Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 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 | And each man , or perhaps been one or two men doing the one jo the one order and they was each responsible for their own and then you 'd got ta put your name down sometimes for a machine you know . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If the weather had held and still been hot and dry would they have dug deeper ? |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | Women have historically and traditionally been stuck in low paid , non-unionised , often part-time jobs . |
| 10 | There has been some confusion concerning the status of such instruments , the accounting treatment for which has varied and sometimes been controversial . |
| 11 | ‘ Have you ever seen yourself doing something you know is wrong , and yet been unable to stop ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |