Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] been [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A training centre which specialises in courses on drilling and production technology for the oil industry has itself been learning a few lessons over the past 12 months . |
| 2 | After Hackman 's departure , Dustin felt even more insecure , remembering that he had himself been fired a few times for not satisfying the director . |
| 3 | On 10 May 1794 , Huntingford wrote to the Speaker of the House of Commons ( who had himself been elected a vice-president of the College ) as follows : ‘ Honble Sir , I should not have taken the liberty of troubling you on the subject of the Veterinary College did not the recent business of Wm Stone who stands charged with High Treason prove the cause of his exerting himself to my prejudice in favor of M Vial the late Professor , to be that he might establish a French Connection in that Institution in order that he might through the channel carry on his correspondence with the enemy . |
| 4 | He paused , then added dispassionately , ‘ Had she been born a man , those traits would have made her an excellent ruler . ’ |
| 5 | One hundred year ago Prof Peabody might well have been equally indignant had she been called a scientist , and would have said ( as did Faraday and Kelvin ) ‘ I prefer to be called a natural philosopher ’ . |
| 6 | Had she been making a genuine decision to refuse the treatment , it would be necessary in a case such as this to find out if the patient had received any advice as to the consequences of a refusal to accept treatment . |
| 7 | Clearly it is of prime importance to know how and why this dramatic reversal of traditional attitudes has occurred , and to ask ourselves the question why our approval of democracy should be so automatic and unhesitating when , had we been born a century or so earlier , we would have been equally unhesitating in disclaiming any support for so dangerous and radical a notion . |
| 8 | Had they been given a more accurate picture of what was actually taking place , would they have reacted differently ? |
| 9 | Had he been bearing a grudge against her since the previous Friday when she had pushed him against the door of Woolworth 's ? |
| 10 | Have you been to put a bet on ? |
| 11 | " Have you been to see a doctor ? " |
| 12 | ‘ Have you been taking a medical history , Nurse Dungarvan ? ’ |
| 13 | Leith was still blinking at him and his nerve when he went on , ‘ I know you wear a ‘ hands off ’ sign at the office … ’ well , that was something , she supposed ‘ … but how long have you been wearing a deerstalker ? ’ |