall tomorrow for a match which his manager describes as ‘ potentially the most exciting European tie I 've been involved in . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Given the state of the teams , this is potentially the most exciting European tie I 've been involved in . |
| 12 | It was wider than it had looked and Fenella thought she had been right to think it led away from the road , deeper into the hillside . |
| 13 | The Indians considered they had been double-crossed . |
| 14 | His eyes blackened angrily and Ruth supposed she had been right and exposed him for what he was — a cool bastard . |
| 15 | The food to which Agnes Diggory led her had been welcome , however , and she had chosen to consume it in the friendly housekeeper 's little pantry next to the kitchen , rather than risk encountering Miss Merchiston once again tonight . |
| 16 | Sources close to the investigation suggest it has been dormant for some months and that it produced no conclusions one way or the other . |
| 17 | It also emerged that Keith hated his nursery teacher to know he had been naughty and that he did not like any form of physical restraint . |
| 18 | Dr Marshall says it 's been such a success he 'd like to see his research go up in flames again |
| 19 | Dr Marshall says it 's been such a success he 'd like to see his research go up in flames again |
| 20 | ‘ Through the Business Link we have been able to find a supplier which is literally 500 years down the road from us . ’ |
| 21 | The fact that three quarters of those prescribed medication thought it to have been very or fairly effective may be thought to vindicate this as a first line approach , but side effects from anticholinergic drugs are common , and important diagnoses ( for example , a neurological condition ) may be delayed . |
| 22 | Stroud said she 'd been terrified throughout . |
| 23 | Little over FFr 250,000 sold , and some dealers said it had been difficult to get collectors to concentrate on highly priced items , let along sign cheques , in the crowded conditions of the George V basement . |
| 24 | Labour councillor June Williams said there had been five fatal traffic accidents in the area in recent years . |
| 25 | From that moment he had had respect for Blanche : he knew it took a rare combination of self-confidence and courage to admit she had been wrong . |
| 26 | They urged Prime Minister Miklós Németh to reveal who had been privy to the intelligence information , and called for the dismissal of Interior Minister István Horváth ; they stopped short of calling for the government 's resignation , however , saying that the country needed stability before the elections . |
| 27 | ‘ Grown-ups do n't mind being nasty to children but they do n't like other grown-ups to know they 've been nasty . ’ |
| 28 | In this year 's campaign , there have been heated discussions about the state of housing under the Labour council — but apart from that , Hamilton says it has been easier than expected . |
| 29 | 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 ! |
| 30 | Mr Maclean insisted that it was nonsense to suggest there had been any contamination of the food chain or to make comparisons to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster . |