Example sentences of "[to-vb] been [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the patterns of species diversity do not coincide with those of endemism and one of the present ‘ refugia ’ seems to have been underwater 5000 BP and its endemism must have arisen subsequently . |
| 2 | General Noriega detained two of the five colonels on his General Staff , both until now thought to have been loyal senior officers . |
| 3 | And so , she said , ‘ You seem to have been busy this morning , Isabel , ’ but absently remembering the bumping noises from above and the journeys her sister had made to the front sitting room ( locking the door after her ) and back again to the attic ( locking the door ) . |
| 4 | Both of these deals appear to have been routine commercial transactions , with scant political significance . |
| 5 | He is known to have been angry last autumn when Mr Mazowiecki , the man he picked for prime minister , chose his cabinet without consulting him . |