Example sentences of "[adv] been [verb] [num] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , in 1614 James I , believing that he was making presents more valuable than his ambassadors at foreign courts were receiving , ordered that in future the French and Spanish resident ambassadors , who had hitherto been given 4,000 ounces of plate on their departure , should in future receive only half as much and that the representatives of lesser states should also have their customary allowance cut by half . |
| 2 | This mass migration to the inland has only been recorded three times in the past century , and scientists are tagging thousands of birds , you attempt to get a log of the pelican 's travels and try to understand what makes them leave their normally safe havens . |
| 3 | The Rev. Francis Lambert had only been ordained three weeks before his death , the dedication of this window taking place on Sept. 4th 1892 . |
| 4 | But the workers have only been paid nine pounds for the month . |
| 5 | If applications have not been received five months into bodies ’ financial years it is assumed by the Council that they do not need , and therefore do not intend to apply for , grant aid . |
| 6 | However , the rest of the complex , claimed to be the biggest in Europe and including a hotel , conference centre and extensive facilites for other sports , has , through contractual difficulties , still not been opened six months after the planned date . |
| 7 | He went on to tell Oliver the story of another young boy , who had gone to the police to tell them about the gang , but who had finally been hanged one morning for being a thief . |
| 8 | ‘ A prisoner , who it was alleged had recently been refused Compassionate Home Leave to visit a dangerously ill relative , had already been allowed three visits over a period of three weeks . |
| 9 | He 'd apparently hit the central barrier and lost control , and has already been fined 250 pounds for driving without due care and attention . |
| 10 | He 's already been fined 250 pounds for driving without due care and attention . |
| 11 | Poor widows in Barking and Dagenham parishes in the Forest of Hainault had formerly been allowed one load of wood yearly from the ‘ King 's woods ’ : the disafforesting Act of 1851 provided that an equivalent sum should be invested in Consols , and the income applied to a distribution of coal at Christmas to the widows . |
| 12 | He 's also been banned three times for excess alcohol , . |
| 13 | If you have n't been informed three months before your birthday , write to them . |