Example sentences of "been [verb] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it is because the fishermen have been demonstrating so much recently that they have not been catching so much fish . ’ |
| 2 | The aircraft had been flown already that day , before refuelling for Herr Hess 's trip , and the motor was still warm . |
| 3 | You 've just been seeing too many films . |
| 4 | During the 20th century the average person in Western society has been eating too much fat and too little fibre . |
| 5 | For example , the late John Strachey , former Minister of Food , used to contend that had the notorious African Ground Nuts Scheme been placed just 30 miles to the West of the site chosen in Tanganyika ( now Tanzania ) , the climate differed just sufficiently there that all would have been well . |
| 6 | The spotted mare came from Billy Smart 's and jumps a flaming hoop suspended at five feet , the chestnut in the horsebox is an ex-hunter who once belonged to the Duke of Beaufort , this one I 'm holding has been placed twice round Badminton , and Hoomey 's — ’ |
| 7 | Getting prisoners to realise there are people worse off than themselves , is the main idea behind a 3-day event at Stoke Mandeville. 30 of them have been helping mentally handicapped people of all ages simply to enjoy themselves . |
| 8 | The amplifier will then have been adjusted so that zero field corresponds to zero output , the first step in achieving calibration . |
| 9 | Clerk of the course Nick Lees said : ‘ It has been raining heavily all day and we had no option but to abandon the meeting . ’ |
| 10 | Tax sensitive decisions will have been explained thus improving client liaison . |
| 11 | At breakfast , I had been given freshly home-made bread , and I felt at peace with the world . |
| 12 | Again we have been given right royal treatment by a preserved railway , following our wonderful trip to the Llangollen last year . |
| 13 | Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension . |
| 14 | This debate , which essentially arises out of the Piper Alpha disaster , has been given even greater poignancy due to the reports that we have received of a major explosion at Grangemouth . |
| 15 | The Harris family had been given just two weeks to find eight thousand pounds in mortgage arrears . |
| 16 | Yet these men and women are well off compared to their counterparts in Ghana where subject teams had been given just nine months to produce new curriculum plans and to launch a new series of materials to fit a ‘ new content and structure of education ’ announced by the cabinet . |
| 17 | The attitudinal function has been given so much importance in past work on intonation that it will be discussed separately in this chapter , though it should eventually become clear that it overlaps considerably with the discourse function . |
| 18 | Seldom can a chancellor have been given so much advice , some of it sought , some of it gratuitous — and , as is the way with this subject , much of it conflicting . |
| 19 | Seldom can a chancellor have been given so much advice , some of it sought , some of it gratuitous — and , as is the way with this subject , much of it conflicting . |
| 20 | He had been given so many things to digest , not the least that it was possible Celia might have a father still living . |
| 21 | Never before had anyone in Europe been given so many transplants : |
| 22 | ‘ As rural communities have become increasingly marginal to national economies they have been given less political priority … |
| 23 | At the back of his mind was the fear that he had been given too much air , that his lungs could not sustain the pressure , that they would collapse as Commander Barnwell 's had collapsed . |
| 24 | It is a pity but my father , Elfed , has been given very little credit in articles and books . |
| 25 | I think to be honest to you , the the have been given very little guidance , she does n't understand what 's supposed to happen |
| 26 | THE ROW over the closure of Strathclyde outdoor centres worsened yesterday when an education official admitted that teachers at one centre had been given only eight days ' warning that they faced losing their posts . |
| 27 | But there is rich compensation in Barbara Jefford 's magnificent Volumnia : why has this superb actress been given only two roles by the RSC in 30 years ? |
| 28 | In fact , it would appear that other aspects of the new curriculum , and in particular the National Curriculum , have been given more immediate priority , although the National Curriculum Council has issued some guidance on multicultural education and linguistic diversity . |
| 29 | NORWICH CITY 'S leadership of the Premier League has been given more last rites than Eldorado , and they were fortunate not to come unstuck against El Tel . |
| 30 | The events of 1909–11 have been given comparatively lengthy attention . |