Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] been [verb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can co-exist as alternative spellings during transition — indeed , a hundred or so words have been simplified this century when dictionaries have listed alternative spellings and the public has opted for the easier way of arranging the letters . |
| 2 | Webbe 's appearances for Bridgend have been limited this season and he has only five tries so far . |
| 3 | Millions of parents have been saying this for months . |
| 4 | Together Skylark have been bringing this music far beyond these shores , to Europe , America and even Australia , so it 's a delight to welcome them back to the Harp Folk Club after an absence of five years . |
| 5 | MORE than 600 illegal nets have been confiscated this year from poachers who are stealing thousands of pounds worth of salmon from the River Foyle . |
| 6 | ‘ Hundreds of companies have been duped this way , ’ said a detective with the Northumbria Fraud Squad , which is investigating the Brandmakers ' case . |
| 7 | At present no other organisations have been given this status . |
| 8 | BANKS have been reeling this week with the news that customer complaints to the industry 's Ombudsman have risen by 60 per cent . |
| 9 | No average for the country is available for comparison , but compared with other areas where similar surveys have been made this figure is regarded as a high one . |
| 10 | Theologians have been arguing this for two thousand years … ’ |
| 11 | Twenty-one red kite chicks have been raised this year , compared to just 10 last year . |
| 12 | The French and the US National Science Foundation have been doing this for some time . ’ |
| 13 | And this is what TV viewers have been watching this year … |
| 14 | In the Northern General hospital NHS trust , six new consultants have been appointed this year and 95 per cent . |
| 15 | Erm , the , all the arguments for and against organic dips have been considered this last nine months by the Veterinary Products Committee , and they 've come out with a report I think , that satisfies no one , because it does n't go either , either way in that respect at all , it 's called for more research and , and erm , development in that , in that sense . |
| 16 | Restrictions on water use have been imposed this month in areas of the south and east of the country , which is experiencing the worst drought this century . |
| 17 | Considerable quantities of Ecstasy and LSD have been seized this year from buses and cars along the Derry-Donegal border . |
| 18 | Hundreds of people have been auditioning this week for the chance to be one of the faces in the crowd . |
| 19 | Probably , most people have been doing this for ages , but I ca n't remember seeing it , so if it helps anyone , great . |
| 20 | TWO hundred baby hedgehogs have been saved this year by RSPCA nurses who fed them scrambled eggs at West Hatch , Somerset . |
| 21 | We must check to see whether the lady 's slipper survived the winter — only six species of orchids have been seen this year . |
| 22 | Keyboard players have been doing this for years , but it 's a revelation to most guitarists . |
| 23 | The panic which followed Mr Nigel Lawson 's departure from the Treasury has subsided , but tremors have been produced this week by tabloid press reports that Mr Nicholas Ridley , the Trade Secretary , regards Mrs Thatcher as a liability , leaving only four solid loyalists in Cabinet — Mr John Major , Mr David Waddington , Mr Cecil Parkinson and Mr Norman Lamont . |
| 24 | The pages of magazines have been filled this year with the usual crop of controversies . |
| 25 | Volunteers at the centre have been videoing this pair of kingfishers and so far it looks as though the experiment is a success . |
| 26 | Worldwide , over a million great whales have been killed this century for their oil and meat . |
| 27 | Lam exhibitions have been mounted this month at The Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid ( until 14 December and then travelling to the Fundació Miró in Barcelona , 21 January–28 March , 1993 ) , the Villa Medici in Rome , the home of the French Academy ( until 24 January 1993 and the first show of the artist 's work in Italy ) and in New York . |
| 28 | Resources for employment training have been cut this year and for youth training are roughly the same , even though the need is so much greater . |
| 29 | But no members of the public have been killed this year by the security forces compared to eight last year . |
| 30 | After last week 's Revenue announcement that more than £1bn had beep taken by Personal Equity Plans , two new PEPs have been launched this week by stockbrokers Credit Suisse Buckmaster & Moore and life insurance giant Norwich Union . |