Example sentences of "[verb] been [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We moved to Somerset and I saw nothing of Matt for — I do n't know — it must 've been sixteen years I suppose . |
| 2 | D' you remember I showed you a manuscript — it must 've been some years ago , now — purporting to be by some mariner who remembered an English cargo boat having gone down between us , here at Møn , and Malmo — during the First Schleswig War ? |
| 3 | IT HAS been two years since sultry singer Sade was last in the spotlight . |
| 4 | Since then it has been many times re-invented and used for 3D picture postcards . |
| 5 | It has been many years since the proud Fruithill Park outfit languished in the bottom half of the division after only three games , which is the case this season . |
| 6 | Winter wheats are slightly backward because of cold weather , but the benefit of this has been disease-free crops with good root development . |
| 7 | As you will be aware there has been extensive discussions with NALGO in connection with the arrangements for the necessary Council Tax introduction . |
| 8 | The top rated American TV programme has been beguiling children for the last 13 years . |
| 9 | It has been six weeks , almost , but the friendly hot flush fills me to the top of my head and it is beautiful . |
| 10 | If history is any guide , the average length of a recession in the past 60 years has been 18 months , with the average bear market wiping out about half the gain made during the bull market it succeeded . |
| 11 | It has been 14 years since we had an expedition book from him . |
| 12 | THIS popular seaside resort , beautifully set on a crescent-shaped sandy bay , has been welcoming visitors since the early days of seaside holidays . |
| 13 | Rob Wilson 's tackle shop in Brora has been welcoming anglers for more than fifty years . |
| 14 | Here , the manageress Giovanna has been welcoming guests for 30 years and prides herself on offering a simple , comfortable hotel and a good choice of menu . |
| 15 | The appeal has been five years in the hearing . |
| 16 | The show 's organisers and officials of the Canadian Hellenic Congress , an organisation of Greeks in Canada , say the exhibition has been five years in the making and that it reflects the excellent cultural ties between Greeks and Canadians . |
| 17 | The inter-church document tackling the issue of sectarianism has been five years in the making . |
| 18 | David Oliver , Editor of our sister journal Airforces Monthly , has been probing inconsistencies in MoD replies relating to the retirement of the Vulcan . |
| 19 | Vadinamia has its own ultra-tight security that has been frustrating spies for a long time . |
| 20 | One of the world 's greatest classical violinists has been surprising audiences at a top JAZZ club . |
| 21 | During the last nine years , it has been richer pensioners who have been the main beneficiaries of the real increase in the value of pensions . |
| 22 | Middlesbrough-born Alf has been chief personnel officer with Middlesbrough council since 1974 and before that he worked for Teesside county borough council . |
| 23 | WE hear that there was a big attendance at the first meeting of the new Basingstoke branch of the League Against Cruel Sports , when the League 's information officer , Kevin Flack , told them : ‘ I believe that most people are opposed to hunting but it has been recent antics of the Quorn Hunt and publicity from the MacNamara Bill that has convinced them that something has to be done to put an end to their activities . ’ |
| 24 | As visitors to Spain this summer will notice , the Government has been encouraging hoteliers to go ‘ up market ’ . |
| 25 | The move , at the 1,900-pupil Holyrood Roman Catholic Secondary in Glasgow , could pose a major threat to Strathclyde 's schools closure programme and present a tempting plum to the Scottish Office , which has been encouraging schools to leave council control and go for self-governing status . |
| 26 | In recent years , by far the most important item has been individual demands for back payment of overtime earnings following court decisions on the method of calculating the hourly overtime rate . |
| 27 | Latent inhibition will show context-specificity when the only training given has been non-reinforced presentations of the stimulus in a given context . |
| 28 | In spite of this , there has been serious developments and in this year , and they 'll be fully in place next year . |
| 29 | Outside the High Court after the award of £50,000 damages plus costs , the 59-year-old happily married father of three said : ‘ It has been three-and-a-half years of absolute hell . ’ |
| 30 | An additional complication to Rugby 's future has been legal writs for damages by Mal Malik , a former Coventry and Rugby flank-forward . |