Example sentences of "[been] [verb] or [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is issued to passengers whose flights have been cancelled or delayed and is redeemable by the airlines at face value . |
| 2 | Similarly children have been spaced or limited when required by a variety of means ( e.g. abstinence after the birth of a child , or delaying the age for cohabitation ) . |
| 3 | Ethics have been downgraded or diluted or made to fit into narrow understandings . |
| 4 | The war had started again , but would n't it be wonderful , Jane thought , if during those brief moments of stillness , no one had been wounded or blinded or burned . |
| 5 | It seems , on looking back , one day I was outside and then the next day I was in , as if I 'd had nothing to do with it : I had been pushed or drawn or whatever you like . |
| 6 | An experienced user will find a number of commands have been moved or re-named but there will be little trauma in adjusting . |
| 7 | In one of the worst years on record many nests have been robbed or destroyed and adult birds shot or poisoned . |
| 8 | That is so even though B's 40 cwt. may not have been subdivided or allocated as between the separate contracts by which he bought them , Karlshamns Oliefabriker v. Eastport Navigation Corporation , The Elafi ( 1982 Q.B. ) . |
| 9 | It automatically remembers folders and files which have been opened or saved and allows easy access to them , either via pop-up menus , command keys or a wildcard file search . |
| 10 | But then , unexpectedly , he finds that his fault has been overlooked or forgiven and at once the world reappears in brilliant colours , full of delightful prospects . |
| 11 | It was the 1730s before the government stumped up compensation for those whose houses had been damaged or destroyed and among them was one James Sharp , ancestor of Jane , my great-grandmother , whom I still remember being taken to visit as a child . |
| 12 | Such a reaction is most likely if the glastyn or his family has been hurt or injured when the farmer was clearing land . |
| 13 | In the event of circumstances arising under 1 or 2 above which require the Insurers to notify the Society of the reduction or cancellation of cover the Insurers shall during the period from such reduction or cancellation until ten days after notification of the Society indemnify the Society against losses to the same extent as if cover had not been reduced or cancelled and if the Society shall within seven days of notification by the Insurers inform the Insurers that it wishes cover to continue on the same terms as if it had not been reduced or cancelled the Insurers shall indemnify the Society against losses on such terms for such period not exceeding six months as the Society shall specify and the Society shall be responsible for the payment of premium for such cover . |
| 14 | They have not been charged or tried and may be imprisoned because of their nationality , in retaliation for the Ugandan authorities alleged support of the armed opposition group , the Rwandese Patriotic Front . |
| 15 | ( 2 ) The High Court , or a judge thereof , or a county court , may , on the application by summons of any judgment creditor of a partner , make an order charging that partner 's interest in the partnership property and profits with payment of the amount of the judgment debt and interest thereon , and may by the same or a subsequent order appoint a receiver of that partner 's share of profits ( whether already declared or accruing ) , and of any other money which may be coming to him in respect of the partnership , and direct all accounts and inquiries , and give all other orders and directions which might have been directed or given if the charge had been made in favour of the judgment creditor by the partner , or which the circumstances of the case may require . |
| 16 | Within a few days most of the patrols had either been killed or captured and the enemy occupied their rendezvous at Bir Fascia . |
| 17 | Get evokes the infinitive 's event as a result which has been achieved or obtained but does not specify by what means . |
| 18 | It has n't been ploughed or sprayed or anything artificial put on it at all and it 's the old natural grasses . |
| 19 | Foresterships of fee , and the lands appurtenant thereto , were grand serjeanties , and therefore ought not to have been divided or alienated except by the king 's licence . |
| 20 | A certificate to this effect from the person representing the petitioning creditor in the following form is normally acceptable : I certify that I have/my firm has made enquiries of the petitioning creditors(s) within the last business day prior to the hearing/adjourned hearing and to the best of my knowledge and belief the debt on which the petition is founded is still due and owing and has not been paid or secured or compounded for ( save as to … |
| 21 | If the application is made on the grounds that debts have been paid or secured and it is known that there are creditors who have not proved their debts , the court may direct that notice be given to them of the application and order the trustee ( or official receiver ) to advertise the application and , in the meantime , adjourn the application for not less than thirty-five days ( r 6.209 ) . |