Example sentences of "[vb base] been [verb] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been saving five pounds a week for practically the whole of the year . |
| 2 | Hinting at his two-year prison term on assault and weapons convictions , Brown said , ‘ With all the success I 've had , I 've been broke four times because of ignorance . |
| 3 | And you can add to that the fact that a number of districts er have said that they 've been consulted five times by the County Council er on various erm population projections . |
| 4 | Must be doing litres for about twenty years , and I 've been retired ten years . |
| 5 | ‘ You 've been gone nine months . ’ |
| 6 | I 've been taking it continuously for two years , and I want to stress that I 've been taking eighty milligrams a day , |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , actually we 've been doing two checks a day , because Faye felt happier about that . |
| 8 | That 's what I 've been doing six days a week for the last four or five weeks . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been travelling ten years now . |
| 10 | the offences of failing to produce you 've been fined ten pounds for each of those three offences . |
| 11 | just a little shop they were five pound ninety five and I 've been paying seventeen pounds and would you believe they 're made in England ? |
| 12 | I said I 've been waiting six months now , I 've given my life six months to wait for a job , I said , you ca n't get experience if you 're not given chances |
| 13 | and they say I 've been waiting seventeen years for this pollack , or having your tooth out or having your tonsils extracted |
| 14 | If you believe them , Simon 's been sighted eight hundred different places and you 've been caught fifty times … ’ |
| 15 | This afternoon anxious council chiefs have been meeting MMI representatives to assess the implications of MMI freezing its business . |
| 16 | Loans to small farmers have been increased 25 times over ; research and investment has gone into new seeds and fertilizers specially designed for the needs ( and the purses ) of the small farmer ; and maize prices have gone up by 129 per cent so as to provide an incentive . |
| 17 | Most herds are tested for TB every three years but the Rowes ' cattle have been tested 14 times in the last five years . |
| 18 | I think it was Professor Thomas Torrance who replied to a question concerning his ‘ conversion ‘ with the reply : ‘ I have been converted three times . |
| 19 | In the last 18 months alone Megatech has shipped in excess of 4500 copies of TAS , and since the beginning of this year sales have been averaging 400 units a month . |
| 20 | I 'm 63 and for the past six years I have been taking two tablets each day for myxoedema of the thyroid . |
| 21 | Interest rates have been cut eight times since last October . |
| 22 | We have been addressing two audiences throughout the debate — the outside audience , whom the Opposition want to convince that this is a shock horror experience , and the audience in the House . |
| 23 | And the new operators , who 're all local businessmen , have been given 5 years on a new lease to make it a success . |
| 24 | Also present , and hoping to apply for membership in due course , were representatives from the Shoreham Aviation Heritage Trust , who have been given 75 acres of land at historic Shoreham Airport to develop into a museum . |
| 25 | Sources said that they have been given six weeks to finish their assignments and another four weeks ' severance pay . |
| 26 | Sources said they have been given six weeks to finish their assignments and another four weeks severance . |
| 27 | You have been given two years not only to investigate historical thinking and knowledge but also to practise the dynamic process of essay writing . |
| 28 | Hundreds of armed riot police are surrounding the Russian parliament building and pro-Communist rebels inside have been given twenty-four hours to surrender . |
| 29 | Hundreds of armed riot police are surrounding the Russian parliament building and pro-Communist rebels inside have been given twenty-four hours to surrender . |
| 30 | Cup odds FOOTBALL : Liverpool and Nottingham Forest have been made 11–4 favourites for the FA Cup by William Hill who then offer 7–2 Chelsea , 15–1 Villa , 111 Norwich and Southampton , 16–1 West Ham , 25–1 Middlesbrough , 40–1 Portsmouth , 50–1 Sunderland , 80–1 Ipswich , 150–1 Bolton . |