Example sentences of "[verb] been at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generally , it seems the response of social services has been at individual crisis level , rather than reaching out to travellers . |
| 2 | The adoption , for instance , of Darwinian views of evolution depended not simply on the intellectual breakthrough of a brilliant mind but on the conjuncture of social movements that made these propositions more acceptable then than they might have been at other periods . |
| 3 | He went on to say that they had been at great pains to build up an efficient fifth-column unit and should not be expected to give up their best men as soon as they were trained . |
| 4 | At Pemberley the ‘ many family portraits … could have little to fix the attention of a stranger ’ ; at Sotherton they are ‘ no longer any thing to any body but Mrs Rushworth , who had been at great pains to learn all that the housekeeper could teach ’ . |
| 5 | I had been at great pains to appear distant towards him and been more successful than I had thought I could be . |
| 6 | According to these ladies , I had been at certain times a pirate , a builder , a healer , a spiritual teacher , a red Indian and a nun . |
| 7 | Even Boddy , who had been telling Westerman as they came down the stairs how he had been at Bad Godesberg in 1938 just two days after Hitler and Chamberlain had left , trailed away into silence . |
| 8 | Parents Zoe , 17 , and Jason , 18 , of Huddersfield , West Yorks , had been at eight-month-old Liam 's bedside since the op at St James 's Hospital , Leeds . |
| 9 | Ever since he had been at high school he 'd found some enjoyment and relief by getting back at them in ways they obviously did n't expect . |
| 10 | Of the twenty non-royal knights who processed into the chapel , all except for the two former Labour prime ministers had been at public schools . |
| 11 | Twelve minutes from time Weir had the misfortune to turn a John Eggleston short corner drive into his own net after Raphoe keeper Davy Buchanan had been at full stretch . |
| 12 | Middlesbrough had been at full stretch against Cambridge 's direct , high-ball game and their own attack posed little threat in the first half . |
| 13 | Espey had been at United Distillers since 1986 , most recently as chairman of its North American operation , where he oversaw its acquisition of Glenmore Distilleries ( MW July 19 , 1991 ) and the division 's subsequent reorganisation . |
| 14 | And it 's er er we go to Ffestiniog power station to have a drink and then come to er er well we 've been at Royal Hotel at Betsy-Coed these last years or two . |
| 15 | American bond yields have been at 20-year lows , and shares are expensive . |
| 16 | Fire crews have been at full stretch dealing with flooded houses mainly in the Cotswolds . |
| 17 | I should think he is tired , he 's been running around this field , he 's been at deep square leg , at third man and everywhere and he just gave me that blank stare . |