Example sentences of "[vb base] [been] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Yes , and the reason we 've got no morals is that for a long time ( 150 years ) we 've been at a loose end . ' |
2 | This is then rotated and scaled , making the ‘ ball ’ appear to bounce in the out of the screen ( Sounds like you 've been at the loony juice again to me — Ed ) . |
3 | It may be a consolation for them to know that I 've been at the receiving end myself . |
4 | For nominal Christians it is perhaps only the third time they have been at a religious service ; the other two being their baptism and marriage . |
5 | Technological developments have been at a fast pace since the 1950s . |
6 | It turns out that both ladies have been at the Rossellini anti-wrinkle juice — with increasingly disastrous consequences . |
7 | The conservatives who have been the most vocal advocates of alliance with the US and opponents of communist totalitarianism , have been at the same time among the most strident supporters of Japanese rearmament and the revival of ‘ traditional values ’ . |
8 | Delegates are still addressed as brother , sister , or comrade , but this year there are electronic signs in the hall giving the speaker 's name — as there have been at the Conservative conference for quite a while . |
9 | For it was the procedures and practices that have been at the very core of racing tradition for generations that were on trial here , and there was little realistic chance that they should have been found wanting . |