Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] in a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hit man has been called in a few times to finish off Jeffrey Probyn yet never once has he managed to carry out his murderous brief . |
| 2 | However , abnormal neurological signs ( notably unusually brisk tendon reflexes and tremor ) are common in older subjects , and overt neurological deterioration has been reported in a few early treated young adults . |
| 3 | Career family home — all had been ruined in a few seconds . |
| 4 | My constituent , Mrs. X , who is still suffering badly , had been treated in a less than fair way by those who conducted the criminal investigation and also by those who decided that there were no grounds for bringing the perpetrator in front of a court martial . |
| 5 | Transverse effects have been examined in a few instances . |
| 6 | Although the funded consultant posts for junior doctors ' hours will help , these have been concentrated in a few specialties , and the recession has provoked concerns that the rate of consultant expansion may even fall . |
| 7 | But it means a lifetime of problems have been cured in a few minutes . |
| 8 | But it means a lifetime of problems have been cured in a few minutes . |