Example sentences of "something [conj] have been [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I I last time I were there I went there for erm well to put it fairly straight I went to consult on something that 'd been done . |
| 2 | Benny and Eve watched fascinated , as he shook his head sorrowfully and seemed to agree with something that had been said to him . |
| 3 | ( v ) took a personal or financial responsibility for something that had been done by the addict in your life . |
| 4 | It was hardly going to be any great wrench to part with something that had been picked up so casually . |
| 5 | No a f a fossil is something that 's been turned to stone in the ground . |
| 6 | Did you never think , ‘ Here 's something that 's been neglected and so I 'll step in and begin collecting this ’ ? |
| 7 | I 'm a manufacturer , I like to make things , I like to hold something at the end of day and say that 's something that 's been created . |
| 8 | but I know there 's a , a LP or something that 's been brought out |
| 9 | So I think you can be assured that it 's not something that 's been put to one side , it 's something that we 're trying to build in to all the work we do , in whatever ways appropriate , but er , I accept that the the implications for your comment , that we 've got to be continually , er watching ourselves , to make sure that we do that . |
| 10 | I might see something that has been missed . ’ |
| 11 | Elephants : if you actually shoot elephants in a controlled way you may in fact preserve the species , and that is something that has been done , though it is less important if everybody avoids using ivory and it is not worth killing the elephants at all . |
| 12 | Approval is given for something that has been done so the management arrow is somewhat behind the broken arrow . |
| 13 | Is it a sort of bonus approval for something that has been done particularly well or approval for an ordinary job well done ? |
| 14 | That is something that has been canvassed on many , many occasions . |
| 15 | This is something that has been advocated for disadvantaged communities across Europe but rarely gets past the rhetoric stage . |
| 16 | When we buy something that has been imported we are engaged in a typical economic transnational practice . |
| 17 | Give a detailed oral account of an event , or something that has been learned in the classroom , or explain with reasons why a particular course of action has been taken . |
| 18 | Film is something that has been edited and this should always be borne in mind when using it . |