Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I have been approached to consider seeking a nomination in another ward and I am giving that some consideration . |
| 2 | He had swum against the tide at a time when schools to which specific counsellor appointments had previously been made had used a counsellor 's vacancy , at a time of teaching staff reductions , for other purposes . |
| 3 | The economic recession during which this book has been written has seen a reduction in merger mania but one can almost guarantee that this will be a temporary blip in the inexorable progress towards higher and higher profits . |
| 4 | Is it not outrageous that so much British taxpayers ' money should have been spent trying to suppress a book which in part told us about the treacherous activities of the security services in trying to undermine the democratically elected Government of Harold Wilson ? |
| 5 | They had been found attempting to place a phone tap in the embassy building on April 23 . |
| 6 | A CHARITY has been asked to help furnish a church in a Croatian village which was damaged in the war with the Serbs but has been painstakingly rebuilt by the villagers . |
| 7 | A mountain of paperwork has been generated trying to find a mountain of money salted away by Cirencester accountant , Basil Moore . |