Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] been [det] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems that even if you have loved and been loved , there could well have been some loss to bear in the recent past . |
| 2 | In yet other cases there has been little attempt to intervene . |
| 3 | One suspects that somewhere along the line of the story 's forming there has been some attempt to draw a veil over the proceedings , and to protect the reputation particularly of the great Moses . |
| 4 | In the West Midlands there has been some attempt to classify the type of assistance given to each client into advice or support where support means that some action was taken by the advice worker . |
| 5 | Erm well why would you er get engaged in a , a contest erm with er the three warring factions , because you certainly would n't be able to con confine yourself to one , and since there 's no national interest as such , I know there have been many attempts to link er Bosnia with er peace in the world generally or with world order , in fact there is no threat er this is a civil war , strictly speaking , and th there 's no evidence that it would er sp spill over into a major war unless it was made a major war er by those er with the er forces that exist . |
| 6 | Sinn Fein councillor Vincent Kelly claimed there have been several attempts to pressurise Mr Fox into working for British Intelligence . |
| 7 | There must evidently have been some panic to get the depôt clear in time to reopen for service cars . |
| 8 | The Board 's area general manager , Tom Frawley , commented : ‘ There never has been any intention to close accident and emergency and I feel the rumours have been damaging to the public 's confidence in the hospital and to the morale of staff ’ |