Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] been [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Stafford had been searching all night and finally came so close that he heard the child crying : |
| 2 | Since publication , Alan has been given more information on this illustrious unit and has been kept busy updating his files . |
| 3 | It had struck her that perhaps that was where Jake had been going that night he 'd called her from Heathrow Airport — on a secret brief honeymoon with Janice after a quick , quiet register office wedding . |
| 4 | It was perhaps as well John Hounsell had been given some forewarning . |
| 5 | Once the senior clerk in the Chancery , Nigel had been given this assignment as a benefice , a reward for long and faithful service to the Crown . |
| 6 | Webbe 's appearances for Bridgend have been limited this season and he has only five tries so far . |
| 7 | Together Skylark have been bringing this music far beyond these shores , to Europe , America and even Australia , so it 's a delight to welcome them back to the Harp Folk Club after an absence of five years . |
| 8 | ‘ NatWest had been told that merchant banking was a good idea , but I do n't think they thought much beyond that , with the result that we could plough our own furrow , ’ he says . |
| 9 | Erm mine 's good but Martin 's been having some back trouble . |
| 10 | Turned out she wanted to know if Uncle Adam had been sending any radio messages . |
| 11 | Lord Wittisham and Miss Fenwick had been to collect some food — the quails I believe — and were passing in a donkey cart as Sir Thomas arrived . |
| 12 | Our Nicola 's been moaning all week ! |
| 13 | Glass had been earning some money by transcribing Ravi Shankar 's score for the film , Chappacqua . |
| 14 | Twenty one years earlier , Franco had been denied this decoration . |
| 15 | He said 90 per cent of the equipment at Al Atheer had been destroyed this week , though the buildings and laboratories , some with three-foot-thick walls , were built to resist attack . |
| 16 | Miles had been surrounded all evening , it seemed , by droves of tinselled ladies . |
| 17 | SSDs have been given another set of community care priorities . |
| 18 | Britain has been denied this freedom because it has never had a truly commercial broadcasting environment . |
| 19 | SO Lennox Lewis has been crowned this country 's first heavyweight champion for almost a century . |
| 20 | John Jones has been told more money will be available from the first of April and he can expect his knee operation in the next year . |
| 21 | Pike was pointing to the grass near to where Mr Marr had been sitting that night . |
| 22 | The Haywards have been offered another holiday in America … free of charge … courtesy of Virgin , the company who organised their trip . |
| 23 | TREVOR FRANCIS has been promised more cash for new players despite Sheffield Wednesday 's debts of around £2 million . |
| 24 | Trevor Francis has been promised more cash for new players , despite Sheffield Wednesday 's £2m debt . |
| 25 | But no news is good news , and Mr Clarke has been drawing some comfort from the fact that he has n't heard from his own local family doctor . |
| 26 | She and Jeremy had been seeing each other fairly regularly , but he was an investment banker and they were both so hectically involved in their jobs that they 'd opted for casual , no-strings dating almost by mutual consent . |
| 27 | But Hygeberht had been demoted some time before . |
| 28 | Harbury had been failing all day to reach Wickham , which was especially frustrating as Wickham was in the same building and Harbury felt proprietorial about the crime . |
| 29 | Southend have been struggling all season … just as well because Town could have been punished by a better team … |
| 30 | Southend have been struggling all season … just as well because Town could have been punished by a better team … |