Example sentences of "[noun pl] been [vb pp] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Never before , or perhaps since , have birds been portrayed with such vitality , dexterity , and accuracy .
2 The exuberance he felt is manifest in his drawings : rarely have topographical subjects been treated with such freedom and energy .
3 Have not paintings of nudes been presented as such ?
4 Now have these figures been reassessed at all ?
5 Only since the sixteenth century have dates been carved on these stones , but many are older than that , perhaps by as much as three or four centuries .
6 When I move on to three eight one , three eight two there 's a lot of things been said about these benefits this morning which does n't leave much left for me but looking at the situation of the way this Tory government has in the last thirteen years , certainly since nineteen eighty two crucified the benefits paid genuinely to people is in itself a crime upon society and it reminds me of the the words of the song it 's the rich that get the gravy and it 's the poor that get the blame and nothing , but nothing has changed since those words were written many many years ago .
7 Erm , have representations been made about this ?
8 How far have woodland owners ' decisions been influenced by these measures ?
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