Example sentences of "[been] [verb] [verb] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some individuals carry on for longer , and one has been heard to call 270 times without a break . |
| 2 | A COMPANY has been formed to run two sawmills which have been bought out by management from the previous owners . |
| 3 | A new system has been installed to monitor 10 miles of underground drains at Wilton . |
| 4 | Many species can dive to depths of 200 metres ( 650 feet ) , and several , such as the Pacific variety of bottlenose , and Fraser 's dolphins , have been reported to reach 500 metres ( 1625 feet ) , in dives lasting over 8 minutes . |
| 5 | Mr Davison , who had four children and lived at Dulverton Avenue in Swindon , had been reported missing two weeks earlier by his girlfriend . |
| 6 | It had been built to accommodate sixteen patients and in February of that year was occupied by twenty-one paupers , for whose maintenance the Board of Guardians had been responsible . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , Knowsley have been made to wait 10 days before they can attempt to put last weekend 's disappointing 2-1 defeat at Alfreton behind them . |
| 8 | A crude attempt had been made to erase three initials , but they were still plainly visible . |
| 9 | Attempts have been made to blind two horses by cutting them with Stanley knives as they were grazing . |
| 10 | Ahead of the opening of a new Supreme Soviet session on Sept. 10 a working group of ministers and experts set up at the end of August had been attempting to synthesise two sets of proposals [ see p. 37663 ] . |
| 11 | The patient had been told to take two packets daily . |
| 12 | The model of assessment which has been agreed has three levels ( fig 1 ) . |
| 13 | These indices have been used to produce 113 maps for England and Wales at a scale of 1:63,360 and although the five grades shown on the maps provide a broad pattern of where the best ( grade 1 ) and worst ( grade 5 ) land is , the maps have , however , been roundly criticized . |
| 14 | Hilary had been invited to present two papers ; the main one ‘ Recreative Movement and Dance in the United Kingdom for the Dance Section and another entitled ‘ The Voice of British Sport — the Central Council of Physical Recreation ’ for the Administration Section . |
| 15 | ‘ Scalding ? ’ she questioned , and learned also that temperatures had been known to exceed seventy degrees Celsius . |
| 16 | Sergeant Charles Trumper of the Royal Fusiliers was detailed to accompany them , perhaps because no man had been known to survive three charges on the enemy 's lines . |
| 17 | This year , the competition has been enlarged to cover 128 schools from throughout the United Kingdom , including Scotland and Northern Ireland . |
| 18 | It had been hoped to make six trips a day with each helicopter carrying six stretchers and four other wounded civilians . |
| 19 | Inspectors had been appointed to investigate two companies under the control of Robert Maxwell . |
| 20 | Parents of pupils at the school have been asked to give 210 pounds each to bale it out of trouble … but not all can afford to pay . |
| 21 | Those schools selected for the first quality audit in mathematics or science have recently been asked to supply 12 pieces of work from across the entire year group reflecting the spread of the ability range . |
| 22 | The Joneses have just been asked to find 15 years ' back rent along with the residents of the other 17 flats at Shire Court in Swindon . |
| 23 | There is a pretty conservatory where meals are served , a large , colourful garden and several interesting outbuildings such as the 17th-century half-timbered stable block which has been converted to provide four bedrooms , and the cellar , bread oven and fishpond dug by the monks from Bordesley Abbey . |
| 24 | In a second decree , aimed at reducing the swollen numbers of it is stated , among other provisions , that the Mufti , who , as noted above , had formerly been allowed to invest sixteen students with the right to become on taking up his post , will henceforward be allowed to invest only three . |
| 25 | Because the arbitrary pension ages of 60 and 65 have been adopted as customary retirement ages , women have been forced to retire five years earlier than men . |
| 26 | Unconfirmed reports said that the government had been forced to use 25-30 tonnes of gold from state reserves to finance the purchase of essential supplies since the confiscation of its assets . |
| 27 | After complaints from radio bosses Prince has been forced to release TWO versions of his forthcoming album . |
| 28 | The government has been forced to release 100,000 bales of wool from its 4.7m stockpile to cover a shortfall in supplies at auction following a recent surge in consumer demand . |
| 29 | The broker , Tunc Kunter , brought to London Mr Yenici and Mrs Hatice Anutkan , who had been left to raise two children alone and wanted money to meet debts . |
| 30 | The data have been analysed to clarify three aspects of Chinese politics : the relationship between changes in policies and changes in personnel ; the career patterns of provincial laeders ; and the political ranking of provinces within China . |