Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] been [verb] that " in BNC.

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1 Fears have been expressed that timber cladding could suffer from Britain 's cold and damp climate , but the location on the south bank of the Thames estuary at Thamesmead should test the method to extreme : in winter the fog rolls in directly from Denmark .
2 Anhydrite in minor quantities has been reported at different Devonian horizons in two wells in France and Belgium , and in more substantial thickness in the Dinantian in Belgium ( Massa and Oudin 1980 ) ; intriguing speculations have been made that halite might be present deeper in the Namur and Dinant basins .
3 Several studies have been produced that point to correspondences between French fabliaux and intellectual ( scholarly ) currents of the twelfth to fourteenth centuries .
4 Loughlin , out until Christmas , broke his arm playing for Great Britain against New South Wales Country , and Saints have been told that insurance does not cover players on international duty .
5 Thamesdown Borough Councillors have been told that expenditure to tackle the problem of subsidence is virtually inescapable .
6 Mothers have been warned that alcohol and tobacco — as well as various medicines and other chemicals — can injure a fetus .
7 The long list have been told that erm , erm , notices were being made at and I think that 's right , is n't it ?
8 This idea of a running commentary is shown on pg 59 where he tells the reader what various characters of the play have been doing that day .
9 The birds , the birds have been eating that .
10 Accusations have been made that bus drivers already flout speed limits on the estate .
11 It 's only once all these preparations have been done that the family concentrate on decorating their own home .
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