Example sentences of "[vb base] been [vb pp] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each time they 've been reprieved at the last moment . |
| 2 | I came here with full agreements in order to get this convoy to Cerska and so far I 've been blocked at every turn . ’ |
| 3 | They 've been involved at every stage through carpentry , electrical and painting work through to its present state |
| 4 | Children who 've been given at a far too tender age , the terrible power of holding a loaded gun and be able to command everything in sight as a result of that , have actually got to get back and rediscover childhood . |
| 5 | Most of her boyfriends have been collected at a time of crisis in their lives , lame ducks , my father calls them , who tend to move on when they have reorganised their existence , not wanting to be taken over . |
| 6 | The well-known cases which have been cited at the Bar in support of the position , that a promise , based on the consideration of doing that which a man is already bound to do , is invalid , apply to this case ; and it is not necessary , in order to invalidate the consideration , that the plaintiff 's prior obligation to afford that consideration should have been an obligation to the defendant . |
| 7 | More than a thousand redundancies have been announced at the Belling cooker company in Burnley and Enfield . |
| 8 | It was agreed that chapters 15 to 17 should be printed on yellow-tinted paper , with the following explanation at the top of the contents page : ‘ For ease of reference , chapters 15 to 17 have been placed at the front of the report , adjacent to the proposals , and are printed on tinted paper . ’ |
| 9 | They have been placed at the head of this chapter only because it is the extreme case which so often bothers the social worker in consideration of what he or she might be involved in if the sexual side of the work develops . |
| 10 | A glamorous restaurant and bar surround a central palm-fringed swimming pool , and three tennis courts have been built at the foot of Anchorage Hill . |
| 11 | More than £2,000 MGB bodyshells have been built at the Faringdon factory . |
| 12 | More than thirty people have been massacred at a squatter camp near Johannesburg . |
| 13 | Eight hundred books have been printed at a cost of eighteen hundred pounds . |
| 14 | These positive aspects of the Michigan law may , however , have been achieved at the expense of simplicity . |
| 15 | But these activities have been conducted at a loss , and the competition both from Europe and the USA has intensified . |
| 16 | Results from these analyses have been presented at a number of conferences and seminars in the UK and overseas . |
| 17 | As far as grants are concerned , students who apply for a place are almost certain to have used at least three years ' worth of their local authority grant entitlement while studying at university or polytechnic , and may only be eligible for a further one-year entitlement if they have been accepted at a drama school . |
| 18 | All students who have become temporary residents in Northern Ireland and have been accepted at the University should apply for a Medical Card through the University Health Centre . |
| 19 | More than three million hens have been destroyed at a cost of more than £5 million and a number of egg producers have been forced out of business as a result . |
| 20 | So far , approximately 5000 patients have been assessed at the centre which is run by a multi-disciplinary team of physicans . |
| 21 | Over two and a half years of research and development have gone into Aldercare Ltd 's Abacus Practice Management package , and chartered accountants have been involved at every step . |
| 22 | Where trade unions have been involved at the level of the enterprise they have generally not sought to resist the introduction of temporary workers . |
| 23 | Many of the big European names are being churned out by British design teams who have been trained at the expense of the British taxpayer . |
| 24 | The examination ( for each group of 90 students ) starts at 9 00 , and by 18 00 the final results have been confirmed at the examiners ' meeting . |
| 25 | For instance a rite of lifelong commitment for adults or of young people on the verge of adult life who have been confirmed at an earlier age . |
| 26 | Both projects have been run at a substantial deficit for the sake of other ends , which include ultimate profit . |
| 27 | Some 4,574,048 miles have been run at the London since 1981 |
| 28 | But not all of these have been discovered at the 1:50000 scale , and there has not been a systematic ley hunt over all 204 sheets . |
| 29 | Cracks have been discovered at the Ringhals pressurized water reactor in Sweden . |
| 30 | The two German tourists who fell to their deaths while on holiday on Skye have been cremated at a ceremony in Perth . |