Example sentences of "been [verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Graham Hunsley , defending , said he was now off hard drugs , had been to see his doctor about the problem and was hoping to undergo treatment at an addiction centre . |
| 2 | Europe 's political structure in 1880 had been given its shape by the Congress of Vienna , the wars of the middle decades of the century and the Congress of Berlin . |
| 3 | But in promoting it to MPs we 've been drawing their attention to the kinds of organizations which in turn in their eyes just sort of represent that pyramid or structure of votes that . |
| 4 | Theo had been confiding his disappointment with the way his life was turning out , and Vincent quickly swept in with an indictment : ‘ It seems to me that the whole art business is rotten . ’ |
| 5 | During June and July many artists living and working in East and South East London have been opening their studios to the public , coordinated and publicised by the Whitechapel Gallery . |
| 6 | It is not the West End galleries however who have been opening their doors to the new generation . |
| 7 | Trish , who has been representing her country for the last twelve years with such good horses as Manifesto and Michelangelo , only allows her horses to compete on decent surfaces . |
| 8 | Writers and actors have been pledging their support at the start of National Library Week . |
| 9 | A coalman , Mr Martin Phipps , had been driving his lorry along the downs at Chartham at 7.25am on Tuesday when he noticed a Jaguar XJS parked in a chalkpit , said PC Burden . |
| 10 | And finally , surfers and canoeists have been pitting their skills against the biggest River Severn tidal wave of the year . |
| 11 | Ms Siobhan Fahey ( see below ) has been explaining her emigration to the south of France . |
| 12 | How have you been justifying your existence in the last twenty-four hours and can you name the guilty man ? ’ |
| 13 | Legal and General Property have been presented their plans to the City Lands Policy Group and traders at the centre . |
| 14 | It seems clear that the USSR , like many developing countries , has been revising its opinion about the nature of what bargaining with firms entails . |
| 15 | He could have been warning his receptionist off the line or switching off — or on — a recording device . |
| 16 | For weeks prior to this , provincial and national newspapers had been expressing their outrage at the title of the album . |
| 17 | He had in fact been told his days in the sport were over . |
| 18 | Throughout the week the pupils of the council 's art class in Ballyclare High School and their tutor , Di Whitla , have been exhibiting their work in the Town Hall . |
| 19 | Detainees in Nylstroom said they had been offered their release on the condition that they agreed to become police informers . |
| 20 | Our French Canadian friends have been very good company for us ( actually , the woman , Dorothy , is Scottish by birth and upbringing ) , and we have been improving our French at the breakfast table , so even if ( as I fear ) we shall come home unable to speak more than ‘ hullo ’ ‘ goodbye ’ and ‘ thank you ’ in Chinese , at least our French will be a bit better . |
| 21 | To become an agent , these social secretaries simply have to reverse their roles with the agents who have been selling them acts for the previous few years . |
| 22 | EVER since Copernicus removed the Earth from the centre of the Solar System , scientists — and astronomers in particular — have been rendering our place in the Universe less and less special . |
| 23 | From within the arena of armchairs and sofa he had been mirroring her progress about the room , two steps forward to the drinks trolley where she placed her glass , four steps to her eight over to the window , three back on her way to the door again . |
| 24 | He had been shown which locker in the room was his and told that one of his cell-mates was on work detail , the other in the exercise yard . |
| 25 | Given that , in 1837 , Buxton initially opposed an immediate move against apprenticeship it is doubtful how much deference would have been shown his leadership by the convention , but he had anyway lost his seat at the recent election . |
| 26 | The thieves have been forcing their way into the homes of elderly people , holding them down while searching for their savings . |
| 27 | THE FRENCH have been shifting their money from the stock market into Paris property , according to Donnelle Higbee , who runs Hampton 's Paris office . |
| 28 | Sensitive to the disastrous marketing implications of such a move ( imagine needing a prescription for your favourite skin cream ) manufacturers have recently been shifting their attention to the uppermost levels of the epidermis where any improvement in texture or tone , no matter how impressive , is still deemed to be ‘ cosmetic ’ . |
| 29 | She was adamant that she had been wearing her G-string at the time — round her ankle . |
| 30 | Unable to take up residence in the Baabda palace occupied by Gen Aoun , this was where he had been conducting his consultations for the formation of a government of national unity . |