Example sentences of "[num] [vb base] been [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Of this season 's injuries , more than one in 10 have been to the life and movement threatening areas of head , neck and back .
2 Since all three have been to Tokyo and back last weekend to help Milan win the World Club Championship , they might have expected to be rested .
3 Since all three have been to Tokyo and back last weekend to help Milan win the World Club Championship , they might have expected to be rested .
4 A large proportion of dwellings constructed beyond the cities since 1960 have been in the owner-occupied sector .
5 There are old records for every month except August and September , but the records since 1946 have been for April ( one ) , May ( one ) , June ( two ) , October ( four ) , November ( 13 ) , and December ( one ) .
6 On the economic front , changes in the economy and labour needs since the 1970s have been among the factors encouraging modification of this rigid system .
7 ‘ Think how long BBC2 and Channel 4 have been on the air and they still have barely 10 per cent of the British audience .
8 Of all the wonderful cricketers to come from the West Indies , it is fair to say that five have been of outstanding importance .
9 Another innovation is the stream of Jewish tourists visiting Israel from Russia : 25,000 have been since 1988 , and the Jewish Agency sees this is a uniquely helpful way to win hearts and minds .
10 Although once most usually seen in winter , nearly all records since 1938 have been of passage birds at the coast .
11 Two men could n't get any closer than those two have been over the last couple of years , could they ? ’
12 All four have been on unconditional bail since October last year .
13 Of these four have been on a surgical waiting list for a median f 9.5 months ( range five to 14 ) .
14 At least four have been in use for so long that we have no idea when they were discovered .
15 By an extraordinary coincidence all four have been in the recording studio recently , and have sent in their labours for critical appreciation .
16 All the 15 records since 1948 have been of single birds and the most in any year was four in 1952 .
17 Half of all the records since 1947 have been for the period mid-February to mid-April , particularly March , with 30 per cent. , which suggests that there is a fairly regular , although small , spring movement through the county .
18 Most records since 1947 have been for coastal districts , which perhaps just reflects the distribution of observers at the migration seasons .
19 Equally plainly , he could not before 1990 have been in an anti-Thatcherite minority in the Thatcher Cabinet and at the same time in full accord with the lady herself .
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