Example sentences of "something that have [adv] been " in BNC.
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1 | It bore a marked resemblance to something that had already been eaten once before . |
2 | When biologists studying these birds added extra shade to some territories , the birds exhibited something that had not been seen in this species before ; trigamy , males with three mates . |
3 | I knew I did n't deserve his patience ; I had to think up some justification of my silliness , so I said , " They 'll all notice , " which was something that had n't been worrying me up to then . |
4 | Something that had n't been there before . |
5 | There was something else now ; something that had n't been immediately apparent to Cardiff , but had been seen by the others straightaway and which was causing them to back away from the wall . |
6 | The General Manager in Riyadh , in an excess of loyalty , had tried to protect Laing 's career by only insisting that every riyal be returned to the Ministry 's account , something that had now been done . |
7 | The adulation when it was all over was something that had hardly been seen before in England , even on momentous Ashes-winning occasions , and early in 1964 his efforts were rewarded with a knighthood , conferred by the Queen at Buckingham Palace . |
8 | Before the study began , few people knew about the dolphin , but the upsurge in public interest prompted many locals to claim that they were seeing more dolphins recently than ever before , whereas in fact they had probably just taken greater notice of something that had always been there . |
9 | My bed , fine , but my life … that was something that had always been untouchable , and , as far as I was concerned , always would be . |
10 | How dared he do this to her — how dared he rob her of something that had always been her life 's blood ? |
11 | Something that 's not been tried before . |
12 | No it 's funny unle I Mum says is it something that 's just been published this year you know , like if someone just published |
13 | It 's something quite beyond and more complicated than ‘ adolescence ’ , something that has n't been thought out yet , but should n't be dismissed as ‘ adolescent' ’ . ' |
14 | In practice if you are back checking files and such like , if you find something that is current word which should comply and you find something that has n't been appropriately signed or whatever , if it 's easy to get it done yes do it yes , if it 's not easy to get it done erm , it may be , you 've got to use your judgement because I do n't want you to go into a lot of work , but it may make sense to make a final note we are aware that this was n't done correctly this person has been reminded , or |
15 | Horses communicate by sound , sight , smell , body language , touch , and also by extra-sensory perception — the learning of something that has not been transmitted by the other senses . |
16 | Something that has not been illustrated in Collectair in the past is the printed and illustrated match-slip ( or book-matches ) . |
17 | V42bis ca n't compress something that has already been compressed . |
18 | The hon. Gentleman rightly said that it is a waste of the doctor 's time for him to turn his attention to something that has already been decided by someone else and merely to rubberstamp it . |
19 | Estimate , instead , the sheer physical task that is being contemplated : to build a ‘ Stansted at Stanley ’ would be to do something that has never been done before in the whole of history . |
20 | THE benefits of car leasing are something that have traditionally been considered the preserve of the business sector . |