Example sentences of "have been [adj] [prep] [noun prp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wimbledon has been dull without McEnroe from the gossip point of view . |
| 2 | A new cure has been available in Europe for two or three years , he says coldly . |
| 3 | Foreign Extra Stout has been available in Indonesia for many years and local production began in 1974 . |
| 4 | Boyd , a 6ft 5in American in his first English season , has been top-scorer for Brixton in every game — although on Saturday he shared the honour with his team-mate , Jody John , each scoring 33 points . |
| 5 | Interestingly , petrol has been lead-free in Tokyo since 1976 , while Mexican petrol has nearly the highest lead content in the world . |
| 6 | As a result of such visits , restructuring in various forms , from the cosmetic to the fundamental , has been frequent within BGS since the mid-1970s . |
| 7 | Lindsay Tocher , Aberdeen and Offshore director , said : ‘ Although the company has been involved with BP on major offshore contracts for many years , this is our first offshore contract . |
| 8 | A Bolivian , born in Paris into the Ortiz-Patino family who made their fortune in tin mining in South America after World War I , Ortiz has been resident in Geneva for the last twenty-five years . |
| 9 | KEVIN McKeever has been transfer-listed by Glentoran after less than a season at the Oval . |
| 10 | Kerr , 27 , has been transfer-listed by Millwall at his own request and plans to settle in the North-East during or after his playing career . |
| 11 | NATALIE HUNTER , 27 , has been unemployed since December after working as a graphic designer for four years . |
| 12 | In the past month he has been busy in Scotland on Loch Lomond , and Lochs Woodhall and Ken near to Dumfries . |
| 13 | If the precedent sale was at the request of the defendant , who later made the express promise of the guarantee , why should not the guarantee have been enforceable under Lampleigh v. Brathwait ? |
| 14 | It might have been better at Vladimir for Holly than for the zeks herded into the communal cell blocks , but he had learned to eat what food was provided . |
| 15 | It would have been unbearable in Chertsey without her , but Fate had once more intervened to bring them close together . |
| 16 | Doris is no stranger to the UK , having been resident at Duxford in the mid-1970s during its flight from India to the USA . |
| 17 | One variant known to have been common in Ayrshire in the 18th century was : — |
| 18 | ‘ There were quite a few interesting pieces , notably miniatures from children 's sets , which seem to have been popular in Holland in those earlier periods . ’ |
| 19 | Walter had been friendly with David in England and when he came to Scotland , David granted him lands in Ayrshire , Renfrewshire , Argyll , Bute and the Lothians . |
| 20 | The uprising continued along the same lines as the bread riots which had been rife in Russia at that time and so the Tsarina was worried but thinks everything will be alright and informed the Tsar , who was away inspecting troops , to this effect . |
| 21 | In particular Jan had been impressed with Kylie after seeing her on The Zoo Family . |
| 22 | The first major film to deal with Vietnam was John Wayne 's The Green Berets ( 1968 ) about the US Army Special Forces units , which had been present in Vietnam in an advisory capacity since 1957 . |
| 23 | So she had been right about Rebecca after all , she thought as they walked back towards the main part of the house . |
| 24 | The weather had been typical for August with a period of heavy rain and the men returning to work found that a land slip had occurred . |
| 25 | William had been involved with Clydesdales since his boyhood and in 1897 he bought two good mature stallions and a fine brood mare with which he established Dunure Mains as a stud . |
| 26 | He had been violent towards Ann on several occasions . |
| 27 | It had been apparent to Hank for some time that , in spite of repeating Grade 12 at school , he was likely to fail his exams again . |
| 28 | Throughout her life , she had been grateful to Somerville for teaching her to think and to write . |
| 29 | The previous one , 1975 , had been very good , especially the latter part , but that one , the summer of Hilbert 's death and of Ecalpemos , had been glorious from April till September . |
| 30 | So he had been churlish to Carol after all . |