Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pron] have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It now seems clear that there had been intense military activity near Loughgall before last night 's shooting , as one eye witness recounts : |
| 2 | It is also clear that there have been long-term shifts in priorities as the cuts became permanent . |
| 3 | It is clear that there have been profound changes in North Shields since the mid-1970s . |
| 4 | Yeah , just as a , as a side issue , I am interested that they 've been growing plum tomatoes because each year I hear of more and more people growing plum tomatoes successfully in this country and while we are just on the subject of diseases and things to control them , you may remember that a few weeks ago we were giving advice on how we should dispose of waste garden chemicals and , and we said you ought to pour it down an outside drain . |
| 5 | I am afraid that I have been indiscreet . ’ |
| 6 | I am afraid that he has been far from well for several months . |
| 7 | It would all have been different if we 'd been able to have children . ’ |
| 8 | Things might have been different if there had been more consultation with industry people across the board . |
| 9 | Basically , the things I 've been involved in have always been different and I 've been lucky . |
| 10 | By the time you 've seen your third rapist walk free because you 've been cleverer than the prosecuting counsel , you lose the taste for that particular victory . |
| 11 | It is rather more doubtful whether there has been any substantial revision of the opposed theory , of the state as a welfare system and an authentic embodiment of the ‘ general will ’ , in order to take account of real inequalities of political power or the existence , throughout history , of evidently repressive regimes . |
| 12 | I answered him with lies , happy that he was so interested after I 'd been certain that he 'd never say a word to me : I told him that I grew it myself , my family grew it , and it was everywhere like green grass and empty milk bottles in London ; it was really amazing hashish. wherever I threw its seeds it sprang up like flames leaping into the air . |
| 13 | We were in fact quite wrong as there have been several alldigital recordings made by the firm That 's Entertainment Records prior to ours , with the English National Opera . |
| 14 | Things go badly wrong when there has been some extreme untoward event such as a fire , an earthquake or a bomb , alternatively an unanticipated combination of faults may occur within the plant itself . |
| 15 | He had sunk so low that she had been obliged to approach Dr McNab for his help . |
| 16 | However , with the stories of massive repair costs being bandied around and a particularly uninspiring incumbent devoting most of his energies to the adjacent parish , it was understandable that no-one had been brave enough to voice their concern . |
| 17 | Outside Europe the struggle in the sugar islands was less destructive than it had been 50 or 60 years earlier . |
| 18 | They have been so pervasive and so self-evident that there has been little point in articulating them . |
| 19 | We have been trying for years , centuries , to establish this and it is only because of help from outside that we have been able to do it now . |
| 20 | ‘ He deserves a proper thrashing , ’ Cissie protested , fiercely indignant that she had been unable to defend herself while her cowardly brother took delight in whipping her . |
| 21 | I am delighted that we have been able to present Embassy with what I consider to have been our best tournament yet . |
| 22 | I am delighted that I have been able to hit on that point , because the flexibility means that the Opposition can not claim that they will not have enough time to debate those clauses . |
| 23 | I 'm delighted that you 've been able to come along at such short notice . |
| 24 | Twenty years later Craig was still convinced that he had been right . |
| 25 | They 'd , they had to because there were , they got , when , after the union was formed you know , they were having the rights er but and I think really the hours they put in and the type of work they deserved it , but erm there was a time you know when the bosses were bossy sort of thing , and er and you adhered to that , because you did n't know anything different until erm the unions started up , but erm I know there were one or two processions you know and peer rights and all this that and the other , but erm on the whole it 's er it 's been an eventful life in , in some ways , very eventful and it 's been interesting . |
| 26 | The team is delighted and they 've been busy celebrating . |
| 27 | I ca n't remember exactly when it was , but I know Oliver was tiny and you 'd been ill . ’ |
| 28 | She said : ‘ I 'm very sad because we 'd been married 20 years . |
| 29 | Relieved because she has been afraid that somehow it would have disappeared , she pulls out her key , but the driver 's door is unlocked . |
| 30 | It 's tremendous as it 's been dry for 10 years . |