Example sentences of "and [pron] have been [vb pp] " 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 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Stood outside and I 'd been rung up |
| 21 | Must be doing litres for about twenty years , and I 've been retired ten years . |
| 22 | I asked him how long he had been with the Republicans and he said , ‘ Three weeks — I 'm a sales manager and I 've been given leave of absence by my company just to produce last night 's rally . ’ |
| 23 | Anyway , we 're here for the indefinite future and I 've been given the job of furnishing the hotel . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've worked for fourteen years in this business and I 've been given to understand that I should get a partnership one day . ’ |
| 25 | Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension . |
| 26 | Well , I do 'appen to 'ave good legs , and I 've been complimented on me knees too . ’ |
| 27 | You could , of course , reply , " Nonsense , there are no such things as magic spades " ( and I 've been tempted often enough ) ; but that would n't be very supportive , and there 's a good chance that the child who offers the spade is doing so in good faith . |
| 28 | Your Royal Highness , Ladies and Gentlemen my name 's Rod I normally masquerade as the Chief Racing Coach for the Royal Yachting Association but I 'm not here in that capacity this afternoon but the coordinator rather a grand title for the Year of Youth Sailing and I 've been asked to give you a short ten minutes or so briefing on where we 're up to with th this project this year erm I know there are many familiar faces around so I apologize to those of you that may know some of this information already . |
| 29 | And on the other hand , what are changes such that we want to say that at the end of the change there is just no me left there at all and I 've been replaced by something else . |
| 30 | And I 've been ordered to . |