Example sentences of "been [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I saw that sort you 've been knocking about with last night . |
| 2 | However , it is interesting to note that some of the most serious programmes in this field have been carried out in Third World countries . |
| 3 | Several racecourses would like to stage more Sunday meetings but so far no fixtures ( apart from a point-to-point ) have been drawn up for next year . |
| 4 | There are a number of problems caused by a protracted campaign — and arguably , this election has been going on since last autumn when everyone started wondering whether Major could pull it off . |
| 5 | Talks have been going on since last night and the former Celtic and Manchester United star is set to travel north to sort out the details of his contract . |
| 6 | It 's still , it 's been , in the first two months it 's been going down on last year in volume terms . |
| 7 | The Mayor of Bedford for the time being was always to be an additional director and at the time of the meeting the Mayor was John Wing , who had been sworn in on 29th September 1793 , and served for one year , after which he remained as one of the aldermen . |
| 8 | Literally billions have been smuggled out of Third World countries to Western banks , often in suitcases . |
| 9 | The action had been struck out at first instance , an appeal to the Court of Appeal had failed but a petition for leave to appeal to the House of Lords was still pending . |
| 10 | The game has been put back from next Tuesday because of the Old Trafford second leg . |
| 11 | Currencies levels in Table 3 have been taken back to 28th September 1990 , with a view to highlighting what has been a roller coaster ride on the dollar and a drift against most Continental currencies up to June 1992 ; this was then followed by a movement often characterised as ‘ dropping off the edge of a cliff ’ , when sterling left the ERM . |
| 12 | After serving an apprenticeship in Formula Three , he had recently been signed up as second driver by Dalgety , a leading Formula One team . |
| 13 | The leg spinner Peter Sleep , the all-rounder Tom Moody and Carl Rackemann have been left out of next week 's squad for the one-day tournament against Sri Lanka and Pakistan . |
| 14 | Well that , that 's why I think I went down so hard when I did n't get that job cos she said , I , I took , I took the erm , I went , I was the first , to go , first of all I did n't put in for this job it 's one that 's been laying around since last September , I wrote to , kept to St. Mary 's for this mental health thing and I got in touch with this Mrs and she said I 've got nothing I can offer you at the moment but I , I will be in touch and I went down the job centre one day and erm , there was this thing to say that they wanted mental nurses |
| 15 | There were supposed irregularities in the cheques , some of which had been endorsed over to third parties allegedly in breach of authority , so the administrators issued but did not serve a protective writ . |
| 16 | Party workers have been rallying around since last Thursday night 's arson attack which caused tens of thousands worth of damage . |
| 17 | In return the Americans this month unblocked $5m in military aid that had been held up after last year 's arrests . |