Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] been [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Part of my life 's work since has been to research this group of orchids and encourage their cultivation .
2 ‘ It 's nothing to do with whether I 'm good , whether I 'm lucky enough to have been given more talent than you , the rest of you … ’
3 But by the evening HQ 5 Corps and the Army commander personally had been instructed that force was not to be used .
4 Single birds are usually seen , but two or three together have been recorded several times , and a party of five flew west off Langney Point on 17 October 1947 , and one of 20 did likewise on 1 September 1964 .
5 Kingfisher says that even if there had been no leak , the bid would probably have been launched this week .
6 What you see now has been rebuilt several times , although the medieval foundations still exist .
7 Newcastle though have been flying all season … on top of the table since September they 've lost just one of their last ten league games … some thought they were beginning to slip … five goals against Brentford last weekend proved that Kevin Keegan 's team are still the ones to beat …
8 gone to their GP 's , and often have been given some sort of medicine for their depression but have n't had the counselling side of things dealt with and they 've just been given re-prescriptions , not necessarily seen every time for a re-prescription .
9 I do not remember there having been given such consideration and discussion to the constitution of any other body with which I have been associated .
10 Then she would at least have been able to ask if he was anything to do with Massingham Engineering — and thereby have been prepared this morning .
11 You will still call that colour ‘ green ’ because you too have been taught that grass is always green .
12 But they too have been losing this battle .
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