Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] [been] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But mostly I 've been working in television . ’
2 Ornithologically nothing has been gained from these changes in habitat on which the Sussex populations of some species largely depend .
3 Perhaps I 've been infected by those damned journalists . ’
4 ‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’
5 Yes , well she was all , so I 've been speaking to her for weeks when she did n't
6 So I 've been left with a load of tapes , batteries .
7 I really do think that there is a degree of inconsistency in compelling a Gothic architect to erect a classical building — and so I have been thinking of appointing you a coadjutor , who would in fact make the design !
8 It will re-introduce some lorries onto the A ten eighty eight , but only about thirty per day compared with the six hundred or so which have been removed as a result of a current experiment .
9 The purpose of this workshop is to bring people together who have been working in the area of users with special needs or disabilities .
10 It was n't until later , when Robyn heard Anne 's key in the lock , that she realised just how long she had been staring into space , miserably going over and over the disastrous weekend , in a futile attempt to try and put it all back into some sort of perspective .
11 Perhaps she had been dropped onto his path on purpose .
12 She left the surgery clutching Lizzie 's collar ; in the space of a few minutes it was all she had been left with , apart from memories .
13 As soon as Honor was old enough she had been dragooned into helping with the housework , preparing meals if cook were ill , as well as acting as her mother 's companion .
14 So she had been asking after him .
15 so she 's been dealing with her Manchester solicitors and a London solicitor
16 So you 've been demoted to post-boy ? ’
17 And for too long we 've been misled into believing that manufacturing and industry had become unimportant .
18 The race mauretanicus , on the other hand , may now be appearing less frequently , and only one has been recorded since 1971 .
19 Of the 14 key studio anchor or pundit roles on BBC1 , ITV and Radio 4 election night shows , only one has been assigned to a woman .
20 MacMillan 's The Invitation was only one to have been staged by the Royal Ballet companies .
21 So we 've been starting on the , but this is a bit of a shame though because , what I like , when we , when we , when we have our three days off , it 's nice to know on your , on your last day off that still have a late night because your not back to work until the afternoon you know .
22 So we 've been left with no other avenue but to go to law .
23 Some of the new services permitted by the Act are simply those offered by many other financial intermediaries , requiring no especial change in the balance sheet but drawing upon societies ' general financial expertise which hitherto they had been prevented from using to its fullest extent .
24 Furthermore they had been joined by universities in commercial and industrial cities , beginning with London , and including Manchester , Birmingham , Leeds , Liverpool , Newcastle and Bristol .
25 Perhaps they had been mistaken about Wang Sau-leyan .
26 Perhaps they had been loaded on the train many hours before Holly , because they seemed to him to be sleeping when he had first seen them in the darkened carriage .
27 Perhaps they had been dropped by birds .
28 Obviously they had been infiltrated by the enemies who still lay in wait for him in Russia .
29 So they 've been working on modifications and this year , oh we will we 'll put the modifications right and then come back with another sales pitch
30 So they 've been used to their own rate and I said each time , if you 're gon na get you must tell them it 's the cleanup rate .
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