Example sentences of "been [verb] [adv] [prep] a new " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so , drawing together the threads of this obsessive preoccupation with the civility of ‘ Old England ’ which had been ripped apart by a new strain of hot-blooded and un-English violence , the Old Thunderer arrived at a truly horrific conclusion : ‘ Our streets are actually not as safe as they were in the days of our grandfathers . |
| 2 | The two of them had been at daggers drawn ever since 1183 , and in recent months , as incident followed incident , tension had been building up to a new peak . |
| 3 | Thirteen of the twenty rooms have been given over to a new permanent exhibition ‘ Europe and America : nineteenth- and twentieth-century paintings and watercolours from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection ’ . |
| 4 | And here is Edward , who has so been looking forward to a new playmate ! ’ |
| 5 | DHA 1 has been waiting patiently for a new DGH for 25 years . |
| 6 | It had been taken over by a new contingent of tourists . |
| 7 | This theme has also been taken up by a new Member who recently made a substantial contribution to the constitutional debate , Ian Duncan Smith , Member for Chingford . |
| 8 | Davie 's also been working hard on a new Poizone range . |