Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [adj] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ferguson 's phone has been hot all summer as opposition managers enquired about Hughes ' availability . |
| 2 | These are the forecasts of ace City analyst Nick Knight — and he has been right all the way through sterling 's crisis . |
| 3 | The Daily Mirror has been right all along in accusing Pakistani cricketers of obtaining extra swing over the years through illegally roughening one side of the ball by scratching it with fingernails or even ripping the red leather surface . |
| 4 | The threat to coal jobs has been much more from gas than from imported coal . |
| 5 | His stage presence lately has been little more than a presence ; he seems happy to stand in the shadows , occupying his usual spot on the drum riser while the spotlight dances on Bez and Bez dances with Rowetta and Rowetta plays with her whip , a caricature bad girl playing with the bad boys . |
| 6 | This has been little more than an annotated table of contents of a programme that should extend to 1995 and culminate in WACC 's second World Congress . |
| 7 | The 1983 agreement by eighteen countries to set up a regional preferential trading area ( PTA ) in East and Southern Africa has been little more successful in overcoming three familiar problems . |
| 8 | Support play has been poor these last couple of years everywhere except Australia . |
| 9 | Finally , the response from unsuccessful applicants to donate their entry fee to our own charitable objectives has been greater this year than in any previous year . |
| 10 | When Karen Stephens trained as a hairdresser she had to learn more than just the rudiments of cutting and blow-drying/ She also had to tackle the problems of learning how to lip-read in a mirror , as 20-year-old Karen has been deaf all her life . |
| 11 | His work rate has been prodigious all season , and although he may not have the quickest service around , he must rate currently as the world 's no 1 scrum-half . |
| 12 | Another difficulty has been that such councils are attuned to providing finance for the creation of specific works , while the need for support in popular music is not at the point of creation , but for help in reaching audiences . |
| 13 | Our own experience ( two patients ) and that of Morin et al has been that such acute relapses only occur in patients who have strictures or fistulas . |
| 14 | ‘ I would remind you both , ’ said the abbot gently , ‘ that if she has been all this while consulting her own wishes , and imposing them upon us mortals , Saint Winifred is again on her own altar in our church . |
| 15 | However , the British people must be asking where it has been all these years . |
| 16 | This week the County Ground in Swindon has been open all hours … thirty six thousand tickets have been sold … goodness knows how many scarves and souvenirs … |
| 17 | It has been chilly these past few nights . |
| 18 | The unrestricted interchange of 16 players — with 11 on the field at one time — has been experimental this season and will apply to all age groups , men and women . |
| 19 | Moving Waddle from the right wing , where he performed so imaginatively against the Italians , in order to accommodate Rocastle , whose form has been patchy all season , is another selection open to doubt . |
| 20 | Yes , but has been wet all day . |
| 21 | His scope has been modest this summer . |
| 22 | HEALTH : Lenny 's health has been excellent all summer . |
| 23 | Collins ' form has been as stable as his club 's progress has been erratic this season and the player feels he should have represented his country more often than he has done . |
| 24 | Walsh warned : ‘ James has been unstoppable this season since he trimmed down in the summer from 22 stone to a mere 18 . |
| 25 | Walsh warned : ‘ James has been unstoppable this season since he trimmed down in the summer from 22 stone to a mere 18 . |
| 26 | She 'd been convinced all along that eventually she must lose him , that Marianne was right — some other attraction must inevitably draw him away . |
| 27 | it was in here it was sort of like , he 'd been niggly all day , he was tired , he sort of like knocked it over with his foot , and of course it went straight over the dry nappy that was laid out on the floor ready to put under him , I said oh that nappy |
| 28 | Miss Evans moved from the sink where she 'd been all this time , standing quite still , and started to clear the plates from the table . |
| 29 | Unless he 'd been asleep all the time ? |
| 30 | Well then th they must have been she said they 'd been concerned all day . |