Example sentences of "they [vb base] been [verb] [prep] some " in BNC.

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1 They 've been described by some as the ugliest dogs in the world .
2 The sixteen paintings seem likely to remain with the Uffizi , where they have been stored for some time .
3 In recent years several British ensembles have begun to draw upon an ‘ exotic ’ instrumentarium of this kind once again , but they have been marginalized to some degree .
4 ‘ I am disappointed for the crowd because generally they have been treated to some good football here and all our performance lacked was some goals .
5 A buy-in of shares may be the appropriate method of effecting a management buy-out where certain shareholders wish to realise their investment in a business which they have been running for some time , or they wish to retire , and there is a management team willing to continue with the business and become the new shareholders .
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