Example sentences of "[vb infin] been [verb] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spectacles or low vision aids may have been prescribed in some cases , and teachers should be informed about this . |
| 2 | Second , the exodus from the dollar created more expansionary monetary conditions than would otherwise have been adopted by some governments . |
| 3 | She had brushed aside the congratulations of her gynaecologist when he said , ‘ Most women would have been screaming for some kind of relief long before now . ’ |
| 4 | Another possibility is that the gas density may have been overestimated for some reason . |
| 5 | Saw pits have been recognised in some woods — a late medieval one was excavated in Wetmoor , part of the former Horwood in Gloucestershire . |
| 6 | The keys must have been lost for some time . |
| 7 | In the first place , as must already be evident , it shows some striking parallels with the Formalists ' views on literature and literary studies — views which were developed for the greater part quite independently of it , for although later Formalist theory may have been influenced to some degree by Saussure , the beginnings of the movement predate the publication of his Cours . |
| 8 | Leek and potato soup ( £1.55 ) came with excellent bread but would have been less bland with a few spices thrown around ; conversely a fresh off the bone chicken curry ( £3.50 ) could have been enhanced by some fruit . |
| 9 | Rolle also hints that he might have been damaged in some way . |
| 10 | Well he must have been transferred for some reason or other . |
| 11 | Sir Patrick Mayhew must have been hoping for some winners and losers , as he considers how to kick-start his talks process . |
| 12 | But it was open , I mean it must have been fenced in some way later on . |
| 13 | Since the seal carvers needed both hands free for their work , the lenses may have been mounted in some way , either on stands on the work-bench or on something like spectacle frames . |
| 14 | must have been threaded by some child . |
| 15 | Again on Bruno Zanardi 's restoration of Antelami 's ‘ Months ’ , Fiorella Minervino wrote that the marble had lost its characteristic surface veining ; in her opinion , this was probably due to the use of a chemical solvent to extract the metallic salts which had appeared on the surface , or it may have been caused by some kind of abrasive treatment . |
| 16 | ‘ It could have been caused by some sort of disaster or accident . |
| 17 | The child 's corpse must have been loaded onto some form of transport that had been waiting beyond the yard . |
| 18 | The larger part at the front often opens directly onto the street , but may have been protected by some form of veranda . |
| 19 | Many colonnades , staircases , doorways and corridors open on to the Central Courts and , if the bull dance really did take place there , they must have been protected in some way from the rampaging bulls . |
| 20 | The answer to this puzzle may have been provided by some research carried out by American engineers on another large white mammal of very cold regions , the polar bear . |
| 21 | She must have been waiting for some time . |
| 22 | While Leapor could never have been published without some support of this kind , patronage introduced a new influence on Leapor 's writing . |
| 23 | Butler-Sloss LJ said that the meaning of the words " trade secrets " had developed since Herbert Morris v Saxelby and was now interpreted in the wider context of " highly confidential information of a non-technical or non-scientific nature … " . 1.4 The employee 's skill and knowledge Although the courts are anxious to uphold the employer 's right to have his business secrets protected they have ensured that the employee is not prevented from using , once he has left his employer , the general skill and knowledge which he has acquired during employment even though this may have been acquired at some cost to the employer . |
| 24 | ‘ We would probably have been fleeced by some estate agents who would have smelled our lack of knowledge of the market a mile off . |