Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [conj] have been " in BNC.

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1 ‘ He has maintained his innocence throughout and has been fully vindicated by a jury who took only an hour and a half to find him not guilty .
2 I have a bid to make for additional assistance , and I suggest that there are three means by which we could help people without work more than has been possible in the past .
3 Ma had known her Bible thoroughly and had been fond of quoting it .
4 Indeed , she had dined in the Hotel the night before and had been introduced to her local MP , Sir Ralph Grunte .
5 ORIGINALLY ON the German Rough Mix label and now sensibly picked up by Sheffield 's Warp label , this one 's been around for a while now and has been described as potentially the next Gat Decor .
6 The first woman governor , Miss Muriel Allen , retired a little while ago and has been succeeded by Mr. Roy Merricks .
7 Ramsay knew her by repute only and had been looking forward to seeing her in person .
8 He was made redundant in March 1991 and received payments until returning to full-time work in July 1991 , but suffered a prolapsed disc a month later and has been off work since then .
9 Both very meticulous players , they had fallen more than one hole behind and had been warned for slow play .
10 But Mr Dare is plainly taking the threat of increased competition seriously and has been touring England and Wales to sell his ideas to farmers .
11 There are a number of books in the list here that have been discarded from the British Library , including an editio princeps .
12 It was transported to Bury a year later and has been worked upon continually since .
13 Touche Ross made 200 redundant last year , Ernst and Young has shed 260 since 1990 , Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte cut 200 jobs a year ago and has been steadily losing jobs ever since and Peat Marwick McLintock has cut 300 .
14 Casting and smithing in Nigeria reached a standard from the 10th century onwards that has been compared to the art of Benvenuto Cellini .
15 The best place for Jed during all of this , she 'd decided , would be with his minder ; she 'd worked out a special weekend rate with Mrs Neary some time ago and had been working on her conscience ever since .
16 The boat had been bought some time earlier but had been abandoned due to decay and damage .
17 And then on the left hand side the old houses continue and the female I interviewed er I reckoned there had been a house there that had been knocked down , and they built a wee bungalow .
18 There 's a cupboard there that 's been ripped open , I mean is that just part of the vandalism that goes on ?
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