Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] [vb base] been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever I 've been asked to take a sponsored parachute jump I 've declined , giving the excuse ‘ fear of flying ’ . |
| 2 | The crippling difficulty about such ideas whenever they have been raised and examined closely arises from a problem about the nature of federal government . |
| 3 | Please recall how I 've been penned in a sanctum on a planet for most of my days . |
| 4 | I see how I 've been losing : all the while |
| 5 | You ca n't imagine how I have been aching for you … |
| 6 | Let's see how you 've been getting on . |
| 7 | I do n't know how you 've been brought up but this house is run in the Fear of the Lord . ’ |
| 8 | Well how you 've been doing this week ? |
| 9 | After a few weeks the time log sheets are analysed for you by a specialist who duly reports back on how you have been spending your time . |
| 10 | Oh , yes , Taggy told me how you have been working your fingers to the bone . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ And how much silence will there be when your father hears how you have been used ? ’ |
| 12 | ( At a meeting I attended recently about Salman Rushdie 's The Satanic Verses someone said , ‘ You do not understand how we have been insulted ; it is as though someone had raped my daughter . ’ |
| 13 | Well there 's that I mean there 's all , there 's a whole range of things , there 's ghoulish voyeurism right , I mean that that 's important , there 's also the way the Royals have been peddled by the media over the decades and the fact that you know this has been how they 've been tendered this is what they actually are and that y you , you know what I 'm saying that erm or whatever it is between this is what they are , this is what we 've been and they do n't match , they really do n't match . |
| 14 | In a sense responding to our questions , naturally , depending on how they 've been treated by their employer can we have your comments about the sort of legal framework you think the pension fund should be in and then Jeremy will take over . |
| 15 | Well I suppose ringing them up and telling them how they 've been going , how they 're galloping , how they do n't gallop . |
| 16 | If there are any costs to be paid on your account , we will send you a separate statement , with your usual statement , showing how they have been calculated . |
| 17 | TWO more British Olympic medallists told yesterday how they have been hit by dole office meanies . |
| 18 | It is perhaps worth taking a minute or two to invite the Secretary of State to answer those arguments in his reply and to explain how they have been overcome in the new council tax system . |
| 19 | Horses can produce all sorts of conditioned psychological needs , according to how they have been handled by their owners . |
| 20 | However — particularly in this chapter — I have also referred freely to the research strategies adopted in specific projects , so that readers might assess how they have been implemented in the field . |
| 21 | A vase containing flowers that have been left over is also put at the well so people can see for themselves how they have been incorporated into the picture . |
| 22 | In this chapter we analyse the nationalized industries , explain how they have been run , and assess their performance . |
| 23 | compare the assets and liabilities at the beginning and end of an accounting period to determine where funds have come from and how they have been invested . |
| 24 | The men also can be said to live up to how they have been described . |
| 25 | This distinction can be limpid if the artist is directly interviewed , and the interview is verbatim ; but there are problems of evidence with filming and tape recordings , as well as with interviews , since the viewer or reader is unlikely to know how they have been edited . |
| 26 | It is simplest to describe them according to how they have been preserved . |
| 27 | Another feature shared by many is how they have been located on the outside of bends . |
| 28 | However I 've been told there is no law of trespass as long as there is due consideration to private property . |
| 29 | Erm , well the North East and all , I found very good , the two York stores , Harrogate and , erm , that 's where I 've been involved really , and they 've all been very good for that . |
| 30 | The sorts of experiences that you then get people talking about is really well I 've learnt to stand up for myself for the first time , erm I now know what I want to do , I know who I am , erm projects where I 've been involved , where you get women saying things like well two years ago I would never have dreamt of going and talking to the Council about my house , or my children , or that I ca n't get a job because I ca n't get child care , and I would n't have dreamt of doing that and people who now say well now I can do that , I know that I can go and stand up for myself and stand up for what I think is right , just as well as my husband can . |