Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [conj] have been " in BNC.

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1 By the end of February all basic services had broken down or had been withdrawn and a mass evacuation of non-Bougainvilleans ( both foreigners and Papua New Guineans from other provinces ) was under way .
2 ‘ But he 's committed now and has been capped by Northern Ireland Under-18s .
3 Extraintestinal involvement in Crohn 's disease has been reported increasingly and has been described in the skin , vulva , bone , and lung .
4 Although many more ancient monuments and ruins existed than survive today , they were either thought of as relatively recent ruins or natural phenomena , or else they were explained away as having been made by gods or legendary heroes .
5 Will they assume that people engage in this ritual because they have always done so and have been conditioned into it ?
6 Clearly the Order was prepared in some haste , but it can not be brushed aside as having been made out of an excess of caution .
7 In contrast , all but one of the eighteen cottagers who had some common rights but no land in 1575 had disappeared altogether and had been replaced by others .
8 It was made , but it was also found to be known already and to have been patented in the USA , along with Sontochin , by Winthrop .
9 She seemed dressed for colder weather , in several layers of woollens and a heavy shawl ; dull colours , nothing gaudy , and her hair was pulled back and had been pinned in a clasp She followed as Angelica led the way toward the kitchen , careful not to hold the dead duck too close .
10 Ninety per cent of women who visit the clinic with hair loss problems are deficient in iron through dieting or simply because they are run down or have been ill .
11 On sites where there are no walls or other solid remains , those differences alone show the presence of archaeological features , such as pits and ditches that have silted up or have been filled in .
12 They have worked together and have been friends for some time .
13 The acting commander-in-chief of the KPNLF , Dien Del , said the fighting had continued overnight and had been ‘ more than 70 per cent successful ’ .
14 In theory , it should be easy to tell whether you have left voluntarily or have been dismissed .
15 The shooting followed incidents over the last two or three weeks where the family 's other two cats have returned home and have been violently sick .
16 The rumours were reinforced in mid-December when Roh suggested that , as " a basic framework on inter-Korean relations had been set " , then " summit talks will be held earlier than had been expected " .
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