Example sentences of "[been] [prep] several " in BNC.
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| 1 | The car has been through several variations of engine size , but now like an ageing but still beautiful dowager , repeated facelifts can no longer wholly hide the ravages of time and progress . ’ |
| 2 | The general rule here is that dukes are a better topic than baronets , especially dukes who have been through several expensive duchesses ( you can never have enough ex- duchesses ) . |
| 3 | ‘ I know David and Cath were planning a normal family Christmas at home , the way it has been for several years , ’ Mrs Smith said . |
| 4 | ‘ I know David and Cath were planning a normal family Christmas at home , the way it has been for several years . |
| 5 | The drug AZT , an inhibitor of DNA synthesis , has been for several years the only treatment for those with symptoms of overt AIDS . |
| 6 | The later books are in large measure accurately described , and the experience of the assimilated Jew in Italy , where the Jews came to harm under Mussolini but where they were never the strangers they have been in several other countries , is summarised in a well-informed and pertinent fashion . |
| 7 | When the incident had been over several minutes , Robert appeared , flustered because Lionel was not yet ready . |
| 8 | Beryl Davies has been to several meetings of the Shropshire A. S. M. group . |
| 9 | A disgruntled father whose two sons have been on several skiing fortnights feels school trips are run primarily for the teachers ' convenience . |
| 10 | ( Everyone is someone 's cousin in Bala , and a great help it has been on several occasions . ) |
| 11 | Will discussion of reform then be remitted , as it has been on several occasions from 1916 onwards , to a Speaker 's Conference ? |
| 12 | It 's been on several days recently . |
| 13 | In 1944 the Ingushis and the Chechens had been among several ethnic groups charged en masse with collaborating with the Nazi German invaders and deported to Central Asia . |