Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pron] [verb] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | This sparked immediate criticism that the MMC regulations requiring Bass to free pubs from the tie or sell them had been by-passed . |
| 2 | Moore and Robert Smyth , aged 17 , of Hartwell Place , Belfast , were also charged with receiving the clubs knowing or believing them to have been stolen . |
| 3 | It will be necessary to confirm that all restrictions have been observed and if they have not been observed , to confirm that consent to vary or discharge them has been forthcoming . |
| 4 | The judgements that have to be made are complex , not least because local government has existed for a long time and the opportunities for building up capital or depleting it have been great . |
| 5 | But take Old Shallot 's advice : if you are in a boat or barge which has been holed , particularly one where the damage is malicious , stop rowing and block that hole for any further movement of the barge simply helps the water rush in . |
| 6 | Much has been written on the performance of British business during the period and many attempts have been made to explain , excuse or refute what has been seen as a decline in British innovative ability since the successes of the industrial revolution . |
| 7 | It is only these words that have passed through the legal machinery of law-making , and individual Members of Parliament can not be put into the witness-box to supplement or interpret what has been formally enacted . |
| 8 | In practice that will only occur if there are difficulties in serving the defendant ( see , for example , Gurtner v Circuit [ 1968 ] 2 QB 587 , Howells v Jones ( 1975 ) 119 SJ 577 , Sisknys v Hanley ( 1982 ) The Times , 26 May ) or if there has been an express or implied agreement to defer service of the writ or the plaintiff 's delay in serving it or renewing it has been induced or contributed to by the defendant 's words or conduct ( Heaven v Road and Rail Wagons Ltd [ 1965 ] 2 QB 655 ) . |
| 9 | Forgotten , or decided it had been idle talk , a vow impossible to realise . |
| 10 | Men and women whether single or married who have been unable to work regularly because they have had to stay at home to care for children and/o-r a disabled or elderly person may be able to safeguard their pension by claiming Home Responsibilities Protection . |
| 11 | — it could be used to present language — either for the introduction of new areas of language or to supplement what has been taught by other means and methods ; |
| 12 | He neither knew nor cared who had been evicted from it and left destitute . |
| 13 | I heard a scuffle outside and presumed he 'd been escorted from the building , but before leaving he pushed a News of the World Christmas card under the door offering me £40,000 for an interview . |
| 14 | Since Holyfield took over and made grandad-bashing respectable on the heavyweight scene , those young lions who ought to have been clawing each other for the right to depose and expose him have been harmlessly shadow boxing around each other . |
| 15 | Have you not read novels , been to the cinema and watched the hero and heroine embracing and realized you have been missing a great deal ? |
| 16 | He heard Larry asking why , and realized he had been deaf . |
| 17 | Craig looked around him and realized he had been here before . |
| 18 | ‘ Some of them have 58-inch wheels and seeing one has been described as looking like a gothic cathedral coming towards you . ’ |
| 19 | It was a song or a poem — I do n't know which but to my knowledge it has never been published — which was called ‘ Beautiful Angie ’ , and I clicked immediately and realised there had been another woman about the house . |
| 20 | ‘ I was bleeding and realised I 'd been hit . ’ |
| 21 | Riven blinked , and realised he had been staring at nothing for a long minute . |
| 22 | Although CDC would not come clean with its actual choice of another RISC , it ruled out Sparc , said DEC 's Alpha was just vapourware and admitted it had been positively influenced by HP 's technology commitment . |
| 23 | The ‘ relevant ’ skills learned concern the ability to plan projects , to apply mathematics as and when appropriate , to sustain work on them until some conclusion is reached and to communicate what has been learned to other people . |
| 24 | Clarify and summarise what 's been said and pick up on points in stories : ‘ And then ? ’ |
| 25 | However , Hakim ( 1982 ) re-analysed the data and found that ‘ the results … confirm the association between crime and unemployment , and suggest it has been increasing over time ’ ( p.453 ) . |
| 26 | ‘ In a fairy story one of them would ride up to the avenue here on a white horse and say they 'd been wanting you as part of their lives for years , ’ Benny said . |
| 27 | ‘ They all live in the Sydenham , Inverary Park , Holywood Road , and Garnerville area and say they have been feeling very unwell . |
| 28 | Sheena , can I be the odd one out and say I 've been in love with one man for forty five years , I have n't heard any body saying any thing very nice about that , I would like to say its wonderful . |
| 29 | So he would be vague , and talk of the south , and say he had been a vagrant for many years . |
| 30 | The police have questioned Mr Probyne and say he 's been very helpful , but they have n't ruled out any line of inquiry : |