Example sentences of "[been] [noun pl] [prep] several " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attacks on adult women were featured in a sustained manner in the search stage in national newspapers only when there had been attacks on several women apparently by the same offender — for instance , a special rape squad was set up when a ‘ sex beast ’ was believed to be responsible for a series of attacks on at least twenty-three women . |
| 2 | As could be anticipated , those who had been tenants for several years , and therefore qualified for bigger discounts , were over-represented among the purchasers . |
| 3 | According to unofficial reports based on alleged eye-witness accounts , shortly before the passage of the reforms there had been demonstrations in several Albanian towns and an unprecedented strike [ for reports of protests in December 1989 and early January 1990 see pp. 37195-96 ] . |
| 4 | As myth and menace merge , there have been clashes in several towns : in neighbouring Faizabad , five Muslims and one Hindu were killed . |
| 5 | ‘ There have been approaches by several institutions but we are not considering new ventures as a priority , ’ he says . |