Example sentences of "been [adj] [conj] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pig 's range is usually given as Java , Madura and Bawean , but you can subtract Madura now , since that 's been deforested and thus depigged ( de-everythinged , in fact ) . |
| 2 | These are just arbitrary conventions : they could have been different and still remained biologically realistic . |
| 3 | The second group , of those — even including some Party members — who had previously been apathetic or negatively disposed towards the Party , thought that the time had now come when they could air their feelings . |
| 4 | Lady Eleanor would have been comfortable but securely kept , and I would have been happy . ’ |
| 5 | A man of lesser integrity and lesser … care for the welfare of this paper might have been stubborn and even resigned because of so divergent a set of opinions between himself and his proprietor . |
| 6 | It was a very dowdy dress , and old , and it smelled of mothballs and , faintly , of years of perspiration soaked into the fabric , but it had been well and carefully preserved . |
| 7 | It has been long and widely believed that urbanization and industrialization cause large increases in crime . |
| 8 | Although the story has been long and widely recounted ( John Prebble 's heartbreaking book , Culloden , brings the event to life ) , nothing compares with walking the field , seeing the small cairns marking where clansmen fell , measuring the rides of the horse-troops . |
| 9 | But these early models , though ingenious , were no real threat to skilled hand composition , and their use seems to have been sporadic and eventually abandoned . |
| 10 | Its refurbishment of industrial units in the docks has been successful and well received ( Parkinson and Evans , 1990 ) . |
| 11 | If I 'd been fitter and actually lived in London it would n't have been a problem but spending 24 hours a week in heavy traffic , being away from home and missing out on spending time with my children just got me down . |
| 12 | If I 'd been fitter and actually lived in London it would n't have been a problem but spending 24 hours a week in heavy traffic , being away from home and missing out on spending time with my children just got me down . |
| 13 | They may not have been famous , but their contributions have been vital and never forgotten . |
| 14 | Clinically proven and truly hypoallergenic , Sun E45 comes in a range of three high protection factors , all of which have been allergy-screened and dermatologically tested and are perfume free . |
| 15 | She said she 'd been terrified but somehow managed to keep calm . |
| 16 | An aid workers says her mother may have been scared or even lost patience . |