Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] be [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra 's reputation has long been out of all proportion to its representation on record , at least in the West . |
| 2 | The new Landrat of Gunzenhausen , a former Franconian bastion of National Socialism , wrote in his first monthly report after the end of the Third Reich , in August 1945 : ‘ Although the war has only been over for a few months , National Socialism is hardly ever spoken about , and when at all , only in a negative sense . |
| 3 | Another argument is that advertising has only been around for a while , so how can that be the reason for all our hang-ups , but that 's not true either . |
| 4 | Auntie Mavis has only been out for five to ten minutes twice cos of her knee . |
| 5 | Some students may need only to make good on areas where their performance has not been up to the Compact mark , others may need to negotiate the complete range of Compact goals at this level . |
| 6 | Wright is not that much of a loss — in the games he has played for the national team which i have seen he has not been up to par . |
| 7 | And our all round cricket has not been up to standard . ’ |
| 8 | HARRY 'S LADY : Has not been out since July when chased leaders until faded three furlongs out 9l 5th to Sir Danik ( Nottingham 1m , Gd-Fm ) . |
| 9 | She has not been out of this room for six months . |
| 10 | She has not been out with anyone else since this happened , and is very cautious about having any other relationships . |
| 11 | He now has two gardeners working full time : Dennis , a grand old boy who has scarcely been out of Gloucestershire in his life — and has been looking after foxhounds for the Duke of Beaufort for most of it ; and Trevor Jacobs , a younger and professionally qualified horticulturist . |
| 12 | It 's 0700 on the 30 June and my body has already been up for an hour and run four miles . |
| 13 | Certainly previous experience shapes present and future conduct but the good teacher or the good manager will not be contented simply with repeating what he or she has already been through without questioning the constraints of the organization which seems to stand in the way . |
| 14 | Knighton has hardly been out of the news since announcing his intention to buy United on 18 August , the day before the Football League season began . |
| 15 | It was the first time I had ever seen a live tennis match — Wimbledon has always been out of the question financially , and the Midland Bank tournament offered me the chance to see live international tennis at a reasonable price . |
| 16 | Despite the fact that homoeopathy has now been around for close on two hundred years , very little research has been carried out either to attempt to understand how it works , or to prove that it does work . |
| 17 | He has n't been round for a while , Andy , has he ? |
| 18 | And I wo n't spare a minute 's thought for the fact that Piers has n't been around for the entire day , and lord only knows what he 's getting up to with Nicole . |
| 19 | We 've never jumped on the bandwagon 'cos it 's clearly going to end in tears , but there 's definitely been a vibe that has n't been around since the days of the Buzzcocks and The Electric Circus . |
| 20 | ‘ She has n't been up to London yet . |
| 21 | Well of course it 's not on , it has n't been on for weeks . |
| 22 | There 's an oil stain beneath it , but I bet it has n't been on since last February . |
| 23 | The guy with the locks and the lyrics whose ‘ Legend ’ LP has n't been out of the UK Top 75 album chart since 1984 . |
| 24 | A reader called to say she had a postcard dated 1910 which showed the fire with a notice saying : ‘ This fire has n't been out for over 200 years . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ He has n't been out for days , ’ another boy said . |
| 26 | She has n't been in to Belmodes , and is not answering her phone . |
| 27 | Mm and old Bob down the road , Bob , he has n't been in for about the same sort of time this 'll be his fourth week wo n't it ? |
| 28 | ‘ She has n't been back to her house , ’ Farrell said . |
| 29 | He has n't been back to South Africa in years . ’ |
| 30 | He has n't been back to work since Christmas . |