Example sentences of "and [pron] have been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though his words could hardly be construed as an apology , and nothing had been resolved , Luce was so incandescent with happiness that she thought sleep would be impossible . |
| 2 | Nothing had been moved , and nothing had been changed , not since that fatal October day , when Ellie had been born and her mother had died . |
| 3 | It was King Henry 's one great gesture against Glendower , and nothing had been spared of loans , and exhortations , and massing of stores , to ensure its success . |
| 4 | ‘ But there were 20 CDs in the car and other valuables and nothing had been taken . |
| 5 | We 're giving people a very bad impression if we 're opening tonight and nothing 's been cleared up . |
| 6 | I mean I 've written countless letters and nothing 's been done . |
| 7 | Now the taxation of the plaintiff 's bill of costs , came before master er and er in his taxation , it seems , and I 'm , I think I 'm right in saying it , it seems that erm there is no substantial dispute as to the particular items in the various bills of costs with which he was concerned , it maybe that if there were a discrepancy , he has , he dealt with it and nothing has been said before me today , er to suggest that the figures appearing in the bill of costs ought to be varied and accordingly I have not er have to consider the detail items in the bill of costs , the only issue I did n't decide is whether master was correct in disallowing interest for the period that he did , er Mr for the plaintiff says that he was wrong er that there was no good reason for disallowing him any interest and that accordingly I on this appeal should erm discharge or reverse that part of taxing order as disallowed interest . |
| 8 | According to the House of Commons Environment Committee our waste control regulations are a ‘ shambles ’ , and nothing has been done about nitrates and excessive use of pesticides and fertilizers as requested by the EC . |
| 9 | Over the last four years we have consistently moaned , we have passed resolutions at planning , asking committees to consider , and nothing has been done . |
| 10 | And Black goes down theatrically on the edge of the box and nothing has been given and Gemmell took a chance then he er overplayed his protest to the referee . |
| 11 | This did n't work , so he took the girl back to Sweden and nothing has been heard of them since . ’ |
| 12 | I certainly have no knowledge of of any contact with regard to the ultimate venue and nothing has been marked on my file . |
| 13 | I certainly have no knowledge of any contact with regard to the ultimate venue and nothing has been marked on my file . |
| 14 | All statements of fact and information contained or referred to in the Disclosure Letter are true and complete and are not misleading in any respect , all statements of opinion therein have been made after due and careful enquiry and are reasonably believed to be correct and nothing has been omitted from the Disclosure Letter which renders any of such matters misleading . |
| 15 | Subsequently when I got back down and realised we 'd done it , and everyone had got off the mountain and no-one had been injured , I had an immense feeling of satisfaction , just of having stood there . |
| 16 | Although police believe the schoolgirl was almost certainly murdered , her body was never found and no-one has been prosecuted in connection with the case . |
| 17 | Although police believe Moira was almost certainly murdered , her body was never found and no-one has been prosecuted in connection with the case . |
| 18 | ‘ And I 'd been thinking of you only yesterday . |
| 19 | I left before the tour was over because it was time for Mott The Hoople to come and tour and I 'd been designated as the person to take care of them , so I went off before it was over . |
| 20 | Like the other women , I 'd recently left my own home because I could n't carry on there any longer and I 'd been given safe spaces by friends with room to spare . |
| 21 | People had been wandering past us and paying the man in the booth in the white lodge and I 'd been envying them opening their purses and their wallets and shelling out all that money . |
| 22 | And I 'd been to top standard as it was then it was standard seven , and as the er you know now they let when the when they 've somebody in so long they let them walk about and come home and all so That time of day you got to you 'd got to pass examins and exams and such like as that . |
| 23 | Stood outside and I 'd been rung up |
| 24 | I mean the doctor was no help and I 'd been waiting for over a coupla months to get into the Clinic for a detox . |
| 25 | Well I mo moved because promotion was in the line for me , I was in the Royal Marine Police in island depot in Plymouth and er I 'd been put on plain clothes work and I 'd been doing acting sergeant you know when the sergeant was off sick and all that business and er I 'd put , been put in for this to move because we had a two bedroom bungalow but the twins were getting big and I realized that we 'd have to have another bedroom you know , very soon and er , this seemed an opportunity to get a house and also in Plymouth , that Plymouth was a naval town , you see , there was still those days there was still kind of a , a lower deck of sons , what they call lower deckers , in other words you know people in the lower deck of the navy , their sons did n't really have much , ever have much chance of getting into places like Dartmouth College or Cramwell to do as cadets , well the headmaster at Regent Street School had said to me that Keith was very keen on flying , he was aeroplane mad you see , and , he wanted to go in the Royal Air Force , well he said to me he said oh no put him in the Navy and as a chief art as an artificer , so I said oh no , I said if he goes in the Navy or the service I want him to go in the front door not like me the back door , I had ambition for him |
| 26 | Well , I phoned them up , and I 'd been badgering them , and they told me to wait for a further communication . |
| 27 | And I 'd been wondering whether like I could perhaps persuade him or his boss , the professor to come along and talk to us , and let , some of their time is very full , and to them time is money . |
| 28 | Both Jenny and Kathleen were up to various things and I 'd been having a go myself , but although my name was appearing on more and more waiting lists , nothing substantial seemed to be happening . |
| 29 | I was in Italy , it was early morning , and I 'd been lying awake for about three hours . |
| 30 | I 'd caught a glimpse of my face in the hall mirror once , when Gav was berating me for such rakish tendencies , and I 'd been smiling . |