Example sentences of "[verb] been [verb] some [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , a child who has been receiving some form of individual help from a clinician , teacher or parent , might be expected to show the effects of that treatment and a comparison of changes over time on the basis of formal assessments would be an appropriate way of obtaining relevant information . |
| 2 | It is possible to think that this plebeian has been lent some part of Naipaul 's aristocratic fastidiousness , some part of his hostility , while also suffering the consequences of an exposure to these qualities , and to recall that both Ahmed and the author of An Area of Darkness are preoccupied with the hanks of human shit that litter certain landscapes . |
| 3 | Obviously he 'd been doing some kind of a finance deal ; setting up a takeover ; and he 'd lifted some off the top for himself . ’ |
| 4 | Although there may have been surviving some notion of the tradition of ordered government from the ancient world , in actuality Rome had no strong , centralized government since classical times . |
| 5 | It is very easy to get involved in discussing whether Olive ought to have been given some knowledge of French wines before George moved , or perhaps persuaded to move to the city along with him . |
| 6 | Erm which would give you some contact with erm , er you know people who 'd er er just come out of prison or , or you know had been serving some sort of sentence or other , you know , maybe not a custodial one or something . |
| 7 | It is understood that the deal had been held up by the Bank of England which had been seeking some form of ‘ comfort ’ from Bank of Edinburgh 's largest minority shareholder , Scottish Amicable , with 39.2 per cent , effectively asking it to stand behind depositors and take a more active role . |
| 8 | It would be just like Sipotai to attempt overwhelming force , and he had been expecting some kind of reaction ever since he had issued the order for Vortai 's herds to be culled . |
| 9 | Mala , who had been doing some thinking of her own , looked at me uneasily . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , George O'Dowd , the former Blitz cloakroom attendant , had been making some progress of his own towards the altar of fame . |
| 11 | When people thought that the difficulty had been the credit firm 's fault , about half said that the company had made some mistake — such as claiming that arrears were owed , when in fact payments were up to date ; about half said they had been refused some type of credit which they had applied for . |
| 12 | He felt sure the man had been paid some sort of allowance for putting him up , but it did n't look as if any of it was going to be spent on food . |
| 13 | gone to their GP 's , and often have been given some sort of medicine for their depression but have n't had the counselling side of things dealt with and they 've just been given re-prescriptions , not necessarily seen every time for a re-prescription . |
| 14 | FOLLOWING the article by Warren Bagust on the raw deal David Gower has been given by the England selectors ( WCM Sept ) , I have been doing some research of my own on the relative merits of David Gower and Graham Gooch as batsmen and as captains of England . |
| 15 | I daresay she 's been drinking some concoction of raspberry leaves and pennyroyal . |
| 16 | It 's obvious that he 's been sent some kind of message , and I believe in these things . |