Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] been [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra 's reputation has long been out of all proportion to its representation on record , at least in the West . |
| 2 | The best-informed guess from those collecting ‘ yellow card ’ adverse reaction reports has long been that at most only 10 per cent of serious reactions , including death , and considerably less than 1 per cent of mild reactions come to the CSM 's notice . |
| 3 | Auntie Mavis has only been out for five to ten minutes twice cos of her knee . |
| 4 | She has not been out of this room for six months . |
| 5 | It seems to me that anyone attracted to practising psychology or psychotherapy or psychiatry has not been so without some needs of their own . |
| 6 | ‘ Old Mr Fiddle has not been there for some time , Rose , ’ said Dagmar from the door . |
| 7 | Even such an exalted pedigree as this , though , has not been enough for some of Britain 's big stores . |
| 8 | After three weeks at his new contract , Cole has not been home before 8.30 in the evening once , so the idea that all contract catering chefs work nine-to-five is a fallacy . |
| 9 | Despite the fact that homoeopathy has now been around for close on two hundred years , very little research has been carried out either to attempt to understand how it works , or to prove that it does work . |
| 10 | There 's an oil stain beneath it , but I bet it has n't been on since last February . |
| 11 | ‘ He has n't been here for some time , ’ Hari answered . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't understand it , he has n't been here in ten years ! |
| 13 | He has n't been home for twelve months |
| 14 | It 's not been away at all . |
| 15 | It 's always been around in comic culture , but as cynical publishers try to cash in on the success of Howard Chaykin 's gross Black Kiss , there 's so much of it that the powers that be have noticed . |
| 16 | Mm Erm yes so he was just saying that , you know , the only night he 's really been out since New Year 's Eve was last Wednesday , he 's just been in the whole time . |