Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [verb] been [prep] " in BNC.

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1 First , Father Reynard had secretly admired Lady Eleanor and had been near the Galilee Gate the night she had died .
2 Normidtec covers Halton , Vale Royal and Warrington and has been in operation for 18 months .
3 The S A S have operated in Northern Ireland and have been for a long time .
4 All three came from the Midlands and had been at the sharp end of the business as salesmen for distribution companies .
5 Of the two , Mr Yates , who will be 81 in November and has been in Congress almost without a break since he was first elected in 1948 , had the easier time of it .
6 37426 was recently overhauled in Glasgow Eastfield and has been with Petroleum and Regional Railways .
7 These attitudes are in striking contrast to the British tradition , where party conflict is the primary institutional feature of Westminster and has been for over a century .
8 ‘ Miss Kenton ’ is properly speaking ‘ Mrs Benn and has been for twenty years .
9 This is Red Rock West ( QFT ) , a beguiling and modest little thriller which delves into the dark and murky emotions lurking underneath the sleepy face of a tiny American town — and it is as good a film noir as has been on show this year .
10 The technique was developed by Dr James C. Lewis of Imperial College , London and has been in use since the 1970s , replacing other more elaborate methods such as the use of fish bladders .
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