Example sentences of "been [vb pp] far [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In each case the land has been exploited far beyond its true potential — out of dire necessity during the Wars , and now for blind greed and short-term gain resulting in vast surpluses which can not be eaten or sold .
2 But it has been used far outside its original setting .
3 Brotherton & Harris ( 1988 ) point to increased difficulties in arranging back-up services and in discharging patients into community health services , if their hospital services had been provided far from their home locations .
4 When all these lights had been left far behind him and there was nothing but darkness on either side , Gazzer was still running .
5 I guessed that she had been blown far from her oasis , and now there was no landmark other than the wheelbarrow , not a tree , not a blade of grass , not a ripple on the plain , nor a rock bigger than my fist .
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