Example sentences of "been [prep] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the triple junctions identified in Africa , including those along the continental margin as well as those in the interior , have variously evolved by spreading along one , two or all three rift arms , the most common sequence has been for one arm to remain inactive and form an aulacogen , with spreading occurring along the other two ( Fig. 4.13 ) . |
| 2 | The fourteen-gallon tank had been about one quarter full of fuel , and both it and a second partially-filled tank were each found to contain over a quarter of a pint of water , the result of condensation forming in the tanks over a six-day period . |
| 3 | Phone in one hand , and sandwich in the other , that 's Linda , but she tells me she 's a good cook , and erm , she 's also told me there 's only , she 's only ever been with one guy in her life , |
| 4 | T.4 WJ866 , having been with 231 OCU until transfer to the Navy in 1969 , was borrowed from FRADU at Yeovilton in the mid-1980s to ease the shortage of T.4s . |
| 5 | The impact has not been in one direction only : the political culture has served to shape political perceptions and actions , and hence to influence the nation 's political history . |
| 6 | My aim has been in one respect identical to Paley 's aim . |
| 7 | Ballistics experts proved the pellets had been from two air rifles found in Dines ' car . |
| 8 | They say that hunting 's for er er human pleasure , er , I mean personally I 've only been to one hunt , and I do n't see what all the the , the , the , the trouble 's about because the huntsman is only a spectator , it 's the hounds that are hunting the fox and it is to keep the foxes down . |
| 9 | We 've been to one town where many have closed down , and others are struggling to keep their heads above water … |
| 10 | According to a friend Patricia had been to two fortune tellers recently . |
| 11 | Tony Ward , spokesman for the British Athletic Federation , said : ‘ Joan has been to two world and two European Championships and one Olympics . |
| 12 | He 's been to three World Cups and one European Championship — that record is there for everyone to see . |
| 13 | And then she 's been average on the last three or four months she 's been on eight stone . |
| 14 | He had been on one knee , but had risen to " attention " and then fallen , expiring without a word or groan , or any valedictory comments whatsoever . |
| 15 | Martin was for some years tutor to the MacLeods of Skye , and had also been at one time a scholar at Leiden University in the Netherlands . |
| 16 | It is said to have been at one time the world 's largest spinning mill under one roof . |
| 17 | Before the jury was sworn the judge was asked to hear evidence from two of the prosecution witnesses on the existence and whereabouts of evidence believed to have been at one time in existence and of relevance to the case and possible use to the Defence . |
| 18 | It had been at one time , going back over a hundred and fifty years , it had been what they called a combination poorhouse . |
| 19 | There are currently 17 expeditions on Everest — the most there has ever been at one time . |
| 20 | Well it would have been at one time . |
| 21 | All the dancing that she had ever done had been at three school dances , and in sessions for instruction in the art of the polka , the mazurka , and the tarantella , and she did not think they would be much help to her now . |
| 22 | The Morley/Penman project had a negative thrust — ‘ rockist ’ duly became a term of abuse as casually applied by pop fans as ‘ selling out ’ had been by 1960s rock fans — but its tone was relentlessly optimistic and Morley was duly rewarded for his faith in market forces ( and in Dollar in particular ) by being invited into Trevor Horn 's record label plans . |