Example sentences of "[verb] [been] in [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Conversely , psychology itself has been in no shape to deliver the goods it promised : if educationists were atheoretical , psychologists for their part were producing theories which were too crude to be of much use to educational researchers . |
2 | However , since he left school he has been in no further trouble with the police and , although unemployed , remains happily at home with his family . |
3 | This , it has to be said , has been in no small part due to the advent of the in-store bakery ; a concept which has really taken off over the last 10 years . |
4 | Historically the BBC has been in a privileged position to negotiate coverage with the ‘ gentlemen amateurs ’ of the MCC , the Committee of the All-England Club , and the four rugby unions . |
5 | The corpse has been in a freezer in Hawaii since he died there in exile in 1989 . |
6 | Disney has been in a protracted dispute with contractors over costings . |
7 | Proving ignorance of facts that one might or might not have known is impossible , unless one has been in a well-documented coma . |
8 | ‘ The Haven has been in a right uproar since the power failure , I can tell you . |
9 | I believe a lot of what they have done has been in a calculated way , like getting George Best on the cover . |
10 | Joan 's husband suffers from motor neurone disease , is very weak and has been in a wheelchair for the last nine years , almost totally dependent on her for physical care . |
11 | Gaug has been in a position to evaluate the drivers who have used his Goodyear tyres . |
12 | Each leaf makes contact with the air , and anyone who has been in a grove of beech trees on a windy night can have no doubt as to the elemental attribution of the tree . |
13 | Next day the guns of the Tower fired a victory salute and Sir John Ligonier wrote to Cumberland on the 25th : ‘ This town has been in a blaze these two days . |
14 | YES , IT APPEARS THAT THIS KEELER WOMAN HAS BEEN IN A CLINCH WITH PROFUMO AND SOME RUSSIAN GEEZER |
15 | Suzanne Calvert has been in a coma for five months since being given the drug at a party by Army deserter Sean O'Brian . |
16 | A court ruled two weeks ago that Tony , 21 , who has been in a coma for 3½ years , could have his feeding tube removed . |
17 | The media has been in a frenzy over Christmas retailing . |
18 | Allan Bland on his son who has been in a coma since the Hillsborough disaster . |
19 | Mr Munby was summing up on day two of a historic test case that will decide the fate of Tony , who has been in a coma for three and a half years . |
20 | He has been in a persistent vegetative state at Airedale General Hospital near Keighley , Yorkshire , ever since . |
21 | Bowe represents the new order in heavyweight boxing , which has been in a state of confusion and flux since the day Buster Douglas shocked the world by knocking out Tyson in Tokyo two years ago . |
22 | Ever since the record industry walked off the dancefloor , disco has been in a constant state of revival . |
23 | Liverpool fan Tony , aged 21 , has been in a coma in a hospital at Keighley , Yorks , since the soccer ground disaster three years ago . |
24 | The big man has been in a clinic since breaking a leg against Crystal Palace last week and the only way he can join in the Reds rise is by cheering them on in front of his telly . |
25 | Since he was pulled from under a pile of 40 bodies over three years ago he has been in a coma , unlikely ever to recover . |
26 | The tender has been in a finished condition for some time and was seen at the last Open Day some two years ago . |
27 | For more than a year now , that masterpiece of engineering and sculpture , the great Peterhof cascade ( 1714–21 ) consisting of 279 sculptures and sixty-five fountains , has been in a critical condition . |
28 | Since the beginnings of technology , now about 200 years ago in the case of the U.K. , the labour market has been in a continuous state of flux . |
29 | The measures , except for the rule regarding accelerated accrual rates , are unlikely to affect anyone who has been in a pension scheme prior to March 1987 and remains with the same employer . |
30 | One aspect of IBM Corp 's business has been in a state of suspended animation throughout its woes so far : its turnover has not declined significantly . |