Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [been] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | At no other time has either left or right been able to form a government without the support of the FOP , which has therefore been the essential junior partner in coalition either with the CDU/CSU or , less often , with the SPD . |
| 2 | The newspaper had , it reported , contacted some of those whose views the advertisements claimed to express , and found that they had not approved or even been aware of the advertisements . |
| 3 | The method had found unburnt paraffin in the person 's lungs , thus suggesting that the person had inhaled paraffin and so been alive when the fire started . |
| 4 | True , she had had a pleasant bed-sitting room , and Mrs White had cooked for her and always been welcoming , but on some cold summer evenings , sitting in her Lloyd Loom armchair by a gas fire , turned low for reasons of economy , Agnes had experienced some bleakness . |
| 5 | If the weather had held and still been hot and dry would they have dug deeper ? |
| 6 | For instance , how many people have watched a woman carrying a load of shopping and a three year old child , or cleaning up after an incontinent elderly relation , and still been able to maintain that some jobs are too heavy and dirty for women ? |
| 7 | ‘ We 've been fortunate , too , because Mike 's sister Judy has a three-year-old , and now a new baby , and lots of our friends have babies , so they 've lent us things and also been great with advice about their best buys . |
| 8 | Women have historically and traditionally been stuck in low paid , non-unionised , often part-time jobs . |
| 9 | There has been some confusion concerning the status of such instruments , the accounting treatment for which has varied and sometimes been controversial . |
| 10 | ‘ Have you ever seen yourself doing something you know is wrong , and yet been unable to stop ? |
| 11 | In other cases , governments have tried to regulate but often been ineffective ; it is hard to enforce regulations such as those that prevent ships discharging oil at sea . |
| 12 | ‘ I never used to read poetry at all but I 've just found out that it says all the things I 've often felt but never been able to express . |