Example sentences of "been [adj] [prep] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Hogan has n't been used to driving in the city traffic of recent years , and I had planned to go to Dublin to collect the samples of material . |
| 2 | He claimed all countries have been guilty of tampering with the ball and conceded : ‘ We do n't know what we are going to do , and the countries do n't know the answer . |
| 3 | Alex James in the 1930s had not been averse to appearing at the odd night-club , but Best 's moves were tracked by a posse of desperate journalists as he went from bed to boutique , from discothèque to dressing-room . |
| 4 | What a delightful reflection for you and your dear wife that you should have been instrumental in contributing to the loveliness of the celestial kingdom , and that your beloved infant should be an additional star in diadem of Jesus ! |
| 5 | From the moment he decided to take up running nine years ago at the age of 38 , Zarei had never been interested in running against the clock , or in beating others . |
| 6 | I 'VE always been bashful about going into the ring , so early on I decided to cover it up . |
| 7 | Polly 's bright cotton skirt and sleeveless white broderie anglaise top had been perfect for shopping in the balmy warmth . |
| 8 | These would include claims against the vendor 's professional advisers if they had been negligent in advising on the negotiation of the transaction . |
| 9 | Tragically , from experience , I have discovered that Government Departments have not been speedy in dealing with the rights of victims of terrorism in Northern Ireland . |
| 10 | ‘ In the past , ’ he said as he returned to Robbie 's side , ‘ she 's been accustomed to sleeping at the foot of my bed . |
| 11 | Not only are Arsenal losing , but they are failing to score — just one goal from seven games — and it 's beginning to have an effect on fans who have been accustomed to rolling with the good times . |
| 12 | Company publicity manager said : ‘ This shows that the national TV campaign has done its job and the visitors Centre staff have been magnificent in coping with the big increase in visitors . |
| 13 | ‘ After that I suppose I 'll start training for another marathon , but I 've never been good at looking to the future . |
| 14 | The Socialists have historically been better at going for the gut-level reaction . |
| 15 | Over the centuries , the Superintendents who 've been responsible for looking after the garden , have each played a major part in it 's growth and development . |
| 16 | Up to now , it has been argued , many who have been able to influence the consumption of fuel in non-domestic buildings ( by altering the heating , lighting or ventilation in their own immediate environments ) have not been responsible for paying for the fuel which they consume . |
| 17 | Meredith ( 1984 ) had not been alone in calling for the Secretary of State to reply within a specified length of time . |
| 18 | He had won in the maiden class , for those who have yet to win a prize , in 1975 , but he had not been successful since moving into the growers ' section . |
| 19 | Chair , if I can , if I can speak to it from a financial point of view , this is the scheme where we have been successful in bidding for the European Rural Development Fund grants . |
| 20 | The Scheme has been successful in contributing to the increase in the proportion of suspects who receive legal advice at the police station , although that proportion is still relatively low . |
| 21 | We have been successful in going in the opposite direction — in increasing the number of jobs and in making British industry more competitive in the past 10 years . |
| 22 | This means they must have been capable of crawling onto the land , like the sole survivors today of such creatures , called the dipnoans , a type of fish with lungs which live in Africa , Australia and South America . |
| 23 | Conference organisers have not been slow in jumping on the bandwagon . |
| 24 | It has also been slow in reacting to the threat posed by rival PC manufacturers shipping similar machines at lower prices . |
| 25 | ‘ He had been off-colour after running in the Mildmay at Sandown earlier in the season and we found that he had broken blood vessels , ’ said Gaselee . |
| 26 | Lord Taylor said Richens had explained he was carrying the sheath knife , used in the killing , to reassure Sabrina , who had been frightened about staying at the flat since Choi raped her . |
| 27 | Scattered statements in the biographies of other scholars in Taskopruzade show Molla Yegan to have been active in teaching in the years following 1430 , although , interestingly enough , the medrese at which he taught is never named . |