Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] a number [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each key contrastive feature of grammar or phonology has been given a number in brackets ( [ F 1 ] , [ G 1 ] , etc. ) and these will be used elsewhere in the book when reference is made to these specific features of the language varieties in contact . |
| 2 | One may well blame politicians for much Middle East misery , as Mr. Cleaver maintains , but without forgetting that Palestine has been partitioned a number of times . |
| 3 | The exterior is built in simple brick and stone courses and , like the interior has been restored a number of times . |
| 4 | Oh er of course they erm , they did n't believe in married women working and er they thought a married woman should be at home you see , well I had n't got any family then you see , until er after oh we 'd been married a number of years when we had , when I had my first baby and er and then I had the other one pretty quickly and er then I was glad to go out to work again when they were school age , they were n't left unattended at all er one , the elder one looked after the one , we did n't live , we lived in then but erm there was n't any pressure for me to stay at home , it was with my husband 's consent , because he knew it was helping out because rent man 's wages were n't very good then , and erm he er he finished , he finished at the pits you see and he got a job rent collecting , and he er he used to do miles he 'd cycle part of the way and then er he 'd perhaps leave his cycle somewhere and call back for it , but he used to do all the and all round there , there 's a place called and then er a lot of places er he used to do the old , is this , is this on , erm he used to do round , round the top there there were some slums there . |
| 5 | Consulting sex manuals might help , but one of the benefits of having been married a number of years should be a deeper understanding of your partner and of what will give pleasure . |
| 6 | He had been stabbed a number of times but , before he died , he used his own blood to etch on a piece of parchment the name Raphael . |
| 7 | Gould had been given a number of letters of introduction to the veteran explorer from , among others , George Bank , who had accompanied Franklin on one of his Arctic expeditions , and Captain John Washington , secretary of the Royal Geographical Society . |
| 8 | Both victims had been shot a number of times by an antique revolver known to have belonged to one of the victims . |
| 9 | NBC News has learned that Pan Am flights from Frankfurt , including 103 , had been used a number of times by the DEA as part of its undercover operation to fly informants and suitcases of heroin into Detroit as part of a sting operation to catch dealers in Detroit . |
| 10 | For the first three or four days after the Residency had been abandoned a number of the ladies had been employed in making cartridges ; now , because of the shortage of lead for the moulds , the job had been left to Lucy , who had become extraordinarily skilful . |
| 11 | I have arrived , I have been given a number by the Church of Scotland |
| 12 | Once the required colours and brush types have been selected a number of further options are available allowing the user to create Boxes , Circles , Polygons and rubber-banded lines . |