Example sentences of "[noun sg] have been [vb pp] [v-ing] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was not alone — the Philips team had been kept waiting many hours on several days — though I was beginning to despair of hanging around at the theatre during a five-hour ‘ patching ’ session , being granted only 15 distracted minutes in a break , when we finally resumed our conversation towards midnight . |
| 2 | Let us see how the mediocrity of an earlier example has been overcome using this method . |
| 3 | To date 15 personnel from British Steel have been trained using this system which is now being used as part of normal training practice . |
| 4 | A neighbourhood watch scheme has been established linking each home , where every door and gate is permanently locked against intruders . |
| 5 | Also , apparently , Matron had been overheard making some indelicate comment to one of the cleaners about the state of Harding 's sheets . |