Example sentences of "have [been] [adv] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Funding of the scheme has been largely by the developers of the Gyle Centre and the Scottish Office . |
| 2 | If this is to happen then there must be far greater participation than there has been hitherto by all members of the school staff in the establishment of general philosophy and purpose of the school . |
| 3 | A certain narrow-mindedness has pervaded studies of electronic information as the focus has been predominately by national archives on the preservation of records about the national governments themselves . |
| 4 | ‘ He should have been here by now , ’ she announced . |
| 5 | Even if there had been three fatal accidents on the Piccadilly line in from Heathrow plus two mechanical failures beyond London Transport 's control , he should have been here by now . |
| 6 | The hysteria in their colleague 's voice would have been enough by itself to ensure their prompt response , but the unmistakable background of gunfire added urgency to the situation . |
| 7 | She knew that her husband would take no risks and yet he should have been home by now . |
| 8 | But he 'd have been home by half-past ten . |
| 9 | It should have been there by now and its non-appearance is a real wind-up . |
| 10 | She should have been there by then . |
| 11 | Dortmund 's less than a hundred miles , mostly by Autobahn , so you could have been there by midnight . |
| 12 | Hell , she ought to have been downstairs by now . |
| 13 | The Georgian military said the Su-25 had attacked several times during Saturday but had been away by anti-aircraft fire . |
| 14 | In the four years they had been separated , she had seen her husband only twice , and both times had been quite by chance . |
| 15 | Whether he had been there by accident or whether he had spotted me arriving and slunk into position I shall never know , but from his point of view the result must have been eminently satisfactory because it was certainly the worst fright I have ever had . |
| 16 | the times I 've been done down in my life it 's been mainly by the white people ! |