Example sentences of "been [adv] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tamar sat and talked quietly , telling her Uncle about her life and about Victoria , who had been only a small child when he had last seen her . |
| 2 | For him this convenience has been largely a negative factor for he thought of America as offering no other comparable diversion ; there were ‘ no beer gardens — no public concerts ’ and the question he asked was ‘ Who wants to sit at home and play bridge every night ? ’ |
| 3 | A section of the company 's annual report discussing future prospectives indicates that facilities management at CGI has traditionally been more an auxilliary activity than a driving one . |
| 4 | Under Section 37 of Britain 's Mental Health Act , he would have been legally a free man if he had remained at large for another hour . |
| 5 | The same number had been there the previous night as well . |
| 6 | It would have been quite a sexy story if it was true — lots of money involved . |
| 7 | I have n't actually managed to make it yet this term because of all the teaching preparation I 've been doing , but erm I 've done that for the last two years and erm it 's been quite an important activity because it enabled me , after I came back down to Lewes , to help to get to know a few people in the university and to sort of expand my contacts , and the Meeting House is one of those places which is open to the general public on Sundays for religious worship . |
| 8 | I had n't actually managed to make it yet this term because of all the teaching preparation I 've been doing but erm I 've done that for the last two years and erm it 's been quite an important activity because it enabled me , after I came back down to Lewes , to help to get to know a few people in the University and to sort of expand my contacts . |