Example sentences of "[adv] been [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This family was the second detected and our practice has since been modified to make a disclosure no sooner than 6 weeks . |
| 2 | Abnormal fibrous tissue overgrowth has long been known to affect a number of widely separate organ systems . |
| 3 | Defective cell adhesion has long been thought to play a part in the invasive and metastatic behaviour of neoplastic cells . |
| 4 | Painting has all been achieved using a roller with a mixture prepared by a Derby company . |
| 5 | Afterwards , he expressed surprise that the Post Office had not been invited to send a representative . |
| 6 | As a consequence the BBC have not been invited to make a bid . |
| 7 | Some people tend to use the arrowed direction keys too much and neglect the more powerful methods available , especially if they have not been trained to use a word processor . |
| 8 | Regardless of the cell populations involved , Beguinot et al and our own finding that liadin derived peptides stimulate adenylate cyclase activity in small intestinal mucosa homogenates from patients who have not been treated suggests a role for cAMP in the pathophysiological processes of coeliac disease . |
| 9 | By a series of Acts ranging from 1907 to 1960 exceptions had already been made permitting a man to marry his deceased or divorced wife 's sister or half-sister , his niece by marriage or his aunt by marriage ; and a woman may marry her deceased or divorced husband 's brother or half-brother . |
| 10 | Skills learned in decommissioning AEA 's own facilities , at sites from Winfrith in Dorset to Dounreay in Scotland , have already been used to assist a number of pharmaceutical organisation in planning and implementing their own decommissioning operations . |
| 11 | Her musical career continues — she has just been asked to write a song for a new album by Belinda Carlisle . |
| 12 | Brosnan has just been asked to adorn a Birmingham building with his burnished , living metal . |
| 13 | He 'd just been trying to squeeze a split-shot on to his line and it had popped out of his fingers . |
| 14 | I 've was just I heard erm how Lord Jonathan has just been become become a pier or something . |
| 15 | Since the demise of the punch-card system for entering commands this has normally been undertaken using a keyboard and a screen driven by a cathode ray tube ( CRT ) or liquid crystal display ( LCD ) , although voice entry of data and touch screens have also been used . |
| 16 | Jaq , for his part , wondered whether he too was merely an iota , or had genuinely been promoted to become a moulder of destiny . |
| 17 | Have you ever been tempted to put a couple of booby trap techniques in there on purpose , just to screw up the poor guy transcribing it ? |
| 18 | Potato washing was an entirely new pattern of behaviour ; no macaque had ever been seen washing a potato before . |
| 19 | Plans have also been made to hold a domino drive on April 3 at 7.30pm . |
| 20 | Not surprisingly , given the sensitivity to arousal , life events have also been found to play a role in bringing about an acute relapse . |
| 21 | Major items from the collection have now been chosen to form a travelling exhibition , which moves to the Metropolitan Museum in New York from 20 May ( until 12 July ) after shows at San Francisco 's Asian Art Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago . |
| 22 | Humpback whales have even been seen to weave a snare of air-bubbles — a bubble net . |
| 23 | The plaintiff 's former employee was very familiar with the interface element ( known as " Adapter " ) which was part of the plaintiff 's " CA-Scheduler " program and had even been allowed to take a copy of the " Adapter " source code home whilst working on it . |
| 24 | The problem with a literal approach is that it has frequently been used to persuade a court that wholly unlikely consequences might arise and that the court should , in the light of those consequences conclude that the restraint is unreasonable . |
| 25 | ‘ He spends all day in his room and has n't been heard to say a word to anyone . |
| 26 | The simple fact remains , he 's never yet been known to miss a meal . |
| 27 | Mr Morton said : ‘ The fact that the so-called Camilla-gate tapes have not yet been published remains a sword of Damocles hanging over Prince Charles 's head and could certainly damage his position . ’ |
| 28 | Capsaicin sensitive afference neurones have previously been reported to play a prt in gastric mucosal protection . |
| 29 | In the main , the college has produced little radical comment or research of note during the four decades of its existence , for the various chief officers have jealously ensured that any consolidation of ideological excellence at this location has been neutered , and under Home Office direction its senior courses have primarily been used to provide a stream of suitably acquiescent candidates for the ACPO ranks , who readily take on the symbols and metaphors of dominance which feed the appetite for power Stead warns against . |
| 30 | He always charged the full 33.3% fee , however enormous the successful candidate 's remuneration — a policy shared by Gerry Roche — to the extent that Byrne quoted an observer as saying ‘ he has never been known to leave a nickel on the table ’ . |