Example sentences of "been [adj] [adj] [noun] and " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | However , the patterns of species diversity do not coincide with those of endemism and one of the present ‘ refugia ’ seems to have been underwater 5000 BP and its endemism must have arisen subsequently . |
| 2 | I think prob problems of identification have n't really been right this time and we made a point a clear point this time with a note to people , if they were n't sure , to make comments on the books . |
| 3 | ‘ Two games against Barnsley have been tight this season and we must be on our guard . |
| 4 | Mind I 've been cold all night and I 'm cold now . |
| 5 | They came complete with miniature versions of themselves , flawlessly self-assured offspring called Ben , Simon , Emma and Kate , who had been breast-fed dry sherry and even drier wit . |
| 6 | It has n't been good all week and that 's not fair , ’ said George . |
| 7 | She had been awake all night and was looking forward to taking a nap . |
| 8 | I 've been awake all night and I 've got a hell of a day ahead , meetings from morning till night . ’ |
| 9 | Lord , she 'd been awake ten minutes and already they were at each other 's throats ! |
| 10 | They had been married fourteen years and there were four strapping children . |
| 11 | In actual fact your Pete and Margaret have moved more , in the twelve years that they were married , I know they 've been married longer now , but when , th they been married twelve years and they moved four times , |
| 12 | The trip had also offered temporary escape from her mother 's pointed reminiscences that when she was Polly 's age she had already been married two years and was preparing for the birth of her first child . |
| 13 | Indeed , when I visited the Pride Club recently , I got talking to a gay man who had been present that night and remembered it with anger and disgust . |
| 14 | The unrestricted interchange of 16 players — with 11 on the field at one time — has been experimental this season and will apply to all age groups , men and women . |
| 15 | Recently , there has been considerable national publicity and extensive media coverage demonstrating increasing public concern about self-medication , and about the adverse effects of ‘ multi-prescription ’ . |
| 16 | We , we need the younger blood because you , you talk and say well how are you and oh my leg 's bad , my leg 's been dreadful this week and you ca n't very well ask these people to go campaigning on the streets , can you ? |
| 17 | The crew had been busy running cargo and vehicles on a waterborne Main Supply Route until just after midnight . |
| 18 | So great is the slaughter that there has been enormous public concern and since 1978 my colleagues and I have studied the effect of road casualties on the toads that breed in the lake at Llandrindod Wells , in mid-Wales . |
| 19 | There had been intermittent heavy firing and tank movements around the presidential palace since the previous night , reportedly by dissident officers seeking to prevent Tesfaye Gebre Kidan from ordering a unilateral ceasefire — which he in fact did that evening . |
| 20 | Fernando 's escaladun had been wonderful last night and not direct from the freezer . |
| 21 | I now realised that there must have been other little gaps and vacancies about the house but , between the tablets and the total absence of any careless talk , I had wiped the whole unfortunate episode right out of my head … |
| 22 | Her window had been wide all night and as she got out of bed she looked down on the dusty heads of trees where sparrows were fussing . |
| 23 | Collins ' form has been as stable as his club 's progress has been erratic this season and the player feels he should have represented his country more often than he has done . |