Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] have [been] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is worth noting that although the product is only just released commercially I have been using an ‘ engineering ’ version on the PC for some two months while the actual review tests were done on a genuine US release version . |
| 2 | And the circumfe and erm diameter on I 'd been cutting a lot of them down , the diameter of them was from four foot to about six foot . |
| 3 | So we have been watching a battle between rival establishments for control of the UK . |
| 4 | Apparently he 'd been offered a record contract which the Fish had turned down , saying they were n't good enough yet . |
| 5 | Perhaps he has been promoted a little too rapidly and a little too high . |
| 6 | Finally I have been given a gearbox with the number 26107266 on top , 22 stamped on the right between gearbox and transfer box and Marshall 219467 on the side of the transfer box . |
| 7 | ‘ Lately I 've been getting a hankering to play country music again , so I 've got together with a friend and put together a fun band called Modern Farmer . |
| 8 | Whereas yesterday he had been given a glimpse of Vic 's charm , now he felt disturbed by this peculiar character . |
| 9 | The unwary were apt to buy a ‘ pig in a poke ’ ( sack ) and find out later they 'd been sold a muted pup . |
| 10 | Clearly he 'd been having a bad time of it . |
| 11 | For some years now I have been researching an area where a certain event took place . |
| 12 | Now she 's been having an argument with the council and while she 's been arguing , you know she 's got a grievance , while she 's been arguing she takes her anger out on them and tells them what she thinks of them . |
| 13 | So far we have been presupposing a single agent responding to a present situation and trying to guide his spontaneity by reason . |
| 14 | For over a year now we 've been running a major initiative which is a systematic review of all our Sainsburys brand packaging to see where we can minimise the use of materials , but still allow the packaging to do the job of protecting the product and preserving it . |
| 15 | Now they 've been given a derelict school building , gutted by fire , for their new community association . |
| 16 | Now they have been given a fresh lease of life , inviting the ( wrong ) conclusion that the need for a further shake-out is past . |
| 17 | Now he had been given an assignment that demanded intuitive analysis to a sensitive degree . |
| 18 | Now he 's been fined a record £7,800 for telling the truth — £5,000 and £1,000 costs yesterday , in addition to an earlier £1,800 by Northants . |
| 19 | Now he has been given a new show by Granada TV . |
| 20 | But now he has been given a new lease of life after securing a sports bursary at Stirling University . |
| 21 | then they stop her this tax what she owes them all , well she 's been getting a hundred and forty seven |
| 22 | Hmm well you 've been giving a few answers yourself over the last few weeks . |
| 23 | When my marriage ended three years earlier I had been left an emotional pulp . |
| 24 | But now my personal life has been … simplified , and I 'm back two doors away from where it all started , maybe I 've been offered a new beginning . ’ |
| 25 | Maybe she 'd been doing a lot of thinking . |
| 26 | And then I said , then she 'd been bought a a hundred pound of leg waxing machine . |
| 27 | Moderator I , one two eight six , I wondered whether a word from south of the border might be in order because in recent years in the Church of England we 've been busy discussing the theological foundations and the practical discipline in respect of several matters which fall under the general heading of Christian initiation and indeed we have been experimenting a bit here and there . |
| 28 | Since then they have been effecting a gradual programme of repair , restoration and alteration . |
| 29 | Since then it had been showing a worrying tendency , when Rincewind was feeling rundown or especially threatened , to try to get itself said . |
| 30 | Well it was a town then but since then it 's been made a city , you see , and I got to know all kinds of people and one gentleman came in there , used to come every evening and write a book and er , I used to look after him if I happened to be that end and er , you see , and then he 'd say , oh just an exchange you know about the weather and just in general thing and then I 'd leave him and he 'd get on with his writing and one day he said to me . |