Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [adv prt] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 All being well , the skies will part once or twice during the festival — only the second time the event has been out in the open air .
2 But mostly it was directed towards herself , and whatever it was in her that seemed to respond to some call given out by the least suitable of men ; despite what she 'd been through in the past couple of years she appeared to have learned precisely nothing .
3 I suspect , though , there can be no doubt about which side she would have been on in the public debate about fox-hunting prompted by last week 's Private Member 's Bill .
4 Since I 've understood what management was about — I suppose that must have been back in the early 1950s — I 've had the philosophy that if I go into a job I must do it better than the bloke who 's been doing it before me .
5 Chairman John McBaine , passing sentence , labelled it a ‘ tragic case ’ , adding it was difficult to realise what suffering Lee had been through in the last few months .
6 She knew that her presence and unwavering support was as important to the outcome as all the physical and psychological preparation that Lennox had been through in the past few months .
7 I said three flights that I 've been on in the last fortnight .
8 ‘ No one knows what I 've been through in the last 12 months , ’ he said .
9 What we 've been through in the last few years has brought us a lot closer , and that 's part of the reason I 'm getting out of the rat race of international cricket … certainly for a few years , anyway .
10 Chairman before before you do finally er pack your bag and zoom off back to wherever it is you 're going , could I on behalf of the county council and all of our participants here today and those who 've been around in the last fortnight thank you and Miss Whittaker and your assistant able assistants er Mrs Binns and Dave in the programme office for the sterling work they 've done .
11 So erm yes I think everybody 's very very disappointed as I think we probably heard with Paul Simpson because United certainly in my books , played some of the best football I 've seen them play since they 've been back in the second division in the erm first half , but really did let things slip away a little bit in the second .
12 While I 've been out in the fresh air enjoying myself she 's been stuck in this featureless boarding house , wondering if I 'll ever come back .
13 For the last three days ten novice sailors have been out in the Western Approaches , sailing in winds of 40 knots or more through occasional sleet showers .
14 Well Peter , I 'd I 'd love to say yes , as you know , but erm they 've gone to Swindon the last two years since United have been back in the second division , and really they 've performed dismally .
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