Example sentences of "[adv] been [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The important point is that it should be used at a time when for some reason pressure is to be taken off members of the class — putting them in what is virtually a ‘ spectator ’ role can give them time to recover from what had perhaps been inadequate non-projected work . |
| 2 | I 've only been awake three minutes . ’ |
| 3 | Well only been married eight months , had a little baby . |
| 4 | ‘ We 'd only been married five years when he died . |
| 5 | ‘ They 've only been married 15 days . |
| 6 | There was an outbreak of infection with this organism in Liverpool in 1976 , which was thankfully controlled by dint of exhaustive contact-tracing , and there have only been sporadic single cases since then , mostly imported from abroad . |
| 7 | She must have been quite a joker with that bantam on her head , pigeons fluttering noisily on her shoulders ; it had all been wonderful outdoor fun . |
| 8 | The car has not been perfect this year , but it feels a lot better now than it did . |
| 9 | What had not been right that day ? |
| 10 | I 've not been right this season . |
| 11 | Before she could think how to respond without sounding defensive he was saying : ‘ You are angry with yourself , remorseful because if you had not been late this thing would never have happened . |
| 12 | Father must be in his sixties now , and had not been well this winter . |
| 13 | er , was that because you 've not been well this week or just is it a , ro routine replacement or something ? |
| 14 | But I think , we 've not been good attracting women into services , I think , the responsibility that a woman drug user has over child care and a whole range of other things that male drug users do n't have . |
| 15 | The sun looked very bright , but when had it not been bright that summer ? |
| 16 | he 's not been quiet all day . |
| 17 | We were much better ‘ staffed ’ this time so I think we were more efficient and our pilfering/loss rate which I felt had not been bad last time was down to only two items this time , even better . |
| 18 | Blackgrass control has generally been good this season . |
| 19 | The trip had also offered temporary escape from her mother 's pointed reminiscences that when she was Polly 's age she had already been married two years and was preparing for the birth of her first child . |
| 20 | " We have n't exactly been sweeping swooning suitors off the doorstep , though , have we ? |
| 21 | Erm and he 's saying that you know to start with basically education has always been the preserve of the landlords , er the peasants have n't had anything to do with education , have always been poor illiterate peasants erm and now he 's saying that because the landlords have been overthrown erm suddenly peasants er have , you know , are forming erm schools and have been able to be taught various things . |
| 22 | The Royal Year and Christmas numbers of the ILN have always been successful extra issues each year , and they will henceforth both be sent to subscribers , giving them in total six issues of the ILN each year . |
| 23 | Managers of the service , supported by watchdog body the Mid Essex Community Health Council , have always been keen any merger should involve another locally-based trusts . |
| 24 | This has always been iffy this graphics editor ! |
| 25 | I had always been lucky that way . |
| 26 | There has always been considerable social stigma attached to the venereal diseases , probably more so in the country than the town . |
| 27 | Absolutely cruising when falling two out in last year 's contest , the chestnut has also been below-par this term , but freshened by a three-month break , can arrive fast and late to claim the crown . |
| 28 | There has also been considerable academic research . |
| 29 | Part of the reason for this lies with the decentralised nature of the party membership records but it has also been conventional political wisdom that Conservative party members play an insignificant role in the determination of the party 's policies . |
| 30 | Blues manager Trevor Anderson , determined to keep the League title at Windsor Park , has also been tracking top midfielders down south and in Scotland . |