Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] been [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the pins and needles in his legs could perhaps have been from loss of blood . |
| 2 | It was an unforgettable night for the challenger and those fortunate enough to have been at ringside . |
| 3 | Just off Highway 83 north of Wellington , Texas , he came across the abandoned house of Mr and Mrs Sam Pritchard , who were unlucky enough to have been at home when the gangsters Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker paid a call after their car had plunged off the road . |
| 4 | At the end of an hour , only one ‘ little feller ’ too young to know better had been in Auguste 's possession , and William and Joseph were scarcely able to restrain their mirth . |
| 5 | So are you omitting to say what exactly has been in numbers . |
| 6 | But bedtime was at the usual time and , though Francie returned very late , he was slightly drunk so he could not have been to church . |
| 7 | It could not have been for lack of qualifications , for Moira had served seven years on the BBC 's General Advisory Council and four years as a director of Border Television ; so one can only assume it was because of my Liberal Party connections . |
| 8 | Plainly national security can not have been at stake since that had already been damaged . |
| 9 | A target of 128 should not have been beyond England , but four wickets went down for 15 and it was left to Gower and Botham to make a game of it . |
| 10 | Tidal experts agreed that the body could not have been off Pilsey Island for more than 24 hours . |
| 11 | The dwarf had been a mutant , and as such should not have been in Kinsai at all . |
| 12 | It would have been so much easier if he had remained hostile towards her , but she could sense that that simply would not have been in keeping with his personality . |
| 13 | A child will not have been in school many days before he is made aware of individual differences among his classmates . |
| 14 | The cost of restricting emissions in a country struggling with inefficient smokestack industries may not have been in Budyko 's mind , but it is an obvious factor in the Soviet attitude , as it is elsewhere . |
| 15 | In certain cases the insured or members of his household may not have been in residence for a considerable period but has relied upon friends or neighbours to perform an occasional check of the property . |
| 16 | Even if he added some new music for the revival , all the rest must already have been on paper for the premiere . |
| 17 | Reluctantly , Charlotte agreed , even though she was sure he would already have been in touch with them in such an event . |
| 18 | He hurried back to the Limousin and completed a piece of business , negotiations for which must already have been in train . |
| 19 | It was in fact the visitors who could easily have been in front , but for some brilliant tackling by Jason Miller , who on four occasions , kept out both Terry Patterson and Chris Loud . |
| 20 | He had come in early , not having been to bed , and placed his information on Coffin 's desk . |
| 21 | I am writing to apologise for not having been in touch to arrange a time to visit your new editing facility in Wellington Square . |
| 22 | Apologies for not having been in touch for so long . |
| 23 | That environmentalism may be superseded in schools , as it appears largely to have been in universities , by the locational analysis school is no guarantee of a more appropriate form of explanation . |
| 24 | There is no reason for the School not to have been in operation very soon after Sir Edmond 's death . |
| 25 | Although Joffre , who seems at this time not to have been in touch with military reality , even now expected his left wing to advance and halt the invasion . |
| 26 | As their mother seemed already to have been in hospital for most of their lives , Alexander and Victoria saw no change and since the family followed the form of their class and delegated the day-to-day care of their children entirely to the nanny , the absence of their mother hardly affected their lives . |
| 27 | The erm , entrance price increases generally have been in line or slightly above inflation . |
| 28 | Race horse trainer … easy life … you 've got to be joking … steeplechasing is all of life always has been to David Nicholson … he was born and bred … turned out and trained on the gallops at Prestbury … |
| 29 | and always has been by Ron . |
| 30 | Could he ever have been in love with her ? |