Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] been [adj] in [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then , those few of Elise 's men friends whom Merrill had met had all been charismatic in one way or another . |
| 2 | Japan had already been victorious in two major wars , against China in 1894–5 and Russia in 1904–5 ; she was a world power and possessor of colonies . |
| 3 | The institutional , legal and procedural definition of convocation had not been clear in 1307 nor was it finally resolved by 1327 : the clergy were struggling to free themselves from the enveloping quicksand of parliament , the king 's high court , and to reach the firm ground of an autonomous clerical assembly , no part of the king 's court ( with all that that implied ) and free from the intimidating presence , or intrusion , of those royal councillors who were laymen . |
| 4 | The jury had heard during the four-day trial that Daly and Welshman Artro Davies , of Maes Dulyn , Penygroes , had earlier been involved in two scuffles in a local pub . |
| 5 | ‘ Come on now , ye 've never been late in 30 year at the lightin' . |
| 6 | In Type I disease , the calves have usually been set-stocked in one area for several moths ; in contrast , Type II disease often has a typical history of calves being grazed on a field from spring to mid-summer , then moved and brought back to the original field in the autumn . |
| 7 | But the links have commonly been flawed in two ways : they have involved little risk of penalty for poor performance ; and they have been tied to short-term measures ( generally year-by-year ) . |