Example sentences of "been [adj] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wondered whether he 'd been asleep for a while , or just deep in thought . |
| 2 | She felt heavy-lidded and drowsy , as if she had been asleep for a week . |
| 3 | I 've been asleep for an hour . |
| 4 | I had been poorly for a while and could n't eat and the doctor thought it may be appendicitis so he sent me to Darlington Hospital . |
| 5 | It would have been opportune for the committee to examine the whole purpose and function of A levels , to see whether they were needed at all ; or whether , if retained , they should be radically changed . |
| 6 | Newark 's recently-completed Avro Anson C.19 VL348 has been short-listed for an award in the Scania Transport Trust Award Scheme . |
| 7 | Britain 's best performance was produced by Paul Evans , the Barcelona Olympics reserve , who finished fifth in 2–10–36 , 13 places ahead of Steve Brace ( 2–14–11 ) , who has been pre-selected for the Games . |
| 8 | the cabin is smart and modern , and the panel well-stocked … but we would have been grateful for an autopilot . |
| 9 | We have also been grateful for the messages of sympathy from people who did not know Paul but were moved by the manner of his death . |
| 10 | In certain circumstances it might have been preferable for a beneficiary to have a real action , in which case he would press for interpretation as a legacy . |
| 11 | Without this control it would have been possible for a Committee with a bondholding minority to make bad decisions to the cost of the Bondholders . |
| 12 | If it had been possible for a bird to stop still with surprise in the air , and stay exactly where it was , that rook would have done it then . |
| 13 | Under these circumstances , it would have been possible for a ship sailing south from Thera to dock at Dia , unload and set sail again for destinations to the east or west . |
| 14 | It would even have been possible for the Secretary of State to have a reserve power to insist on ever more names from which to choose . |
| 15 | It would not have been possible for the Government of 1945-51 to get through the legislation if they had faced the delaying tactics that have characterised the progress of Bills in the past 11 to 12 years . |
| 16 | Can he give the House any information about how it has been possible for the NHS , which is supposedly starved of funds , to find the money to buy that hospital ? |
| 17 | So it would have been possible for the GMC to try to challenge the basis of clinical ecology . |
| 18 | If the joint tenancy between the husband and wife has been severed , it will have been possible for the husband to mortgage his own share or settle it upon certain trusts . |
| 19 | A text frequently has a much wider variety of interpretations imposed upon it by analysts studying it at their leisure , than would ever have been possible for the participants in the communicative interaction which gives rise to the ‘ text ’ . |
| 20 | If , because of confidentiality or for other reasons , it has not been possible for the seller to make all enquiries that it otherwise would , the seller would be well advised to stipulate in the contract or disclosure letter what enquiries have been made . |
| 21 | Suffice it to say that I find that had those alterations not been carried out when they were , it would not have been possible for the plaintiff to be discharged from Hunstead Park in May of nineteen ninety since her home would not have been suitable for her . |
| 22 | They ca n't but they , it should , it should have been possible for the councils to have I do n't know it , it it seems I , I put it down , I remember walking up and down on the beach with John about eight weeks ago was it ? |
| 23 | At other times it has been possible for an individual to bring foreign coins or bullion to the mint and receive it back as coinage ( minus a fee ) . |
| 24 | The last few years have been rocky for the heir to the Blenheim Palace estate . |
| 25 | ‘ Neither the inspections detailed in the approved maintenance schedule nor those recommended by the manufacturer were adequate to detect partial cracks [ which had existed for about 7100 flights ] in the horizontal stabiliser rear spar top chord but would probably have been adequate for the detection of a completely fractured top chord . ’ |
| 26 | The occurrence turned out to be a public demonstration of the skills and professionalism of the railway and a visitor remarked that it could not have been improved upon had it been stage-managed for the Gala . |
| 27 | She said the house had been damp for a year and she had complained to the council on numerous occasions . |
| 28 | It must have been distasteful for a man whose principles were always of the very highest . |
| 29 | Whilst it would have been sensible for the remit to have been reviewed at time the organisation was created , we acknowledge the political realities that existed . |
| 30 | These lakes have never been landlord lakes — the fishing has always been free for the people . |