Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] been [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Mike Rowbottom has been inside Grendon Prison in Buckinghamshire , where the prisoners face a regime that 's unique in Britain .
2 Strach has been on his last legs for the past 2 seasons and while he still produces high quality performances more often than not he is looking more tired with each game he plays , not suprising for someone of his age .
3 Jenkins has been in the job for about ten days , so she can be forgiven for forgetting a lot of names , but she does have a long history of dealing with elderly people .
4 Given the amount of time that Karsten Schubert has been in business and given the new wave of gallery/dealers , this year is going to be the year to break with a much more open policy towards new art , are being seen as central to the contemporary art scene .
5 One of the Moths now at Mandevelle has been on static display in a motor museum for years , and is now almost ready to leap into the air again ; an excellent idea .
6 March has been in financial difficulties for some time and does n't have a sponsor for this season .
7 Mick Banks has been in institutions since he was 12 .
8 CU has been among insurance groups hard hit by soaring claims and recently announced a pre-tax loss of £68.6 million on last year 's business .
9 Since it began using the gas phase process in 1979 , ICI has been at the forefront of process control and development and has succeeded in covering the whole product range with this new technology .
10 ICI has been in the polypropylene business since the early 1960s and currently has capacity for 300 kt per year , part at Wilton in the UK , part at Rozenburg in Holland .
11 ICI has been in the polyethylene terephthalate business since the 1940s when it began to develop the material as a fibre — ‘ Terylene ’ — following its invention by two British chemists .
12 On balance , I believe that Britain 's membership of the EEC has been of some benefit in terms of the home market which she has gained and will continue to gain as and when her partners honour their commitments to complete the Single Market ; however , as should be clear from the figures quoted in Chapter 5 , the assertion that EEC membership has been good for Britain is open to question .
13 Norfolk has been for many years one of our Medau strongholds and it is for this reason that the Society decided to select this prestigious location .
14 LM It is very easy in the kind of society Czechoslovakia has been in the past twenty years to lose a more general perspective on events .
15 Felix has been on the scheme for nine months , Gerald for two years .
16 Ian has been with Wood-Way engineering for nine years , and was previously employed by Weir Pumps .
17 Ian has been with the company for four years as a qualified Textile Technologist and Garry is learning the skills during his first year .
18 What the district around Takrit was to Saddam , Oltenia has been to the Ceauşescus .
19 Following Britain 's recent dispute with China over the stationing of People 's Liberation Army troops in Hong Kong after 1997 , Whitehall has been at pains to keep its distance from the immigration row .
20 Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche has been in England since 1975 and most ordained people take either Kelsang or Gyatso in their names .
21 Ben has been in the home since the beginning of the year when , while appearing as the Sheriff of Nottingham in a panto in Whitchurch , he was taken ill in his digs .
22 Timex has been in Dundee for 47 years .
23 Living rough : Stewart has been on the streets in Edinburgh for three years , sleeping wherever he can find shelter and surviving on a mixture of benefits and begging .
24 The RAF has been at Abingdon since 1932 .
25 Taylor has been to Rome to talk to Gascoigne , whose last serious outing saw him carried off in the 1991 FA Cup final against Nottingham Forest with knee ligament damage .
26 Of the 35 goals England have scored in the 26 matches Taylor has been in charge , just three have come from outside the penalty area .
27 Pakistan has been in upheaval since May 26th , when the Supreme Court overturned President Ishaq 's dismissal of the government and gave Mr Sharif his job back .
28 Also , my share of the Lothians has been in the care of my cousin the Bishop of Alba .
29 Since her trial a year ago , which led to a six-year jail sentence , Winnie Mandela has been at liberty on bail , pending an appeal .
30 Communities Against the Bidston Incinerator has been at the forefront of the fight to ensure that the controversial plant is not built .
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