Example sentences of "[vb -s] [been] [verb] [prep] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carry on is message to tourism success story Tees Valley Tourism , a partnership between the public and private sectors , has been saved by its own success . |
| 2 | Do you think I have not been following all that you have done and all that has been done to you all these months ? ’ |
| 3 | A YOUNG mother claimed yesterday that justice has been done after her former boyfriend was convicted of assaulting her three times in one night . |
| 4 | Shaun , five , has been locked in his own lonely world since he was 18months-old . |
| 5 | Shaun , five , has been locked in his own lonely world since he was 18months-old . |
| 6 | No case has been observed in which this strip contains such material and fails to announce the fact . |
| 7 | The Committee felt that it was their duty to state that in their opinion , before the whole building was completely furnished and every necessary article provided , the total deficiency would not amount to less than £1,000 ‘ Many opulent individuals of the County have hitherto withheld their contributions ; but application by letter has been made to them all ; and no doubt can be entertained by your Committee of their ultimate assistance and support . |
| 8 | The first Plan identified twenty action points and progress has been made on them all . |
| 9 | Geochemistry has been categorised on its own at some times , but has been combined with Petrology , or with Mineralogy and Petrology , at other times . |
| 10 | ‘ It has been speaking to me all my life — ’ |
| 11 | His guilt has been exposed by his own actions . |
| 12 | Croatia 's acceptance follows on from the recent announcement that the Baltic states of Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania has been reinstated to their former status as full members , a status that they enjoyed prior to the outbreak of the second world war . |
| 13 | What a pity that ‘ The Hill ’ has been barred from its own clubhouse . |
| 14 | A curd which has been soaking in its own whey makes an acid cheese ( which explains the often sharp taste of Eastern Mediterranean white cheeses which are sometimes stored in whey ) . |
| 15 | Your mistress has been ringing for you this past fifteen minutes ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Since the board has elected as a matter of practice not to give reasons , and has given none to Mr. Cunningham , it has been bound by its own logic not to attempt to justify for the benefit of the court the figure awarded . |
| 17 | An elderly man has been attacked by his own dog . |
| 18 | Some poor animal , some poor travesty that has been imprisoned for its own safety and the safety of others . |
| 19 | More than 10 million of licence-payers ' money has been sunk into what some saw as a ‘ last-ditch ’ attempt by the Beeb to compete with ITV in the ratings war . |
| 20 | A little company in Golden , Colorado has been working on its own version of Unix for the last year and half , this one called Usix . |
| 21 | Maybe Vinnie has been working on his own . |
| 22 | It is likely to be the first occasion that the puppy has been left on its own , away from its mother and littermates , and as a result , once you have gone to bed , it may well feel disturbed , and start to howl . |
| 23 | COMEDIAN Jim Davidson has been banned from his own home after his fourth wife Tracie took out a court injunction against him . |
| 24 | Oh , the idea has been put to me many times . |
| 25 | As university funding has come to hinge on publication , this has been encouraged for its own sake . |
| 26 | A woman has been raped in her own home by a masked man wielding a knife . |
| 27 | A woman has been raped in her own home by a man she met at a local market . |
| 28 | Each of the bedrooms has been designed with its own balcony or terrace equipped with garden chairs , and the walls have been sound-proofed for added privacy . |
| 29 | Since their move , the wife has felt a burden lifted from her shoulders , and has been restored to her former carefree self . |
| 30 | Outside , the orchard has been restored to its former glory . |