Example sentences of "been [vb pp] and i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An East and West Association had been formed and I took an early opportunity of asking if I might address it . |
| 2 | The night before one double and four other fish had been caught and I think this could be where the answer lies . |
| 3 | A septic tank has already been installed and I have a quotation — amounting to some thousands of pounds , I 'm afraid — to drill for water . |
| 4 | Er a a and with a family row in in it as well you can imagine the work involved was a bit more than initially might have been expected and I got criticized because the bill was bigger than I had first estimated cos I did n't expect there 'd be trouble from the father . |
| 5 | Er and seek good qualified er Consultants to carry out the work which could be deliberated on by the various Committees of the County Council and the District and that work has been done and I think if I saw anything Chairman from the meeting on the twenty second of December at St Albans , it was that form very first time three political parties took up the policy and they started to address particular issues er er er we believe less measures partaken . |
| 6 | So far wheels , frame and chimney have been built and I believe that progress has been made on the boiler . |
| 7 | I also give a guarantee that it is n't just a one off situation , meeting we all go away and forget about what we 've said I can assure you that wo n't happen minutes have been taken and and what 's been said this evening that will be conveyed to the management committee meeting the board meeting and I think we need to look very clearly at a very closely what 's been said and respond to what 's been said and I think that it 's been suggested also raised this evening about having a further meeting to report back and say erm this has been said this is our response . |
| 8 | I think erm most of the points as I 've said before , have probably been made and I do n't want to make them any more but I would just make one other when we 're talking about means tested it 's interesting that you 're advocating means testing in that way . |
| 9 | In those days the final link in the Iceland circle road had not been made and I needed a plane , bound for Fagurhólsmýri , to reach the National park . |
| 10 | This undemanding life-cycle had never been disrupted and I read the new lecture list partly just out of habit and partly for the simple pleasure of seeing my name in print . |
| 11 | All but two of them had been abused and I remember one girl saying to me , ‘ By the time I was nine I knew what it was all about . ’ |
| 12 | Reverend thought oh yes he 'd be very very glad of you , so he said I 'd be prepared to visit the sick , I 'd do anything like that and he did in fact start doing some visiting , and among other people that he called upon was a person living in Road , not very far really from where I 'd been born and I knew the area well . |
| 13 | Just one suggestion worth mentioning erm one of those the er one on employment industry and commerce has now been printed and has been distributed and I hope that all members have now received . |
| 14 | Barely six months earlier , however , another trap had been laid and I had fallen into it with a resounding thud . |
| 15 | The cous cousins Margaret and Joan have been found and I told you we found Tony while we were still on with Malcolm who was looking for him . |
| 16 | Other interested parties hvae been notified and I await their replies . |
| 17 | When I came over here , I knew what the LH and the Grand Cherokee were , but they had not been introduced and I had n't driven them . |
| 18 | The crossrail Bill has been introduced and I have no doubt that it will be taken forward with all proper expedition . |
| 19 | ‘ Everything 's been apologised and I mean there was nothing serious happened . ’ |
| 20 | It was the first time that the men 's and women 's championships had been combined and I think that Marea Hartmann , the Secretary , was trying to drum up publicity for her side of the event . |
| 21 | We have a different role , but nevertheless and even , an important one is perhaps in even looking further ahead than the Emergency Planning and therefore I would support er in being brief I would support very much erm Mr 's er motion if you can call it a motion which has been seconded and I hope that other members will will agree that erm we can pass this on to the Chief Executive who obviously will be doing this in any case , but it would give er a a an added er measure if you like er I 'm talking in terms of member involvement in pressing for er a wider look of what has happened after this sad flood has been dealt with . |
| 22 | water had been taken and I curse those |
| 23 | After the original hearing Jones said : ‘ The decision has been taken and I want to get it over with . |
| 24 | I will give back give back the books that have been signed and I want you in the the section of I just want to point out one or two things before we go on to the next . |
| 25 | Er Chairman this , this matter has caused great concern in Bungay I can tell you , I went to the Bungay town meeting last night and they were absolutely horrified at the way this has been handled and I have to apologize on behalf of the , of the County Council . |
| 26 | Er we had er buy a bucket of water campaign and we did erm er you know I , we went in local shops selling little stickers and it all went to and the wells have been dug and I believe Afghanistan has got wells that have been dug with , through the er Womens ' Guild . |
| 27 | ‘ I have always been determined and I think that helped to get me through . ’ |
| 28 | Well , well I think I would , I would rath it I mean i it they 've got the responsibility to whistle blow now , you know , professional they 've got , er you know , they 're they these are professionals and they should , they should whistle blow and I mean Maxwell is a perfect example of how nobody , nobody blew the whistle and if you read through the writs , those lots of these people knew what were what was happening an and the whistle should have been blown and I see no reason why the why the pension regulator is going to get any different , different response and also I mean really these people are being in many cases given by th given information by their clients , you know , and I think it 's a very difficult situation to turn round to , to somebody like Mr Maxwell and say well look I 'm terribly sorry Mr Maxwell , we 're going to report you to the pensions regulator , you know and I think that , that er you will just find that that I just do n't feel that the pension regulator in , in that respect , I mean I , I think that I might like to if Peter suggested a pension fraud squad that , that had a open telephone line and the same sort of er powers as the Serious Fraud Office you know , so that if er anybody in a pension fund could , could ring a number and er and people absolutely descended th that , I mean they ge they say somewhere in the report that the pension regulator is going to have er powers and monies to do spot checks . |
| 29 | Many of the applicants who had looked suitable had been rejected and I deduced that I had been selected because I had not tried to glamorise my life history , and because I was medically and physically fit . |
| 30 | The best of Assynt , however , lies between this road and the coast , and my preference is always to turn off the A.894 two miles out of Kylesku and go along a narrow road that has never been improved and I hope never will . |