Example sentences of "[verb] been [adj] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's lucky I was n't in the water then floating , cos that would 've been dangerous with that boat going past . |
| 2 | It would 've been best with a bigger piece , bigger programme because then we could 've it was easy to see where we were slipping |
| 3 | ‘ Pa would 've been livid with me for getting pregnant , and he would n't want his precious fiddle going to pay for anything to do with it . ’ |
| 4 | Interest has been phenomenal with all Areas represented by ladies 7s and gents 11s . |
| 5 | For a long time it has been content with this unchanging splendour but more recently it has treated itself to a quartier in the most modern style , complete with a magnificent new concert hall , the Corum ( which unfortunately appears to have been built on ground that it is less than stable ) . |
| 6 | He has been friendly with Holy Trinity 's vicar since teaching him at theological college in Durham . |
| 7 | ‘ I know she has been friendly with you — perhaps spoken freely to you . |
| 8 | It would be impossible to better Paul 's summary of the practical and devotional potential of the Bible : " Your mind has been familiar with the holy scriptures , which can open the mind to the salvation which comes through believing on Christ Jesus . |
| 9 | Since May 1991 the Clio has been available with a fuel-injected 1.8-litre petrol engine and October 1991 saw the introduction of the 16-valve high-performance model . |
| 10 | She has been honest with herself and the lesson is clear . |
| 11 | He has used ‘ other Texels ’ and has been disappointed with the grading results . |
| 12 | Runcorn opened on June 1 and has been terrific with small fish all along and bream at Astmoor and S Bends . |
| 13 | The resulting reduction in costs has been coincident with a focus on customer service and manufacturing excellence and the operation is now ready to take the opportunities that economic recovery will bring . |
| 14 | Yes it should , but only if South Africa holds up its hand and admits that money did find its way into certain bank accounts and that the game in South Africa has been awash with money for many years . |
| 15 | A problem with diagnosing lipid disorders is that everyone has been obsessed with examining fasting specimens , a requirement which presents two obstacles for diabetics . |
| 16 | For thirty years , Clark has been obsessed with sex and death and has achieved some notoriety for his books Tulsa ( 1970 ) and Teenage Lust ( 1984 ) , in which his nude models have portrayed , in turn , lust , despair and boredom . |
| 17 | The government has been obsessed with secrecy as is indicated by the prosecution of Clive Ponting and Sarah Tisdall over the disclosure of material covered by the Official Secrets Act and by their efforts to prevent the publication of Spycatcher by Peter Wright . |
| 18 | For most of this century Britain has been obsessed with the idea of holding the price of its currency above its natural value . |
| 19 | Weather wise the early part of the season was good , but August has been poor with a lot of rain . |
| 20 | The number has been static with minor fluctuations , since 1984 , says Market Assessment . |
| 21 | Made in China following time-honoured traditional methods , it has been hand-trimmed with intricately patterned lace for a truly delicate effect . |
| 22 | This is the first issue for a decade or so that has been typeset with the aid of a computer and phototypesetting . |
| 23 | Lawrence is settled at Middlesbrough and has been pleased with the progress of his first season . |
| 24 | All that has happened in tokamaks has been consistent with the 1970 view , formulated by Lev Artsimovich , that achieving the conditions required for thermonuclear ignition in tokamaks would be only a matter of time and of larger machines and the development of ways of heating the plasma . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , only minimal control over this basic aspect of construction has been possible with these devices . |
| 26 | Because the choice of opting out is largely represented to parents , former pupils and the local community as a means of securing a better financial arrangement from the DES than has been possible with the local authority , it is sometimes argued that it is not ethos or education but funding which alone lies at the heart of the decision . |
| 27 | On previous tasks he has usually been on the cordon ringing the incident that the EOD team has been involved with , and cursing them for taking so long . |
| 28 | Ball , who joined the club in 1960 has been involved with coaching duties since 1983 . |
| 29 | Wolverton Works has been involved with Royal travel from the beginning of main line railways . |
| 30 | I often hear comments such as , ‘ Since my husband has been involved with the Alexander Technique he is a much nicer man to live with . ’ |