Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] [adv] many " in BNC.
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1 | But his work has been destroyed so many times in the rads that he 's now giving up . |
2 | Many people say that near Frankenhausen in Thuringia is a mountain in which Frederick Barbarossa may be found … he has been seen there many times . |
3 | The story of the sunken village under Semer Water has been repeated so many times that it may be pointless me telling the story once again , yet there may be some of you who wo n't have heard it , so if you 're sitting comfortably , I 'll begin . |
4 | In the 1970 's and early ‘ 80 's the Club saw more changes than in the whole of its earlier history , so much so that in 1976 former President Tom Luker said of the course shortly before his death ( 1977 ) , ‘ It has been modified so many times it has gone full circle ’ . |
5 | they 'd been ca they 'd been called so many times you know when he was low . |
6 | Erm and that was just an excu h him being expelled for driving someone into town was simply an excuse because he 'd been caught so many other times . |
7 | Some women find , for instance , they can renew old friendships which did n't fit in with their former lives ; interests that may have been put aside many years ago to accommodate someone else can be taken out of mothballs . |
8 | He had been given so many things to digest , not the least that it was possible Celia might have a father still living . |
9 | I think if debate had been continued then many backbench Tory MPs would have expressed their reservations and their concerns about the Government 's proposals . |
10 | While the others were talking of Hubert Molland , Peter had felt like a spectator at a play — as if he were watching a scene that had been rehearsed so many times that the actors spoke their lines mechanically , hardly caring about the meaning . |
11 | That has a go , an attack , about everything because you 've been rejected so many times , so many times , and will continue to be rejected when we get the next election that you 're frightened to death to have . |
12 | Schools , temples and churches have been hit too many times in the past few weeks to be the victims of mistakes . |
13 | If application forms/c.v.s have been used correctly many of these questions will already have been answered and the well-prepared interviewer will have familiarized himself/herself with the details . |
14 | I have been described as many things , but that is the first time I have been described as a tourist attraction . |
15 | It 's been done too many times . |