Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] been [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he had a dubious work record , or had been in any kind of trouble , it often did n't matter . |
| 2 | He fervently denied that he had been at the scene of the murders or had been in any way involved . |
| 3 | I mean , Diana herself has never in her lifetime uttered one statement that has been of any use to any member of the human race . ’ |
| 4 | According to H. C. Robbins Landon , it was the Tristan und Isolde shortly before that , a production of swarming darkness and rare musical sensibility , that had been for many people one of the greatest of all their musical experiences . |
| 5 | there 's been a lot of people that have been on that level for a long while . |
| 6 | I know that that is not entirely agreeable to some of my hon. Friends and to some Opposition Members , but that is the fact of life — and has been for many years . |
| 7 | She keeps busy with local activities and has been for many years editor of her church magazine . |
| 8 | If a child is sniffing with a group of young people , and has been for some time , it may help to provide other more interesting and exciting leisure activities . |
| 9 | ‘ The Khanate is settled , and has been for some time , ’ his father said dismissively . |
| 10 | For one thing , Kelly 's very happily involved in a relationship and has been for some time , so I 'm quite convinced her eyes wo n't stray towards any ski-bums , no matter how handsome . ’ |
| 11 | Bob Gunnell , of course , is an was and has been for some time a very supportive member of South East Arts and active in many of its committees . |
| 12 | There is indeed , and has been for some years , discussion on the political level as to whether , and to what extent , public transport , particularly in capital cities , should be regarded , and financed , as a social service , out of taxation whether national or local . |
| 13 | Nine tenths of the Leicester ring road is finished and has been for some years . |
| 14 | Economically , of course , it had never ceased and had been to both countries ' benefit . |
| 15 | The powerful states of the time normally were empires , and had been for many centuries , though a few shadowy forerunners of the nation state could be seen by 1500 . |
| 16 | These limitation terms were incorporated in all contracts between seedsmen and farmers and had been for many years . |
| 17 | I knew only that it was dark , and had been for some while . |
| 18 | The initial impetus came from the Managing Director of one of the largest of the Harris Tweed manufacturers — the son of a crofter and himself a fisherman in his early days The Association was , however , given its distinctive shape and its constitution by the first chairman , Rev. Ian Carmichael , a Gaelic-speaker from Lismore who was a minister in Stornoway at the time , and who had had considerable experience of welfare work in industry , and had been for some years vice convener of one of the largest local authorities in Scotland . |
| 19 | While there clearly was an ‘ objective ’ discontinuity of subject perspective between selective school mathematics and the practice of some segments , increasingly dominant within some countries , of university mathematics , and had been for some years , it again required interested actors , utilizing the climate of ‘ crisis ’ resulting from the campaign on teacher supply as a major resource , to enter various arenas in order to persuade others of the ‘ need ’ for change . |
| 20 | He was their paying guest and had been since that afternoon seven years ago when he had tracked Rachel Gebler down to her home in this seaside suburb close to the famous swimming beaches . |
| 21 | The 2nd Battalion , Royal Regiment of Fusiliers , was then the infantry battalion in the ACE Mobile Force , and had been in that role since May 1987 . |
| 22 | Now remember I am the leader of a party that has been in the front line against his violence for twenty years , and have been at many risks , as have been members of my party , but when I say that that dialogue is the best hope they 've seen for peace for twenty years . |
| 23 | Erm , please , appalling and have been for many years and er the whole of the road needs to be done . |
| 24 | My children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 25 | My children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 26 | Yes my children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 27 | ‘ I think you do follow us , ’ Cranston replied , ‘ and have been for some time . |
| 28 | The place anciently belonged to the Fauconbergs , but has been for many generations the seat of the Bethells . |
| 29 | The Faroe Islands are self-governing , but have been for many years a colony of Denmark , and still rely on the government of the old mother country for international representation . |
| 30 | Many are extremely tense , not only since the infarct , but have been for many years , and it is possible that the inward tension that they suffer has been a contributory factor to their disease . |