Example sentences of "[verb] it [verb] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How did she know it had been like that ? |
| 2 | Over three-quarters of credit users reckon that its cost has been reasonable ( see Appendix I , Table 24 ) , and less than one in ten say it has been at all unreasonable . |
| 3 | Dr McGarry claimed it had been in response to the earlier statement and he welcomed the decision . |
| 4 | I was mean-minded enough to wish it had been for longer . |
| 5 | I count it a privilege to have been asked to become its chairman — though naturally I would wish it had been in happier circumstances . |
| 6 | So you feel it 's been of some benefit to you today ? |
| 7 | Afterwards , he felt it had been as if each of them had been waiting for the other to touch on a delicate subject . |
| 8 | And , well , I just felt it had been worth trying but it was n't going to work . |
| 9 | She knew it had been against his better judgement ; that all his own instincts had told him to wait , to take it more slowly . |
| 10 | Those at the exiled Court became hopelessly out of touch with political realities in post-Revolutionary England ; many of them were living in the world as they thought it had been in the late 1680s , and their platform increasingly appeared to have less and less relevance to the new problems facing England . |
| 11 | I think it 's level , I think the , the benefit just stays the same cos the , the cost has n't increased it 's been like that for oh she 's been paying round about twelve pounds a month now for as long as I can remember . |
| 12 | I went to post it in the index book I 've got it 's stopped it 's been in |
| 13 | As Joe watched her put on her coat and hat he experienced a keen sense of disappointment , for he was realising it had been in his mind to escort her to work . |
| 14 | yes , I think it 's been of an assistance to the court yes , assistance to me that erm Mr has been at least only to of explain the background which erm is not entirely , not an easy matter , so er if it 's necessary I 'll give a certificate |
| 15 | It then took me a while to realise the significance of it , but at last I remembered it had been around Dora Belle 's neck , the person who murdered Perk and she must have placed it in Perk 's hand when she buried her . |
| 16 | I mean yesterday I did a load of washing it 's been in the garage ever since cos I |
| 17 | Their forensic tests could probably prove it had been around your neck and in my pocket , but it 's been badly mistreated as a piece of evidence . ’ |
| 18 | It had been necessary to handle the appointment rather delicately , as when the post was originally advertised it had been for a boys ' school , 600 strong ; with the anticipated changes this would soon develop into a co-educational establishment of up to 1,000 . |
| 19 | The evil wind that bombed Manhattan 's World Trade Center nevertheless blew some good to the disaster recovery specialists : SunGard Data Systems Inc says it has been contacted by four subscriber companies seeking disaster recovery services following the blast — two in Four World Trade Center , one in Two World Trade Center and one in One World Trade Center ; and Comdisco Inc said it is providing disaster recovery services to three financial services companies hit by the blast , while IBM Corp 's disaster recovery unit said it had been in touch with ‘ a lot ’ of its customers , but that so far none of its customers had had to declare their workplaces to be disaster areas . |
| 20 | It 's it 's been in the drawer . |