Example sentences of "been [adv] [adj] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trovoada had been under increasing popular pressure to take action against Daio after the latter publicly criticized him on April 3 . |
| 2 | Singh had been under intense political pressure to reduce the increase in fertilizer prices . |
| 3 | The competition 's been pretty tough this year has it ? |
| 4 | ‘ And then Crom Croich eats the hearts , ’ said the soldier , and Cathbad , who had been very busy all afternoon supervising the skinning and jointing of an ox and had been planning to serve braised ox heart for tomorrow 's midday meal , turned quite green and tried to remember if they had any salted pig left . |
| 5 | The intervention period has been too short All children learn at different rates . |