Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | research that I realized I had been wrong . |
| 2 | M. What do you think I 've been these last two months ? |
| 3 | I do however think I have been able to help with the emotional problems of the artists here , especially the big dilemma of whether to have kids or not . |
| 4 | well okay well just to wind up , I mean I 've been involved in this and people within the R Y A and the office for a good six months now and we fell well down the line , the reality is hardly any courses have started yet and there 's hardly any youngsters been on the water . |
| 5 | I trust I have been able to dilute any misgivings that my letter may have stirred . |
| 6 | ‘ I did n't know you 'd been married , ’ he said , in a low voice . |
| 7 | At Usher she had been top dog . |
| 8 | I expect she 's been bored lately . ’ |
| 9 | They say she 'd been depressed in recent days |
| 10 | They say she 's been able to transplant a gorilla 's brain into a human body , or maybe a human brain into a gorilla 's body . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You say you have been free of pain for nearly two years ? ’ he said , when he had finished . |
| 12 | Touche Ross , the receivers for Scarborough 's troubled Royal Hotel , say there has been keen interest from potential buyers and negotiations should start soon . |
| 13 | ‘ Now they say there has been secret dumping of waste from the submarines and nuclear icebreakers . |
| 14 | Although he said he could not release any details about the inquiry 's scope , in general , if the CRE found there had been unlawful practices it would issue a ‘ non-discrimination notice ’ listing the changes to working methods a respondent must make . |
| 15 | Although he said he could not release any details about the inquiry 's scope , in general , if the CRE found there had been unlawful practices it would issue a ‘ non-discrimination notice ’ listing the changes to working methods a respondent must make . |
| 16 | Not that you 'd know they 'd been most days . |
| 17 | ‘ Grown-ups do n't mind being nasty to children but they do n't like other grown-ups to know they 've been nasty . ’ |
| 18 | Turn your back they 're talking to you say they 've been nasty and then they come back and talk to you . |
| 19 | They say they have been innocent victims in a crime for which the law says they must also be punished . |
| 20 | Sources close to the investigation suggest it has been dormant for some months and that it produced no conclusions one way or the other . |
| 21 | But in Harding v Price [ 1948 ] 1 All ER 283 it was held that if the driver did not know he had been involved in an accident the section did not apply . |
| 22 | Charles Henstock , whose belief in an after-life was absolute , had never been able to persuade his old friend to share his convictions , and he had once told Donald , after an amicable exchange of views on the subject , that he considered the doctor to be the finest unbeliever he had been privileged to meet . |
| 23 | When it was our turn I found he had been right about the word antiquarian giving the immigration officers something to think about . |
| 24 | In The Times Higher Education Supplement David Hencke reported that many college and polytechnic directors believed that universities ‘ are relaxing their validation standards to enable former colleges of education to start new arts and science degrees ’ , and quoted Edwin Kerr as being confident that colleges succeeding with CNAA validation would consider it to have been worthwhile . |
| 25 | It also emerged that Keith hated his nursery teacher to know he had been naughty and that he did not like any form of physical restraint . |
| 26 | Villagers are demanding the removal of their local bobby because they say he 's been over-zealous in handing out parking tickets . |
| 27 | It has been our purpose here to indicate what has been successful in the past , and the strong technical basis which underpins success . |
| 28 | The directors , who met weekly , acted as a house committee , and the minutes of their meetings show them to have been diligent in pursuing the objectives set out in the preamble to the Act of Parliament which had brought them into existence . |
| 29 | It will be necessary to confirm that all restrictions have been observed and if they have not been observed , to confirm that consent to vary or discharge them has been forthcoming . |
| 30 | It says I 've been good at the doctor today . |