Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] [conj] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 I 'm afraid this letter has been delayed as I have n't had a chance to get it to the Embassy before today .
2 And the dance band they were actually number one that night and I do n't think they 've ever been heard since you know .
3 The court will not make an order unless it considers it just and equitable to do so having regard , in particular , to the number of shareholders who have been traced but who have not accepted the offer .
4 However , it had not been realised that we process speech as much by our expectations as by our sensations : it is easy for us to hear the same acoustic signal as ‘ It 's easy to recognise speech ’ or ‘ It 's easy to wreck a nice beach ’ according to context .
5 Well have they withdrawn one of their submissions to South Oxfordshire that they 've tried to claim that they were using it over the last twelve years and it has now been withdrawn because they know very well that their claim to South Oxfordshire can not be justified about the use .
6 I was delighted with the fact that the southwest of Scotland has been highlighted as I think that it is one of the most underrated parts of Scotland where golf is concerned .
7 Now , the Israelites had been taught to welcome strangers and to look after them and Ruth 's fears must have been allayed as they receive her , there 's no cross examination , there 's no inquisition , she does n't go through any third degree , she is received back at face value .
8 The basic definition of ‘ development ’ being so wide , a substantial number of activities or changes have been arranged so they do not in fact need specific consent .
9 Some details may have been completed before you receive the form .
10 Work on the two drainage ditches to keep water off the deck has now been completed and we have now done some work to provide steps down to trackbed level .
11 The night before one double and four other fish had been caught and I think this could be where the answer lies .
12 In some cases it will not help at all , and the flower will turn brown , but sometimes you will find that your problem has been solved and you have a perfect flower or leaf once more .
13 The indirect effects of religious controversy on attitudes toward science have been stressed because they indicate the contingency of those attitudes at particular times and places .
14 One local resident commented at the time , ‘ Possibly this area may have been picked because they think they might meet least resistance from a depopulated area ’ .
15 A septic tank has already been installed and I have a quotation — amounting to some thousands of pounds , I 'm afraid — to drill for water .
16 Nottinghamshire County Council wo n't confirm what the latest allegations are about but it 's been reported that they centre on fraud and sexual harassment at Redoaks .
17 According to folklore if a traveller on horseback leaves a horse needing a new shoe together with a coin , the horse will have been shod when they return to the spot .
18 A few sports shirts and a sweater will do ; and they 'll probably not even have been unpacked when you get home .
19 But round here you could go to sleep , wake up in the morning and half the flat 's have been burnt down and shops have been looted and you do n't know where you are .
20 The word ‘ natural ’ will still be allowed , says the Ministry of Agriculture 's Food Advisory Committee , for ‘ single foods of a traditional nature to which nothing has been added and which have been subjected only to such processing as to render them suitable for human consumption .
21 Kevin 's been done but I 've not given him anything back in writing yet , which I 've go to do .
22 Not very many sub-conversions have yet been done as I understand it and my source of information about the levels of conversion is solely from Mrs , called on behalf of the defendants and her real source of information is simply one family whom she has talked to on the telephone about it , who find the levels conversion of their Nissan Serena perfectly satisfactory for their twenty year old daughter .
23 It was like watching a film or a play and you 're totally caught up in what 's going on and you 're taken out of yourself and everything suddenly has colour and meaning and magic and you forget that outside the rain 's tippling down and tomorrow 's homework has n't been done and you 've got to wash the car to pay Dad back for the money you borrowed to come to the film because you were skint till the end of next week .
24 Er and seek good qualified er Consultants to carry out the work which could be deliberated on by the various Committees of the County Council and the District and that work has been done and I think if I saw anything Chairman from the meeting on the twenty second of December at St Albans , it was that form very first time three political parties took up the policy and they started to address particular issues er er er we believe less measures partaken .
25 That 's an attitude which may change with time because everyone who goes to Grendon is affected one way or another , staff and prisoners.tomorrow we see how much good has been done when they finish .
26 Sports centres with excellent pitches and pools have been built but they have either been under used or more often patronized by groups who already had a high participation ratio , especially adult male car-owners .
27 So far wheels , frame and chimney have been built and I believe that progress has been made on the boiler .
28 once a building has been built and you 've got that in it 's under you then to maintain it .
29 at this point here and going right down to the final A of ANNA and the way you can , you can , cos you 're gon na step in mid way now and you assume that the appropriate sociability has set the rapport has been built and you start the role play by saying thanks very much for that , I now wan na talk about whatever your product is , yeah , and then step into role play that way ?
30 He knows they have been defeated because they have offended God in some serious way , and become the victims of his anger .
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