Example sentences of "[vb base] been [noun] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know oh They 've been telly that Tom give us , that give us and then I did n't put on |
| 2 | But there have been stories that he actually landed , Bovingdon is one place that 's mentioned . |
| 3 | And , since the casualty list of the Westland Affair , there have been signs that the Thatcher Cabinet may function more collectively for a time at least . |
| 4 | In the past year he had been restraining the army and trying for a political settlement ; and there have been signs that Tamil extremists may be prepared to talk about autonomy rather than secession . |
| 5 | This season there have been signs that Jane 's early talent is budding anew . |
| 6 | Some theorists believe that hydrogen becomes a metallic solid where its electrons freely flow when compressed by two or three million atmospheres pressure ; there have been speculations that metallic hydrogen could be useful as a fusion fuel . |
| 7 | In recent weeks there have been reports that the travel/holiday business has been in disarray . |
| 8 | But most failures — so far — have been firms that never went near the merger market . |
| 9 | Within the past few years there have been developments that give rise to the hope that before too long we shall have a filly consistent quantum theory of gravity , one that will agree with general relativity for macroscopic objects and will , one hopes , be free of the mathematical infinities that have long bedeviled other quantum field theories . |
| 10 | There have been estimates that a leading Auckland player 's season could start in March and finish in early April , with a first class match every weekend , bar one . |
| 11 | Both within sociolinguistics and outside of it there have been discussions that appear to attack quantitative method for making claims about causation and correlation . |
| 12 | There have been claims that the division of the state into three federal regions following the nationalist violence and other crises has seriously damaged the Belgian state and constitution . |
| 13 | ‘ There have been claims that giving women testosterone in hormone replacement therapy increases their libido , but this is n't proved . |
| 14 | Following a speech by Lord Donaldson , Master of the Rolls , to barristers this month , there have been fears that senior judges involved in drawing up rules would effectively block the use of the new rights in practice , by insisting that preparation of some cases and their presentation in court should be handled by different people . |
| 15 | For years there have been complaints that our school system leads inexorably to too narrow a specialization , especially in the sixth form . |
| 16 | In Bristol there have been complaints that the hit squad are ‘ out of touch ’ after several insensitive hits that were not entirely well-meaning . |
| 17 | Ever since there has been Christmas there have been complaints that it has become over-commercialised . |
| 18 | There have been complaints that central departments are inefficient because they are overburdened ; the Fulton Committee on the Civil Service urged the ‘ hiving-off ’ of units dealing with routine administration which were little concerned with major policy issues . |
| 19 | Booze companies fear that tobacco 's closest relation may be in for the same treatment : there have been rumours that a directive is being prepared . |
| 20 | For some time there have been rumours that the urbs have been solving the problem by having their foxes caught and surreptitiously turned loose in remote rural areas . |
| 21 | There have been rumours that investors holding £450 million worth of Swiss , German , French and Ecu denominated Eurobonds , may attempt to negotiate better terms from Heron . |
| 22 | However , many multiple sclerosis victims have reported improvements in health since changing fillings , and there have been rumours that even Princess Diana has had hers done . |
| 23 | There have been rumours that his interest in Italian model girl Carla Bruni have shaken the couple 's marriage . |
| 24 | It was money that the five leaders withdrew and the results have been cuts that threaten the closure of household waste sites in and in . |
| 25 | recently there have been indications that the mujahidin are moderating their expectations . |
| 26 | There have been suggestions that they might be given state funding , or that some RCD members in the Chamber of Deputies might resign to allow the other parties a look in . |
| 27 | Other ideas stemmed from this original one and there have been suggestions that the reliquary contains other combinations of materials , some with thixotropic properties , including inorganic pigments in castor oil , real blood in a thixotropic honey , or a mixture of spermaceti , ether and red dye which is solid at 10°C but melts with body heat and froths due to the ether , a characteristic noted in the Naples liquefaction . |
| 28 | Two student newspapers have run editorials criticising participants in Rag as selfseeking , and there have been suggestions that Rag should contribute to the rent of their offices , currently subsidised by student unions . |
| 29 | However , there have been suggestions that Reverend Sharpton deliberately provides such violence by his uncompromising rhetoric , to gain political capital from the forceful backlash . |
| 30 | It was not recorded before the year 1610 , and there have been suggestions that it brightened up abruptly at that time , though personally I am sceptical ; it would be a strange coincidence if the Nebula burst into prominence at just the time when mankind invented the telescope ! |