Example sentences of "[adv] been [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there had only been some way they could have gone in the doors of University College together and come home on the bus each night , or better still got a flat together , life would have been perfect . |
| 2 | Had it only been this morning that she had visited Switham House and received that kind lady 's offer of help ? |
| 3 | There has apparently been some misunderstanding about the future of this Club and we have been asked to reassure members that the Club is continuing and that eligibility remains as before . |
| 4 | As a result , overall our sales were down , roughly in line with our competitors in the oil service industry , but there was continuing pressure on margins and profitability and there had obviously been some build-up on the international side in anticipation of higher sales . |
| 5 | There has obviously been some attempt to alter and/or censor , but something of the truth can nevertheless be teased out of the fragments that remain . |
| 6 | There has obviously been some continuity of habitation on the site but , quite honestly , there is no way I could classify it other than , perhaps , Romo-Stuart-Georgian ! |
| 7 | ‘ I 've already been this morning , thank you , Corp . ’ |
| 8 | There has already been some response to this cry for help . |
| 9 | ‘ On grass , ’ says Mr Hann , ‘ where you inject into wheel markings you get more damage , as the tine is being pulled through ground on which there has already been some surface shearing . |
| 10 | Indeed , there has already been some degree of rationalisation of SROs . |
| 11 | But there has already been some progress in this direction . |
| 12 | There had already been some friction with the head of the Catholic Church in Spain , Cardinal Gomá , and with General Queipo de Llano ; the monarchists disliked the Falange , as did many military men ; and some Falangists harboured resentment over the 1937 unification of parties . |
| 13 | It appeared that although Taigh na Tuir had not been formally put on the market , there had already been some interest shown . |
| 14 | In Moabit there had already been some traffic management in the past , but this had relied largely on the use of one-way streets . |
| 15 | I have chosen Vaughan because there has already been some analysis of deixis in his poetry — notably by Roger Sell in his article " The unstable discourse of Henry Vaughan " ( 1987 ) . |
| 16 | In the United States there has already been some production of material specifically for interactive use , but for most people it is still a question of waiting and seeing what uses , methods and materials emerge . |
| 17 | Previously they 'd just been another name in the Gig Guide or sharing the billing on a Cud poster . |
| 18 | The white hat , I wondered , had that just been another trick of my imagination ? |
| 19 | Investigations conducted among more recent groups of émigrés suffer from the fact that such groups have been disproportionately Jewish ; there has nevertheless been some support for the view that nationality is not a ‘ primordial ’ attachment and that its political importance is likely to depend on situational factors such as the degree of competition for employment opportunities . |
| 20 | In Picasso 's Horta work there had still been some reference to the earlier , simpler and more rational forms derived from tribal art , but in the paintings done on his return to Paris this aspect is completely abandoned , and in the figure work , the approach becomes once again less rational and more empirical . |
| 21 | In the second paragraph he said : ’ During our discussions I accepted that there had possibly been some scope for misunderstanding . |
| 22 | There has possibly been some exaggeration in this matter of concentration on the horse . |
| 23 | However , there has possibly been some increase in the number of adult males wintering . |
| 24 | There has always been much speculation about the site of this region , guesses including East Africa , Abyssinia , Arabia , Spain , Armenia and Peru . |
| 25 | There had always been that choice , and it was as difficult to take , and as easy to reject , in the twentieth century as it had been in any other . |
| 26 | ‘ My theory has always been that working practices and the way that careers are structured are not really compatible with having a family as well . |
| 27 | But life had not always been that way with Moby . |
| 28 | The reason I cover my head is difficult to explain , because it 's always been that way . |
| 29 | ‘ She has always been that way , ever since she was a little girl , ’ says another of those close to her , Kylie 's great aunt , Mrs Thomas Riddiford . |
| 30 | But it 's always been that way . |