Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] [verb] [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Feminists were effectively articulating what had been implicit in much of moral purity — an opposition to the idea that the male sexual urge was uncontrollable , and that frequent intercourse was necessary for men 's health . |
| 2 | ‘ One can only believe they had been sympathetic and supportive over Diana 's marriage problems . |
| 3 | Although the possibility that inhibition of cyclo-oxygenase results in diversion of the substrate arachidonic acid down 5-lipoxygenase pathways has been much discussed it has been difficult to confirm . |
| 4 | But since the Vietnamese Zone of Peace and Stability has won little support they have been reluctant to reject out of hand the ZOPFAN proposal if this eventually could provide the basis of a long-term settlement of the disputes between Indo-China and the ASEAN states and encourage a military disengagement of the ASEAN states from the West . |
| 5 | 3 An unidentified vandal drew a Hitler moustache on the portrait of Maggie Thatcher in the Commons tea-room. 4 The Roman Catholic Church finally admitted it had been wrong to condemn Galileo for saying that Earth orbited around the Sun , in 1633. 5 Following the Windsor Castle fire , it was suggested the Queen might move into Prince Andrew 's house Sunninghill , nicknamed ‘ Tesco 's ’ by the Daily Star . |
| 6 | But in Harding v Price [ 1948 ] 1 All ER 283 it was held that if the driver did not know he had been involved in an accident the section did not apply . |
| 7 | Sculley said he did not believe anyone had been able to build an HDTV set at a reasonable price . |
| 8 | I 'm not saying it has been easy . |
| 9 | ‘ I am not saying she has been subject to a temptation to exaggerate , but I merely remind you of those matters which can exist in relation to a woman 's evidence . ’ |
| 10 | Of Sharp , taking his lead from Wilberforce , Prince Hoare wrote ‘ there are few who will not find him to have been one [ a hero ] and who would not exult in possessing among the members of their family such a relative ’ . |
| 11 | It was impossible to know whether he still believed she 'd been responsible for that . |
| 12 | ‘ Obviously you 're not — this time — but I still think you 've been involved with Garry in the past . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In court he also stated he 'd been unaware the cannister , legal on the continent , was an offensive weapon in Britain . |
| 15 | Her adoptive parents both feel they have been unable to make up fully for Frances 's childhood abandonment by her mother . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , if you do n't have a visitor on your roof at this time of year , it probably means you 've been naughty , not nice . ’ |
| 17 | Lilis in New York also said she had been surprised by the findings . |
| 18 | But can you honestly say you 've been cold in this house ? |
| 19 | Well er , I do n't really think there 's been enough improvement to backlash against and er |
| 20 | But in terms of service and common purposes between ourselves I do n't think there has been particular resistance to doing what we 've been doing . |
| 21 | ‘ Thirty years ago Thomas contested his father 's will , he lost but his action split the family ; I do n't think there 's been any contact since . ’ |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | I do n't think he 'd been ill-treated , but he 's took a lot of love and a lot of attention |
| 24 | But now he did n't think he 'd been harsh at all . |
| 25 | Um , he said , thought a little and then said no , he did n't think he had been afraid . |
| 26 | It has been our purpose here to indicate what has been successful in the past , and the strong technical basis which underpins success . |
| 27 | ‘ I did n't know you 'd been married , ’ he said , in a low voice . |
| 28 | Erm , I 'm sorry to come back to the central overheads er again , but erm it , considering that the other income largely related to ninety one , I 'm a little unclear why the central costs went down , I ca n't believe there 's been any salary cuts at |
| 29 | erm The other expedient which he suggested , so far as I know , although I do n't believe there 's been any sociological research into this , is that people should become more tolerant of adultery , and that occasional adventures should be able to be reconciled with monogamous marriage . |
| 30 | ‘ Do n't suppose it 's been much help . ’ |