Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [verb] a very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He or she has been eating a very large quantity of food and has recently embarked on a calorie-counting slimming programme . |
| 2 | ‘ Louise has been doing a very limited amount of training because of her exams , ’ said Charles Stuart , her father and coach . |
| 3 | Thus from a very narrow and restricted expression there has been drawn a very wide and unrestricted principle , all based on the assumed purpose of Parliament and the perceived absurdity of seeking to effect it by the language in which Parliament actually chose to express it . |
| 4 | Even ( some might say especially ) in purely trading terms , Britain has been paying a very high price for her membership of the EEC . |
| 5 | In my view this case provides a dramatic vindication of the decision to consult Hansard ; had your Lordships not agreed to do so the result would have been to place a very heavy burden of taxation upon a large number of persons which Parliament never intended to impose . |
| 6 | With 20 : 20 vision , hindsight is very easy , but if only some of the things that are now happening at Asfordby had been accepted more readily a few years ago , we might well have been having a very different debate today . |
| 7 | Before the first day of the project , both groups had been given a very general outline of the activities in which they would be involved . |
| 8 | His eyes seemed to fasten on her immediately and Maggie had the irritated feeling that he had been given a very uncomplimentary description of her . |
| 9 | I had been given a very short time to assimilate the books of poetry and to write the review : a time-limit that would have been almost impossible for me to meet today , so much more sluggish has my mind become ; but I felt that if Eliot thought I could do the job , it was doubtless within my capacity . |
| 10 | Even though they were retired , they had been leading a very active life . |
| 11 | The poster had been pinned onto a large wooden board to the top of which had been affixed a very small Lebanese flag . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been sent a very favourable letter from the council and there now looks to be no problems on that score , ’ added Deakin . |
| 13 | ‘ We have been getting a very positive response , ’ she says . |
| 14 | Like all other departments we have been established a very long time and therefore have the experience and the knowledge in dealing with lettings . |