Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] been [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | One of the Moths now at Mandevelle has been on static display in a motor museum for years , and is now almost ready to leap into the air again ; an excellent idea . |
| 2 | March has been in financial difficulties for some time and does n't have a sponsor for this season . |
| 3 | Wilko said : ‘ David has been in tremendous form in the early games and we can only hope the trouble clears up by Saturday . ’ |
| 4 | Ken has been into western styling since he was a child . |
| 5 | ‘ The North has been through hard times but things are changing , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Barnes has been in constant contact with England boss Taylor during his rehabilitation . |
| 7 | It has opened a preliminary EOS Europe office and its EOS Korea has been in full operation for six months . |
| 8 | It has a preliminary EOS Europe office and EOS Korea has been in full operation for six months . |
| 9 | The King of the Tipsters has been in unstoppable form since he struck with another 4-1 shot , Pursuit Of Love , at Doncaster last week . |
| 10 | On the other hand , Memet had been to public school , so that had probably finished him off … |
| 11 | Perhaps Bad Schwarzendorn had been in Allied hands by then . |
| 12 | Brian , you and Kerrie have been in temporary accommodation since January 1991 . |
| 13 | Gary Needham , general manager , said MCP has been in preliminary talks with Thompson but remained tight lipped on the nature of any agreement . |
| 14 | It was obvious that Bonard had been to considerable trouble to arrange for the members of his class to meet people with similar interests to their own . |
| 15 | US Senate armed services committee chairman Sam Nunn asked the Defence Department to conduct a further investigation , citing the statement in the ABC broadcast by Adml. ( retd ) William Crowe , former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , that the Vincennes had been in Iranian waters when it fired the missile , not in international waters as previously claimed . |
| 16 | President Gorbachev , with whom Chancellor Helmut Kohl had been in frequent contact , clearly gave his approval . |
| 17 | Dr Carol Starkie has been on sick leave from Selly Oak hospital since May 25 , South Birmingham Health Authority said . |
| 18 | Vichy , Spa , Baden-Baden , Aix-les-Bains , but above all the great international spas of the Habsburg monarchy , Gastein , Marienbad , Karlsbad , etc. , were to nineteenth-century Europe what Bath had been to eighteenth-century England , fashionable gatherings justified by the excuse of drinking some form of disagreeable mineral waters or immersing oneself in some form of liquid under the control of a benevolent medical dictator . |
| 19 | Israel had been in political crisis since March 15 , when the previous ruling coalition between Labour and Likud collapsed in disagreement over how to proceed with the Middle East Peace process [ see pp. 37303-04 ] . |
| 20 | Twelve minutes from time Weir had the misfortune to turn a John Eggleston short corner drive into his own net after Raphoe keeper Davy Buchanan had been at full stretch . |
| 21 | First , The World Bank estimates that between 90 and 95 per cent of public investment in agriculture since World War II in Mexico and Peru has been in irrigated agriculture , and practically none in watershed management . |
| 22 | Massalia had been in direct contact with the Celts at least since the fifth century B.C. The Jews lived in a region where Greek mercenaries were often stationed and Greek merchants often called . |
| 23 | Jerusalem had been in Arab hands since the seventh century and the Holy Sepulchre was empty , but such was the emotional fervour stirred up by Urban 's preachers that the First Crusade was launched and a new kind of ‘ holy war ’ was under way . |
| 24 | ‘ It seems like a lifetime ago , ’ smiles Don , ‘ I would love , of course , to be the first choice goalkeeper but Damien has been in tremendous form and he 's the best around in my book ’ |
| 25 | Throughout the summer Solchaga had been in fruitless negotiations for a " pact of progress " between the government and the two main unions — the socialist General Workers ' Union ( UGT ) and the communist Workers ' Commissions ( CCOO ) . |
| 26 | Recently Princess Jeeta and Jamila had been in funereal moods , not for a second allowing Anwar to enjoy the pleasure of his tyranny . |
| 27 | Sheffield have lacked consistency away from home , though former British champion Neil Evitts and Peter Carr have been in great form . |
| 28 | The main emphasis of the HIDB has been on halting depopulation by the saving and creation of employment . |
| 29 | Iro has been in poor form for the Sea Eagles and was told several weeks ago that he would have to take a pay cut to stay with the club . |
| 30 | Keith has been in serious training for the last two weeks . |