Example sentences of "and [conj] [pron] [verb] [been] " in BNC.

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1 A soldier with a machine gun , bulky in his bullet-proof jacket , asked Rory for his licence , and where they 'd been .
2 He listed all the sculptures made and where they had been found .
3 News of the Sheikhs , where they were going and where they had been .
4 It was important to present an accurate annual review of visitors from the three groups and where they had been .
5 The majority of the contracts have been awarded to Northern Ireland institutions and where they have been with other institutions it has been the policy of the Panel to encourage the employment of junior Northern Ireland based researchers on the projects .
6 The group runs workshops where the women watch videos and then hold discussion groups and where they have been taught how to make simple handicrafts .
7 The general effect of these four differences between health and education in relation to economic growth is that it has proved far more difficult and controversial to measure the impact of health on economic growth and where it has been attempted the effects have been estimated to be lower than those resulting from education .
8 It is the recognition of this principle and its implications which is particularly characteristic of Labov 's approach to data : ‘ for the section of speech being examined all occurrences of a given variant are noted , and where it has been possible to define the variables as a closed set of variants , all non-occurrences in the relevant environments ’ ( Labov 1982a : 30 ) .
9 Recall the requirements of this principle ( cf. 6.1 ) that ‘ all occurrences of a given variant are noted , and where it has been possible to define the variable as a closed set of variants , all non-occurrences of the variant in the relevant circumstances ’ ( Labov 1982a : 30 ) .
10 To forecast where the economy is heading , economists need information on where it is now , and where it has been in the recent past .
11 And where I 've been is none of your damned business .
12 Ever since he could think at all he had realised that the class which exploited the worker in every country would fight to the last ditch for the sake of keeping the worker where he was and where he had been all his life .
13 Thus it has been held that there was a course of dealing where the parties contracted three or four times per month for three years ( Kendall v Lillico ) and where there had been 81 transactions over a period of six years ( SIAT di del Ferro v Tradax Overseas SA [ 1978 ] 2 Lloyd 's Rep 470 ) , but not where there had been only three or four contracts over a five-year period ( Hollier v Rambler Motors ( AMC ) Ltd [ 1972 ] 2 QB 71 ; in addition the alleged course of dealing was not consistent ) .
14 Guido released her and stepped away , and where there 'd been warmth there was suddenly coldness .
15 Taxes Act 1988 , s678 deals with the situation where capital sums are paid by a connected company to the settlor and where there have been associated payments made by the trustees to that company .
16 Despite his claim that he does not make things into ideas but only ideas into things , the feeling remains , as , in effect , Berkeley concedes , that ‘ all that is real and substantial … is banished out of the world ’ , and that everything has been made into ‘ so many chimeras and illusions on the fancy ’ .
17 In the control office the top copies of the waiters ' checks from the kitchen or bar , together with the second copies from the cashiers , are checked against charged bills , duplicates of the paid bills and summary sheets to ensure that the pricing is correct and that everything has been charged .
18 A Scotland Yard spokesman said no disciplinary action had been taken against any officers and that nobody had been suspended .
19 Miss Fergusson had maintained , when they first stood before the haloed mountain , that there were two explanations of everything , that each required the exercise of faith , and that we had been given free will in order that we might choose between them .
20 Much of the general comment has been that quality improvement is just common sense and that we have been doing it all of the time anyway .
21 Local sources insisted that all the dead had been unarmed and that they had been attacked with sharpened spades and a noxious gas , which had itself been responsible for the death of two women .
22 ’ The committee heard evidence from Stemp and from Worcestershire and were satisfied that he had not knowingly taken amphetamines and that they had been administered to him without his knowledge , approval or authority .
23 Oh yes very much so and we 've been these er lots secretaries and presidents and all miners and that they 've been coming up you know and er you had a chat with them and they put us do n't let this happen , do n't let that happen , and make sure that erm you know people do n't suffer and er oh it 's been quite a vast experience for us yeah .
24 If all these are in order than see if anyone has replaced any of the chassis outriggers in the past ( as for the some reason 6 cyl station wagons suffer more than their fair share of chassis rust ) and that they have been replaced accurately .
25 Make sure that they have everything they need and that they have been thoroughly briefed , but do leave them alone to do their job .
26 If there are to be company spokesmen involved in the filming , it is your job to make sure that they are there when they are wanted and that they have been briefed on what to say .
27 Does he agree that such improvements are a key component in a strong economy and that they have been achieved through the Government 's industrial relations laws , which the Opposition parties wish to repeal ?
28 Back at catering HQ Liz ensures that the fridges are locked , that the valves on the washing-up machines are open and that nothing has been left switched on .
29 Something has got to give and that something has been the vast majority of Third World people .
30 Going back along the ditch and down beside the house , she tried to convince herself that no one would have heard her love-shriek , but she was already frightened that they had , and when she tiptoed into the scullery and crossed to her straw pallet in the corner , her fear increased tenfold , for she was immediately certain that the blanket had been moved and that someone had been there in the scullery only minutes before .
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