Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] been [adv] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It became known that we were perilously short of hay because the haytiming on our pastures had been very poor that summer and it was impossible to bring enough in on the horse-drawn sledge on the few occasions we were able to get out . |
| 2 | The US Defence Department had provided on May 22 the approximate estimate that Iraqi military casualties had been around 100,000 dead , but warned that this estimate could be 50 per cent out either way . |
| 3 | Sometimes the advances have been less that brilliant , but the demand is there . |
| 4 | First , customs have been extremely successful this year with record seizures of Ecstasy . |
| 5 | But with the process of assembling Lebanon 's surviving deputies having been so difficult last time , a repeat performance seems to be impossible . |
| 6 | but er , no my arms have been really painful this last week |
| 7 | Sometimes they caused havoc in gardens where the gates had been incautiously left open . |
| 8 | Criticising this development , Lyons says : ‘ Linguists have been very much concerned in recent years with the postulation of universals of language structure and have all too often discounted the differences among languages ’ ( 1982 ) . |
| 9 | The two solicitors had been very busy dashing round Orkney gathering character witnesses . |
| 10 | Prior to January 1984 Medway and Bridge Roads had been relatively quiet residential roads . |
| 11 | Since the mid-1970's , English local authorities have been under increasing financial pressure . |
| 12 | Their bruised shoulders and backs reminded them that the cai and the French assistants had been particularly vicious that morning . |
| 13 | So lawyers as well as politicians have been very much involved in defining what it actually means . |