Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [verb] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ‘ I hope that what little I have been able to do will enable others to benefit , ’ said Christine . |
| 2 | She did n't look up when I said I was sorry I had been unkind , just went on opening drawers and dropping things and muttering ; I had begun to wonder if she had heard me , when she said , ‘ All right , all right , I 'm going just as soon as I can get my things together , I 'm not one to stay where I 'm not wanted . ’ |
| 3 | Previous to this you 've been fit and well ? |
| 4 | Mam would never guess how brave she had been all the way home . |
| 5 | So far as is known it had never been loaned for exhibition , it had never passed through an auction room and those few who had been fortunate enough to see it had done so at the private house in Oxford where it had been in the possession of the same family for many years . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm afraid you 've been churlish . |
| 7 | An increasing number of women , perhaps career women in their 30s who have been regular Pill users for several years , may wish to check if they are ovulating before planning the timing of a pregnancy . |
| 8 | And he was n't the sort of man what my mother could say , Now look this one 's been naughty today will you chastise them ? |
| 9 | ‘ This one has been unfair to the players because there has not been enough cricket in between the Tests . |
| 10 | Whereas in 1972 there had been 462 persons employed in the catching sector , this had declined to 217 by 1982 . |
| 11 | So from the beginning of 1972 there have been involved in five major enquiries relating to Northern Ireland a former Lord Chancellor ( twice ) , a present and a former Lord Chief Justice , a Lord of Appeal , and a High Court judge . |
| 12 | Despite this there have been various Parliamentary attempts to define the phrase . |
| 13 | Since Normanton ( 1971 ) wrote this there have been important moves to improve the information provided by local authorities , though Tomkins ( 1977 ) points out that the standards of reports vary , some being elaborate while others are simply extracts from the accounts . |
| 14 | Despite this there have been long-standing assumptions that management is the same as administration . |
| 15 | Concerning this there has been much speculation . |
| 16 | Because of this there has been scientific and practical interest in the facks that amonoantibiotic regimen comprising omeprazole and amoxicillin has been highly successful in eradicating H pylori in some pilot studies and has shown good results with regard to H pylori reinfection and the clinical course of peptic ulcer disease in the first year after treatment . |
| 17 | In 1885 there had been 402 members ; in 1903 there were 1,248 . |
| 18 | Between 1972 and 1985 there had been significant energy savings in OECD countries . |
| 19 | I 'm afraid there 's been some sort of coup mounted . |
| 20 | Because of this it has been popular at cat shows in the United States for several decades . |
| 21 | The company was formed on Albert Hill in 1864 and by the time it closed in 1879 it had been responsible for 40 bridges in Denmark , 20 bridges in Sweden all built in 1874 , all the viaducts on the Whitby-RedcarMiddlesbrough line including the Staithes Viaduct , Llandudno pier , a bridge in Syria , another over the Tay in Scotland and a footbridge over the Tees at Barnard Castle . |
| 22 | It nevertheless seems clear that the brand of Whiggery we associate with the Walpolean ascendancy of the 1720s and 1730s was very different from that which had been predominant for much of the later-Stuart period . |
| 23 | The practical reason is that of all the Caribbean Creoles , Jamaican is that which has been best and most accessibly described . |
| 24 | Well it 's it , it 's very much like , you know , a lot of things I 've come across in everyday language where , where people , I do n't know , er friends and relatives have found out that somebody 's been gay , oh well I never thought it of him , he seemed like such a nice person as well |
| 25 | In 1963 there had been 10.5 million vehicles , so what was involved was a doubling within 10 years and nearly a trebling within 20 years . |
| 26 | Since it was signed on January 29th there have been two massacres , with a total of at least 30 people killed . |
| 27 | Since 1979 there has been some contraction of nationalized industries . |
| 28 | Since 1979 there has been fresh emphasis on the need to roll back the frontiers of the state . |
| 29 | Since the abolition of exchange controls in the UK in October 1979 it has been possible for residents of the UK to hold foreign currency on account if they so wish . |
| 30 | Italy : Since October 1991 it has been compulsory for employers/appropriate authorities to offer hepatitis B vaccine free of charge to a wide range of occupational groups including : police officers , fire fighters |