Example sentences of "[to-vb] been [prep] [noun] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | The news followed a Financial Times report that discussions were believed to have been under way for several weeks with a number of prospective buyers , but were most advanced with the US foods and tobacco giant , Philip Morris . |
2 | The pair were reported to have been at odds for some time with one major area of disagreement believed to concern a £2.2m Venables attempt to land England defender Des Walker from Sampdoria . |
3 | They had sacked Peyrat-le-Château and ravaged the surrounding countryside to the east of Limoges , possibly acting in collusion with Viscount Aimar , since it seems to have been in response to this act of aggression that Mercadier struck at Excideuil in February 1184 . |
4 | As their mother seemed already to have been in hospital for most of their lives , Alexander and Victoria saw no change and since the family followed the form of their class and delegated the day-to-day care of their children entirely to the nanny , the absence of their mother hardly affected their lives . |
5 | Government attempts to restrict the sale of gin in 1736 are usually considered to have been behind disturbances in that year , but these also involved the resentment of building workers and weavers at being displaced from employment by the cheaper Irish . |