Example sentences of "have been [verb] [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The UK profession has flourished in a free market economy where much reliance has been placed on actuaries ' judgement rather than on constricting regulations . |
| 2 | Information has been collected on households ' patterns of donating money and volunteering time to charities , individuals ' motives for giving , their attitudes to charities , and their knowledge of and views of covenanting and bequeathing money to charities . |
| 3 | McHale plans to use the extra £50,000 he has been given for players ' wages to good effect . |
| 4 | The following list , in order of popularity , has been compiled from suppliers ' five best-selling pastas . |
| 5 | Should the company have been subsidised with taxpayers ' money in order to buy a British product ? |
| 6 | This desirable attitude dated from the days of the Victorian foundation of the system when dispersal of books which had been bought with ratepayers ' money would have seemed like culpable negligence . |
| 7 | Siegfried Kordus , the Mecklenburg police chief in charge ( who was later replaced ) , maintained that the attacks had been co-ordinated by citizens ' band radio and that protesters had driven in from Berlin , Hamburg and other towns . |
| 8 | since you done it we 've been looking in jewellers ' shops when I go , I go up town twice a week with her , you know , carry all the bags , and er we 're looking in the jewellers ' shop and some old , some lady stood there and , she were looking I says , come on they do n't wear marriage ri , wedding rings there ! |
| 9 | The same case could , of course , have been made about listeners ' attitudes to the number and length of speeches to which they were now to be subjected . |
| 10 | As part of an international group , Korn/Ferry 's accounts have been filed at Companies ' House , which show an impressive rise in fee income during the present decade . |