Example sentences of "been [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sudden lapsing into silence because the speaker is unable or unwilling to complete the sentence : Had you been there-but what good would that have done ? |
| 2 | I would like to say a last word about Amis 's voices , and about the long words which have been or might be laid on his confident art — a terminology for which he is unlikely to be grateful . |
| 3 | We shall make the widening of the Community a priority , and shall advocate speedy admission for Austria , Sweden , Finland and Cyprus , whose membership applications have been or are about to be lodged . |
| 4 | Meanwhile conscious awareness is freed to survey the landscape , to plan a route , to talk with fellow cyclists , or to dream on what might have been or what once was . |
| 5 | What disturbances there had been or might be were or would be caused entirely by ‘ a body of persons opposed to the religious views of … the Salvation Army ’ . |
| 6 | And then the sudden lurching shift of perspective , the falling through the bottom of things , when you discover that these constants have been or could be altered after all . |
| 7 | Consequently , more time can be spent by the clearinghouse personnel on the sophisticated and time-consuming enquiries which require information and material that has not been or can not be conveniently added to the database , an those which are of an advisory nature . |
| 8 | Bird shot it would have been or somewhat larger . |
| 9 | Discovery of documents which have been or are in the possession , power or custody of both plaintiff and defendant |
| 10 | We , we had a letter from the International Secretarium in August or September I think saying that they 'd changed the law and all prisoners of a certain category should have been released and our prisoners were amongst , our prisoner was amongst that list , but erm , they did n't say that they have n't got any definite news whether he had been or not , about the release . |
| 11 | RANDOM Century Audiobooks offer two-cassette abridged readings of books which have been or shortly will be in the public eye — prize-winners , high-profile new publications , books newly made into films — and the company set their readers high standards . |
| 12 | Under section 25 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 , the High Court has power to grant interim relief where proceedings have been or are to be commenced in another Contracting State to the Brussels Convention or in another part of the United Kingdom , or where there are or will be any other proceedings within the scope of the 1968 Convention even if that Convention does not directly apply . |
| 13 | proceedings have been or are to be commenced in a Contracting State other than the United Kingdom or in a part of the United Kingdom other than that in which the High Court in question exercises jurisdiction ; and |
| 14 | In some past cultures , and among some races today , sexual relations between adults and children have been or are acceptable . |
| 15 | " If you want to be a good wife to me , and only the Lord knows how many times you 've said that 's what you want , you can stop asking questions and making deductions about where I been or what 's passed my lips , see ? |
| 16 | In many societies occupational status has been or still is transmitted from father to son and from mother to daughter . |
| 17 | And , there 's a hundred here sixty five have been or are thirty five , a third , not , or possibly I should say , not yet . |
| 18 | And the fact that I say that a lot of these accidents happen because perhaps you 're not paying the attention , very often I 've been or know of situations where the bloke is really paying attention to what he 's doing and the still the unfortunate occurs . |
| 19 | It also seems clear that the trend will soon emerge elsewhere , for as Vining and Pallone ( 1982 ) in their study of 22 countries have argued , the phenomenon is due to the fact that the scale economies of the core regions of any country either have been or are being reduced , as the peripheral areas manage to offer sites that are as competitive as those of the core regions . |
| 20 | I did n't get difficult when I drank but I often could n't remember where I 'd been or what I 'd done or even how I 'd got back home . |
| 21 | She was unlike the girl she 'd been or the women he 'd known since ; she had a rare energy , and it was good to be near . |
| 22 | And then the sudden lurching shift of perspective , the falling through the bottom of things , when you discover that these constants have been or could be altered after all . |
| 23 | The probability indeed is that the eastern Angles either had been or were in the process of being brought into a dependent relationship with Eadwine by the time of his marriage to Aethelburh or at least not long after . |
| 24 | The greater the Mercian involvement in south-eastern England , particularly Kent , however attractive control of Kentish resources may have been or however militarily desirable the containment of a possibly unstable local hegemony , the more vulnerable was Offa 's position in the face of hostile anti-Mercian sentiment south as well as north of the Thames . |
| 25 | If permission to develop land is refused or granted subject to conditions , whether by the local planning authority or by the Secretary of State for the Environment , and the owner of the land claims that the land has become incapable of reasonably beneficial use in its existing state and can not be rendered capable of reasonably beneficial use by the carrying out of any development which has been or would be permitted he may serve on the Council , a purchase notice requiring the Council to purchase his interest in the land in accordance with the provisions of Part IX of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 . |
| 26 | She recovered herself , grateful that he had either not noticed how jumpy she had been or was willing to pretend he had not . |
| 27 | She did not question who it had been or what he was looking for . |
| 28 | You 've never asked me , not once , how anything has gone , or where I 've been or whom I 've seen . " |
| 29 | While it may be straightforward to assess whether a lease is renewed properly or a contract accurately drafted — it will soon be clear if they have been or not — these transactions do n't carry much potential for building long-term relationships or adding value through additional services . |
| 30 | The HP4 requirement has been or has the potential to be met without further Green Belt loss . |