Example sentences of "been [adj] [prep] [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have been hard at training ever since their one point victory over the famous Dubs in the semi-final a few weeks ago . |
| 2 | The only area which seems to have been devoid of buildings almost throughout the Roman period lay near the main centre of occupation in Birch Abbey and Evesham Street . |
| 3 | In or about February 1983 , I received a message via my branch director that the deputy Director-General of MI5 was prepared to consider favourably an application from me for a telephone intercept on a member of the Communist Party within C.N.D. John Cox , a Vice-President of C.N.D. , was selected since he was well known as a member of the Communist Party and had been involved in C.N.D. practically since its inception . |
| 4 | God subsequently led the Burnetts to accept the challenge of establishing a new work in Albania ( in conjunction with the European Baptist Federation ) and since summer of this year they have been resident in Tiran together with their two young sons . |
| 5 | The authors are respected writers whose previous coursebooks have been successful in classrooms all around the world . |
| 6 | ‘ The field has been open to females only during the past year but we soon expect at least 10 per cent of dog-training course applicants will be female . ’ |
| 7 | It had been latent in Lewis ever since his encounter with God in Magdalen in the summer of 1929 . |
| 8 | Perhaps objects like these had been fashionable in churches once upon a time , but no longer , hence the attic . |