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

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1 They 'd obviously been badly infected at some time .
2 The Commission has made speedy progress with the adoption of Directives , many of which have so far been largely ignored at national level .
3 structures and vocabulary have been carefully graded at each level
4 Ninety-eight ( 18 per cent ) said they had been sexually abused at some time , including 82 girls — the victims of rape , incest , sexual assault or prostitution .
5 Eighteen per cent of these young people had been sexually abused at some time and 4 per cent of the females cited this as the main reason for running ( Newman , forthcoming ) .
6 Haratin leader Messaoud Ould Boulkheir said that the security forces ' clampdown had been particularly targeted at black Mauritanians .
7 Work has been specifically aimed at developing procedure manuals for the Offshore Division , Education Catering Services and Contracting .
8 Much of it was of the Louis XIV period ( which has a much more limited market than Louis XVI furniture ) , and in contrast to the freshness of the Patiño lots , had mostly been recently bought at high prices .
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