Example sentences of "[coord] have [been] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the most universal of all designs ; it is found in the artistic and religious expression of cultures as far apart as America , Europe and India , as well as China , and has been ascribed many meanings ; the most popular of these are happiness , the heart of the Buddha and the number 10,000 . |
| 2 | The Government needs to find extra money from somewhere and has been considering all sorts of options . |
| 3 | The latter has a chequered history and has been altered several times within its life in Poland . |
| 4 | It embraces the remains of a mediaeval well and has been made most aesthetic use of by the present owners of the manor as an interesting garden feature where flowering colours splash against the solid , more sombre stonework . |
| 5 | The village is well known for its flowers , and has been rewarded several times with a place in the Britain in Bloom Competition . |
| 6 | ‘ Linking ’ and ‘ intrusive ’ are special cases of juncture ; this name refers to the relationship between one sound and the sounds that immediately precede and follow it , and has been given some importance in phonological theory . |
| 7 | One big star , Billy Ray Cyrus , was invented by the marketing men last year and has been playing more or less bubblegum pop . |
| 8 | Regularly , at least one day a week , he goes to one of a few chosen locations to shoot a roll of film and has been doing this now for several years and so has built up a record of places such as Trafalgar Square , Westminster Bridge and the South Bank in London . |
| 9 | Regularly , a least one day a week , he goes to one of a few chosen locations to shoot a roll of film and has been doing this now for several years and so has built up a record of places such as Trafalgar Square , Westminster Bridge and the South Bank in London . |
| 10 | The fact that NTS have deliberately cut publicity about Ben Lawers is not new and has been reported many times . |
| 11 | Ken Stewart , MEP for Merseyside East , has met EC commissioners and has been told that German and French objections to Merseyside gaining a large slice of the European structural fund are no longer a problem . |
| 12 | He looks promising and has been used this season as a replacment for Wallace . |
| 13 | He had not been eating properly and had been drinking more than usual . |
| 14 | Gotti had been prosecuted on three previous occasions — while the current trial was in progress the foreman of the jury in the 1987 trial was indicted for conspiring with Gotti to return a not guilty verdict in exchange for $60,000 — and had been acquitted each time . |
| 15 | We also felt that Zephyr had been under pressure due to her immense popularity and had been given little opportunity to show off the gentle side of her nature — in the same way the more extrovert patients had dominated the evening while those of shy and retiring nature had slightly missed out . |
| 16 | He admired his father-in-law 's farming ability and had been given some worthwhile advice whenever they had met . |
| 17 | It was from Camilla Parker-Bowles and had been written several days before the engagement was officially announced . |
| 18 | But all Gouzenko could say about the other Elli was that he was in ‘ department five of Military intelligence ’ and had been told this by a colleague called Lubimov , or possibly Liubimov , who had worked with him in the GRU code room in Moscow . |
| 19 | It had been imposed at the height of serious anti-government rioting and pogroms in February 1990 [ see p. 37256 ] , and had been shortened several times , but only now was the security situation deemed by the city 's military commandant to have stabilized . |
| 20 | My boyfriend and I are both 24 and have been seeing each other for three years . |
| 21 | He told a news conference at the club 's White Hart Lane ground : ‘ I 've been threatened , spat on , chased after and have been called all the names under the sun . |
| 22 | It looks a bit chilly , and a team of balloonists have been feeling rather chilly today and have been spending most of the day in a fridge . |
| 23 | We would n't have chosen to move back into town at this time , but having been offered such a good space , we did n't want to turn it down . |
| 24 | This was Henry Stafford , duke of Buckingham , who had come of age in 1473 but had been refused any political role by Edward IV . |
| 25 | This was Henry Stafford , duke of Buckingham , who had come of age in 1473 but had been refused any political role by Edward IV . |
| 26 | She had also left some grasses free-flowing , stuck only at the bottom so they could move in the breeze , but had been told this was not strictly according to tradition . |