Example sentences of "been [verb] [noun] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Once all the information has been incorporated , the sequence of phases will have been assigned dates at various points , although these will be of differing quality : some may be accurate to a few years , others only to the nearest couple of centuries .
2 The whole area was much dryer than it used to be , and Edward suspected that something had interfered with the water table ; there had been nesting moorhens at one time — now only the occasional toad was left .
3 All staff concerned have been offered redeployment at other stores or a financial settlement .
4 Peskin has been buying property at rock-bottom prices ahead of recovery .
5 Children with HIV infection or the children of people with HIV or AIDS have been refused admission at some schools .
6 Despite a post-election resumption of fighting , a breakthrough in negotiations appeared imminent following the March round of the UN-sponsored peace talks between the government and the FMLN ( which had been taking place at monthly intervals over the past year ) .
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