Example sentences of "[conj] have been [vb pp] several [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within was a colour photograph of Nicola that had been taken several years before : her face was chubbier and her hair , although still a remarkable blonde , was straight and parted down the middle . |
| 2 | The latter has a chequered history and has been altered several times within its life in Poland . |
| 3 | The village is well known for its flowers , and has been rewarded several times with a place in the Britain in Bloom Competition . |
| 4 | It was from Camilla Parker-Bowles and had been written several days before the engagement was officially announced . |
| 5 | It had been imposed at the height of serious anti-government rioting and pogroms in February 1990 [ see p. 37256 ] , and had been shortened several times , but only now was the security situation deemed by the city 's military commandant to have stabilized . |