Example sentences of "[verb] been [vb pp] [adv prt] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The play has been presented down the years by impresario Sir Peter Saunders , who has seen all or some of it nearly 500 times . |
| 2 | The linoleum tiles in the middle area of the floor were rimmed by some new type of carpet , there was a false ceiling and false blinds had been hung on the walls . |
| 3 | She said how the old people 's sitting room had been livened up when a few pictures of old Barnsley had been hung on the walls . |
| 4 | A plaque had been hung on the gates : ‘ Fierce Dog — Beware ’ . |
| 5 | Parole was not a new idea , having existed in parts of the United States since early in the twentieth century , and had been canvassed down the years . |
| 6 | But Coun. Nicholas Thorne-Wallis ( Lab ) , chairman , said that no final decision had been taken over the proposals and Coun. Mrs Rose Davison ( Lab ) called for more options to be considered by the council . |
| 7 | As soon as these orders had been carried out the prisoners started to leave . |
| 8 | There and in its environs , this week , have been played out the shows of Kenneth Baker as Kenneth Branagh , Michael Heseltine as Alvin Stardust , and Geoffrey Howe as Geoffrey Howe . |
| 9 | Technological developments have been used down the ages to fragment jobs and de-skill workers , they claim . |
| 10 | After it 's been dished out the paymasters ride on to take the pay to the men cutting down the forest . |