Example sentences of "[been] [verb] [prep] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Things like false alarm calls and so on , have been through the courts and we 've been stopped from doing that . |
| 2 | An important factor in the crisis is the awakening realisation among West Germans that they have been tricked into pretending this peculiar arrangement of subsidising their compatriots ' oppressors was normal . |
| 3 | The people of Northern Ireland could have been forgiven for believing this to be no longer so . |
| 4 | I wonder if this is characteristic of all our homes and whether this is likely to continue , and whether any thought has perhaps been given to using this surplus accommodation for day care facilities ? |
| 5 | In the past , however , insufficient priority has been given to processing such applications . |
| 6 | It has been suggested that this stone was brought from the Cultoon circle but there is no evidence that it was ever there and no good reason has been given for making such a move . |
| 7 | Heartily wishing she had never been provoked into volunteering that piece of information , Fabia did n't want him getting the idea that at twenty-two she could n't be a too well-seasoned journalist . |
| 8 | The S.D.D. ( Scottish Development department ) had been approached about funding such a project but they had replied saying that the projected cost of such a project would be too high for them to offer financial aid . |
| 9 | By 1960 , progress had been made towards establishing half a million family units . |
| 10 | Significant moves have been made towards introducing such a requirement in the near future , however , and it would be prudent to take account of these when planning your return . |
| 11 | What progress has been made in bringing those roads up to condition ? |
| 12 | Relatively little progress has been made in answering these questions . |
| 13 | LIFESPAN records the fact that this assertion has been made by changing any development versions of modules in a package ( including the package module itself ) to approved versions and giving them a non-development issue number , such as 2.3 from 2.3C . |
| 14 | One has the impression that the politicians have half-heartedly picked it up so as not to be left behind in the citizenship fashion-parade , or maybe because they have been prodded into rendering some kind of lip-service by their convinced academics . |
| 15 | Sendero Luminoso has been accused of murdering some 90 majors in the emergency zones since 1982 . |
| 16 | He told me that , many years before , she had been jealous of her husband and another woman , and had been accused of murdering this woman . |
| 17 | Oliver Cromwell has been accused of vandalising many of the ancient treasures of England 's towns , but he has become the victim of legend . |
| 18 | No , it was the last you know the dramatic end that everybody who 's been waiting for watching that film from seven o'clock till |
| 19 | The recent success has been helped by introducing more flexibility into the production process . |
| 20 | The trial judge himself admitted , before passing sentence , that ‘ all involved in this case have been called upon to endure more than anyone should be required to cope with ’ . |
| 21 | Roughly , the theory claims that ‘ working-class ’ children , those with whom we have been speaking in preparing this study , are suffering from a linguistic and cognitive defect vis-a-vis their ‘ middle-class ’ counterparts . |
| 22 | And for too long we 've been misled into believing that manufacturing and industry had become unimportant . |
| 23 | Much time would have been invested in making these fine vessels , and many were apparently viewed as prestige items fit to be placed with burials of the period ( fig. 7.9 ) . |
| 24 | Hector Mackenzie , who chairs the TUC 's health services committee , said : ‘ Hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers ’ money have been spent on training many of these people . |
| 25 | What I want you to do now is tell me what you 've been doing with Miss this week Tuesday . |
| 26 | The Bush administration had been enjoined from enforcing this regulation pending resolution of a court challenge , but the Supreme Court 's Rust v. Sullivan decision of May 23 , 1991 , had pronounced it constitutional . |
| 27 | This reflects badly on those involved with diabetic care because it suggests that not enough attention has been devoted to discouraging this atherogenic activity in an atheroma-prone group . |
| 28 | Mr Paul Whelan , the party 's organisation officer , claims 10 times as much is spent chasing each expatriate vote as has been devoted to encouraging each unregistered adult living in Britain to claim theirs . |
| 29 | Neither writer gave McQueen the credit of his own history ; neither enquired into , or assessed , the status he might have had before the ‘ 45 Rebellion , in which he had participated , and by which he had most likely been reduced to keeping this crude but hospitable inn . |
| 30 | Only a week ago , a drunk in the village had been arrested for singing that song . |