Example sentences of "[adv] been [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The overwhelming blackness , the cracking peals of thunder and the piercing flash and hiss of forked lightning ; I 've never since been in an alpine storm of such ferocity . |
| 2 | To open up a situation , to broaden thinking which has hitherto been from a limited viewpoint . |
| 3 | Our work so far has obviously only been of a preliminary nature , but even so it is clear that there are many strands in the concept of participation and public involvement in decision-making related to novel energy systems . |
| 4 | SINBAD has been cleaning the windows in Channel 4 's Brookside since 1984 , although he has only been on a regular contract for the last two years . |
| 5 | Once seated , Denice tells us she 's only been on a blind date once before , and that was years ago . |
| 6 | Due to lack of time , contact with Churches has only been on an informal basis . |
| 7 | ‘ He had long been in a bad state of health , which he took no care to repair but on the contrary lived in such a manner as greatly promoted the disorders he had had long upon him , this brought on the Flux which put a period to his life ’ ( Cook ) . |
| 8 | He said he had thought they had all been fighting on the German side because they had all been under a German commander when surrendering . |
| 9 | The coeliac patients were originally diagnosed according to the procedure recommended by the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition and had all been on a complete gluten free diet for at least five years and did not present symptoms indicative of active disease . |
| 10 | Governments , military strategists , thousands of scientists , millions of dollars of time and research budgets have all been on a wild goose chase . |
| 11 | She 's obviously been under a tremendous strain over the last few months and she needs my help . ’ |
| 12 | The convoy has already been through a Soviet Checkpoint at Marienborn on the West/East German border , Where the numbers of men and vehicles have been thoroughly checked . |
| 13 | ‘ Did you come here , ’ mumbled Dottie , very close , ‘ to ask me fatuous questions the police have already been through a hundred times , or for other reasons ? ’ |
| 14 | The battle , between Diana de Moutis of Art Expertise and Didier Imbert of Didier Fine Art ( organiser of the recent exhibition of Botero sculptures on the Champs-Elysees ) has already been through a first hearing which was won by de Moutis , and an appeal , won last November by Imbert . |
| 15 | As most of the leading American challengers arrived at the tough , par-70 lay-out to begin their preparation , Faldo had already been through a punishing schedule since Thursday . |
| 16 | CONTACT GROUPS These are usually for people who have a particular social problem in common or have just been through a similar trauma , like divorce or bereavement . |
| 17 | Harry Enfield has just been through a tough day auditioning people for his new BBC comedy series . |
| 18 | And when I asked his orchestra 's publicist if Daniel Barenboim would really want to be interviewed immediately after such a lengthy spell of high-altitude incarceration , she said : ‘ He came in by Concorde , he 's just been on a two-week skiing trip with his family in Switzerland — believe me , he 'll be just fine . ’ |
| 19 | I mean , alright a few mad things happened and everything and when I came home I was whacked because we 'd just been on a big adventure theme park for a month . |
| 20 | I have just been on an inter-personal skills workshop so I knew what to do . |
| 21 | I 've just been at a two day conference at erm not very far from here , at Wisden House in which erm a number of erm top industrialists erm led by the former chairman of I C I have all unanimously been saying how bad they think it is for our future technological development and export development if overseas students get out of the habit of coming here . |
| 22 | lovely person , she 's always been since a little girl . |
| 23 | Claimants for social welfare provisions have not always been in a good position so far as procedural protection is concerned . |
| 24 | Examination of the metal showed that it had always been in a clean condition with no evidence of corrosion , suggesting that it had never been buried . |
| 25 | Julie and I had never fallen out before , and Barbie had always been like a big sister to me , too . |
| 26 | Anyone who has ever been to a similar school will know exactly what I mean . |
| 27 | Have you ever been around a health-food shop ? |
| 28 | But I do not think any traveller has ever been in a worse situation than I was then . |
| 29 | So in some states it 's sixteen , in some states it 's eighteen , in some states twenty one er and Reagan thought it would be quite a good idea if they had uniformity across America er in which , you know , that they would raise the drinking age to twenty one er and this would then er reduce the incidence of teenage drunk driving and if you 've ever been in an American bar you will know you 're very often funnily enough they do n't ask me so much these days but you 're very often asked to prove your age , you know , er and you have to produce your driver 's licence and all the rest of it erm and so he increasing |
| 30 | The investment of research and management resources to build up to a Chinese market has usually been at a higher cost than would be tolerated elsewhere . |