Example sentences of "[that] there [verb] [adv] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tammuz had been so gentle that there 'd hardly been any pain , expertly coaxing each orifice to orgasm until Zambia felt SHe must die from sensory overload . |
| 2 | The Boards were far from innocent , however , and when they later developed a proper accounting system to allocate overheads fairly it was found that there had indeed been some unfair cross-subsidisation to their contracting accounts . |
| 3 | Or should he turn desire aside and pretend that there had never been that brief , blinding flare of longing between them ? |
| 4 | As for the matter of the diversion of funds , he still believed that there had never been such a thing . |
| 5 | It was immediately clear , as Max had said , that there had earlier been much blood ; soon clear , too , that the body was that of a comparatively young man ; the body of the man whom Morse had interviewed ( with such distaste ) the previous evening ; the man who had been cheated of the Wolvercote Jewel — and the man who now had been cheated of life . |
| 6 | The Preface further explains that there had recently been many books published by amateurs , ‘ mere plagiarists , , who had confused names and caused trouble , not only to customers , but also to the growers . |
| 7 | He said that there had recently been 102,000 complaints against British Gas . |
| 8 | In the second paragraph he said : ’ During our discussions I accepted that there had possibly been some scope for misunderstanding . |
| 9 | Hundreds of enthusiasts maintain their old Healeys in showroom condition because they feel that there 's never been another car like it . |
| 10 | Indeed we may say that there has always been such a tendency , in the patristic period likewise , to collapse the distinction between the two natures . |
| 11 | As I have told my hon. Friend before , I do not think that there has ever been any prospect of any member of the European Community or of the United Nations believing that a United Nations or a Western European Union peace-keeping force could force its way into Yugoslavia against the opposition either of the Yugoslav national army — the JNA — or of any armed force . |
| 12 | Note that it does not have to be shown that there has actually been oppressive enforcement simply that such is " reasonably capable " . |
| 13 | Indeed , it is often assumed by Continental and North American commentators that there has never been any significant literary theory in England . |
| 14 | I should say that there has never been any issue as to the fact that the child 's habitual residence was at all material time in Ontario . |
| 15 | The reason for the density method 's increased efficiency is that there has indeed been some improvement in the estimate of h* ( n ) . |
| 16 | Will my right hon. Friend bear in mind the fact that the air squadrons of the Royal Naval Reserve have been especially effective and exceptionally well recruited and that there have even been one or two Harrier pilots in the reserve ? |
| 17 | Britain 's position within the international division of labour and its trade balance were examined in Chapter 1 , where it was seen that there have indeed been major shifts over the post-war period . |
| 18 | However , to the visitor in 1980 it is obvious that there have recently been big changes . |
| 19 | Historically we can establish that there have always been these waves of hooliganism in particular form . |
| 20 | I accept that there have always been some problems , but if one keeps filling the pot with water it will overflow . |
| 21 | The welfare state in Britain has always been pluralistic in that there have always been several sources of welfare provision . |