Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | This sparked immediate criticism that the MMC regulations requiring Bass to free pubs from the tie or sell them had been by-passed . |
| 2 | But they wo n't go out on the streets until officers using them have been fully trained . |
| 3 | An alleged disadvantage of alliances is that they lock states to each other even after the circumstances which initially produced them have been fundamentally altered . |
| 4 | Ever since we met I 've been the target for veiled accusations and suspicions ! |
| 5 | research that I realized I had been wrong . |
| 6 | There are about fourteen roads , streets , crescents , avenues , walks , and squares all called whatever it was you told James , and I visited number fifteen in all of them before I realized I 'd been had . |
| 7 | ‘ Everyone would think I 'd been messing around ! |
| 8 | You would n't think I 'd been complimented on them , would you , but when I 'appened to show them accidental to a gentleman once , he said I ought to go on the stage and wear tights and a little frou-frou skirt — here , where you goin' ? ’ |
| 9 | I just privately discharged myself and let the Americans think I 'd been here all along . ’ |
| 10 | What the hell do you think I 've been talkin' about the last few minutes ? |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't you think I 've been trying to believe that ? ’ |
| 12 | He 's scored four in just five starts , and said : ‘ It 's been a good start but I still do n't think I 've been at my best . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Why the hell do you think I 've been holed up here since yesterday ? |
| 14 | M. What do you think I 've been these last two months ? |
| 15 | Do you think I 've been staying here for the good of my health ? |
| 16 | People will think I 've been terribly extravagant and I sha n't be able to defend myself . ’ |
| 17 | What d' you think I 've been thinking about all the time ? |
| 18 | ‘ Why do you think I 've been avoiding you today ? |
| 19 | I ca do n't think I 've been down here before have I ? |
| 20 | What do you think I 've been doing ! |
| 21 | ‘ Ach , come on , you would think I had been at the whisky already . |
| 22 | The villagers would think I had been drinking or wandering in my wits . ’ |
| 23 | They will think I have been collaborating with you or something ’ |
| 24 | I do n't think I have been fooled by artefacts , or overinterpreted my findings , though it is obvious even to me , let alone a critical outsider , that in fitting the data within a temporal cascade I have not formally proved all the necessary biochemical links ; some of my arguments have run dangerously close to the classical trap of assuming that post hoc implies propter hoc ; just because the phosphorylation step precedes the glycoprotein synthesis I can not automatically assume that the latter depends upon the former . |
| 25 | I do however think I have been able to help with the emotional problems of the artists here , especially the big dilemma of whether to have kids or not . |
| 26 | Erm I do n't think I have been down to that I think I 've sh erm wired the whole damn out of my mind because er it 's a long time since I heard such garbage in this chamber , it 's fortunate for us Chairman that Mr is n't a member of the Environment Committee because if that 's the kind of contribution that he 's prepared to make on these occasions we would could well do without it . |
| 27 | As Sean will testify I have been pretty anti Strachan in the past especially when he was still playing when obviously suffering from his back trouble . |
| 28 | In the end , just to save myself from socking him one , I had to pretend I 'd been using the term ironically . |
| 29 | But I realised I 'd been a bit heavy . |
| 30 | He settled down with a dance student called Jane , then ‘ one day I was sitting with her in a train station and I realised I 'd been staring at a bloke for about ten minutes ’ . |