Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Support for Scott could have come from Stanley 's Parliamentary Under Secretary , Henry Baillie , who was a personal friend of Manners and had been a supporter of Young England . |
| 2 | … his wretched father , who had each year sunk lower and lower in the underworld , had been a gentleman once , a man who had been familiar with good manners and had been educated in the customs of good breeding . |
| 3 | She had long shapely legs and had been known in Moscow by her nickname , ‘ The Smooch ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ That will mean losing some players who are popular with the fans and have been really good servants of the club . |
| 5 | The IRA claimed the man , although a Catholic , was a ‘ hit man and intelligence officer ’ for the extreme Protestant Ulster Freedom Fighters and had been involved in a number of gun attacks on nationalists and republicans . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's married a Welsh girl , has two Welsh kids and has been here for five years . |
| 7 | The opposition National Front for the Salvation of Libya stated that several of those promoted had taken part in purges of dissidents and had been expelled from European countries . |
| 8 | Olives are grown in many Mediterranean countries , where they have been cultivated for centuries and have been an important trading crop since ancient times . |
| 9 | Many have seen this apparition , some claim to have hit her with their cars and to have been astounded to discover no evidence of a body on further investigation . |
| 10 | They had already become British subjects and had been trading in corn from the United States of America and morocco to Madeira . |
| 11 | It was covered in weeping pustules and had been isolated from the group . |
| 12 | He received his certificate which stated : ‘ These are to Certify that Mr Edmund Bond has attended the Veterinary College as a resident pupil for 18 months and having been examined by us , we consider him as qualified to practise the Veterinary Art ’ . |
| 13 | Anti-terrorist squad officers have been on maximum alert for several months and have been expecting ‘ a spectacular ’ IRA bomb in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 14 | Derek says … they 've broken a few boats in testing … they 've been building prototypes for the last six months and have been putting in hours at sea to make sure everything is right |
| 15 | Short 's preparation has been under way for six months and has been intensive . |
| 16 | A defence lawyer said both defendants had come from broken homes and had been brought up by their mothers . |
| 17 | ( FCA ) of who had been found to be in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.32 in that in High Wycombe between 31 March 1989 and 14 June 1991 it failed to notify clients in writing of the amount and terms of commission received as a result of advice given to those clients and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 5.03 in that in High Wycombe between 31 March 1989 and 14 June 1991 it failed to give notice to its Bank that all money standing to the credit of its Investment Business Client Bank Account was to be held by the firm as a trustee or agent within the terms of the regulation was reprimanded , fined £l , 000 and ordered to pay £250 by way of costs . |
| 18 | I am still under the influence of Milton 's potent spell cast in the first two books and have been unable to find a successful remedy in the following books to bring . |
| 19 | So much so that she was not left alone with him , but that afternoon the mother had had to go shopping and the child had returned from a swimming session in the baths and had been alone with the man . |
| 20 | This should have been no problem as she was a swimming champion of the South London Schools and had been in excellent health . |
| 21 | Erm and he 's saying that you know to start with basically education has always been the preserve of the landlords , er the peasants have n't had anything to do with education , have always been poor illiterate peasants erm and now he 's saying that because the landlords have been overthrown erm suddenly peasants er have , you know , are forming erm schools and have been able to be taught various things . |
| 22 | The hotel itself has excellent amenities and has been the centre of great party nights . |
| 23 | However , this was ten times the size of the Terran designs and had been built centuries before man had even discovered fire . |
| 24 | This may be because the majority of secondary schools are in urban areas and have been less affected by the war . |
| 25 | Foreigners , since the earliest times , have been required to live in special residential areas and have been treated with a good deal of suspicion and hostility by ordinary Russians as well as by government officials . |
| 26 | On Jan. 25 the government claimed that the rebels had suffered many casualties and had been driven back over the border into Uganda . |
| 27 | Transracial adoption , the adoption of children by parents of different racial origin , developed in earnest in the mid-1960s and has been on the increase since then . |
| 28 | Acknowledge any limitations of competence and refuse in such cases to accept delegated functions without first having received instruction in regard to those functions and having been assessed as competent . |
| 29 | He notes that in Europe employers generally have formed associations and have been willing to accept trade unions , whereas in US industries , especially in manufacturing , employers have pursued more independent policies and their attitude towards unions remains at best , as Thompson and Moore ( 1975 ) have shown , one of grudging tolerance , if not of open hostility . |
| 30 | Since 1986 Gotti had faced three previous trials and had been acquitted on all charges . |