Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Dave rang me , see , and he said there 'd been some blokes asking around about me and he did n't think they were coppers at all , and I thought well , that could be The Firm — |
| 2 | Yeah , could of been if there 'd been any Romans in Italy . |
| 3 | Not that you 'd know they 'd been most days . |
| 4 | When I finally got through to Taff to enquire about what sort of night he had had , and if there had been many casualties during the barrage , his reply was rather matter of fact . |
| 5 | Over the years there had been many tributes to her beauty and her dancing , but the one I particularly treasure appeared only recently . |
| 6 | She still had the pearls , but there had been many tears since she first wore them . |
| 7 | There had been many injuries due to frostbite . |
| 8 | The report showed that there had been many changes and improvements since 1986 , but that some deficiencies remain . |
| 9 | In Surere 's province , there had been many transgressions , despite the loss of privilege which was the only punishment he had dared impose , though there were rumours that in some cases he would have preferred to apply the death penalty . |
| 10 | Trevor Radway , Chairman of the Forest of Dean Railway Company Limited , said there had been many improvements in recent times , and the railway was going from strength to strength . |
| 11 | There had been many nights like this , and she had been furiously ridden before , as now , by this tireless Mighty One , face fixed in the inhuman lineaments of lust . |
| 12 | It was Marguerite as she had been many years ago , and Jenna saw what her father had seen , what she herself saw now — the attraction of kindness , of calm good humour . |
| 13 | The king had been many years a widower . |
| 14 | It was almost a physical pain and for a moment he felt shocked because it had been many years since the agony of losing Gerda . |
| 15 | There had been many amalgamations , the Transport and General Workers and many other large unions had absorbed small unions to form a formidable barrier to employers , there was less interunion rivalry and the authority of the General Council of the TUC was accepted and practically unchallenged . |
| 16 | He saw and he cared , but it had been many months since he had counted with her . |
| 17 | Then the farmer admitted that there had been many applicants for the job already , but each had been driven out of the stall by the horse . |
| 18 | On Jan. 25 , however , Tanjug quoted statements by four refugees from Shkodër who said that anti-Stalinist demonstrations had taken place there on Jan. 11 and 14 , involving up to 7,000 people ; that there had been many arrests ; and that police reinforcements were patrolling the city and the surrounding area . |
| 19 | Instead , as we walked down to the bar this evening , he had been all smiles and indulgent gallantry , complimenting us on our appearance , an arm lightly circling each of our waists . |
| 20 | when she had been all hugs and trust for her father . |
| 21 | He had been all kinds of fool . |
| 22 | It had been all whispers and lies till they got to the shop . |
| 23 | Bill had been enough times to a morgue . |
| 24 | The invasion threats , which had seemed so immediate in 1948–49 , had subsided and there had been fewer incidents on the parallel . |
| 25 | His crooked smile was very much in evidence and Matey could have told her that since her arrival Dr Neil had been happier than she had seen him for a long time — there had been fewer backslidings towards the ‘ nasty whisky ’ since McAllister had appeared in his life to provide him with such rich amusement . |
| 26 | The waning of enthusiasm for higher education had begun several years before , but this was the first time there had been fewer applicants than places offered . |
| 27 | In the summer of 1974 there had been several questions regarding the possibility of anonymity in rape cases . |
| 28 | There had been several rapes in the London area at around that time and , sure enough , the attacker was waiting , hidden in the alley , for an unsuspecting and defenceless visitor . |
| 29 | there had been several accidents to conductors swinging along the open-sided cars . |
| 30 | Granada has a £63million stake in BSB and said there had been several approaches for Alan Bond 's major stake in the venture . |