Example sentences of "been [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stuart had once been coerced by her into delivering food parcels for old people at Christmas because he had a licence and could drive the university van . |
| 2 | But in the last twelve months the fury of the entire national had been aroused against him by an aged , exiled cleric for whom he had only contempt . |
| 3 | Since the Ffestiniog bid to take over the moribund Welsh Highland company in a High Court action various schemes have been mooted including one by the FR to re-open the Welsh Highland from the north end and the long cherished target of taking the line through to within yards of the tourist attraction , Caernarfon Castle . |
| 4 | ‘ How can you tell what 's been eating into him for all that time ? ’ |
| 5 | What must be appreciated , however , is that the system is still fairly new and still evolving and only recently has the full potential of the database approach in general , and the integrated payroll personnel system specifically , been realised to anything like its full extent . |
| 6 | Propped up in bed to ease her breathing , her nightcap pulled down over her ears , Aunt Sarah seemed to have shrunk inside the shawls which had been heaped upon her against the chill of the room . |
| 7 | Such interests are slowly diffusing to other feminist psychologists , who have previously been distanced from them by the constraints of the mainstream discipline . |
| 8 | Luke was in command and this time instinct told Robyn there would be no withdrawal , no respite from his sexual onslaught , from the tension that had been building between them since the very first moment . |
| 9 | It is not possible to assess his total output as no serious work has been undertaken on him till now . |
| 10 | An order had been placed with her for ‘ Charlie ’ — a code word for cocaine — in a call made through the main Palace switchboard . |
| 11 | As a member of the Select Committee , I was extremely concerned when Mr. Rimington , Director General of the Health and Safety Executive , revealed in his evidence that he had not been aware of the restrictions that Lord Cullen felt had been placed upon him in respect of investigating labour relations . |
| 12 | In its simplest form hearsay is evidence of facts which are not within the knowledge of a witness but have been communicated to him by another . |
| 13 | I do not know whether the rules and procedures governing magistrates ' decisions on poll tax cases have been communicated to them in a proper training package . |
| 14 | The deputy head took a similar view , saying that it was constructive , that good points had come out — for example , that relationships were good — and that it had been taken constructively by staff in general because all the things that had been criticized had already been criticized by them in the self-appraisal . |
| 15 | And because this technique will have been explained to him during the early part of the consultation , he will find it quite simple to do . |
| 16 | That has to have been explained to you on the phone . |
| 17 | If the insurance has been arranged for you by a Registered Insurance Broker and you are not satisfied with the way they have handled your insurance , you should contact the Insurance Brokers Registration Council , 15 St Helens ' Place , London EC3A 6DF . |
| 18 | If the insurance has been arranged for you by a Registered Insurance Broker and you are not satisfied with the way they have handled your insurance , you should contact the Insurance Brokers Registration Council , 15 St Helens Place , London EC3A 6DF . |
| 19 | If the insurance has been arranged for you by a Registered Insurance Broker and you are not satisfied with the way they have handled your insurance , you should contact the Insurance Brokers Registration Council , 15 St Helens Place , London EC3A 6DF . |
| 20 | If the insurance has been arranged for you by a Registered Insurance Broker and you are not satisfied with the way they have handled your insurance , you should contact the Insurance Brokers Registration Council , 15 St Helens Place , London EC3A 6DF . |
| 21 | If the insurance has been arranged for you by a Registered Insurance Broker and you are not satisfied with the way they have handled your insurance , you should contact the Insurance Brokers Registration Council , 15 St Helens Place , London EC3A 6DF . |
| 22 | If the insurance has been arranged for you by a Registered Insurance Broker and you are not satisfied with the way they have handled your insurance , you should contact the Insurance Brokers Registration Council , 15 St Helens Place , London EC3A 6DF . |
| 23 | If the insurance has been arranged for you by a Registered Insurance Broker and you are not satisfied with the way they have handled your insurance , you should contact the Insurance Brokers Registration Council , 15 St Helens Place , London EC3A 6DF . |
| 24 | If the insurance has been arranged for you by a Registered Insurance Broker and you are not satisfied with the way they have handled your insurance , you should contact the Insurance Brokers Registration Council , 15 St Helens Place , London EC3A 6DF . |
| 25 | ‘ Let's hope this is the last chapter for them — it has been hanging over them for more than a year — and they can now start to rebuild their lives . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ This has been hanging over us for too long . |
| 27 | The prospect had been hanging over us for so many months that once Father ceased trading , it was as though the weight of worry was lifted . |
| 28 | It has not often been given to me as a poet , it is perhaps not often given to human beings , to find such ready sympathy , such wit and judgment together . |
| 29 | been given to him at baptism ( Luke 3:22 ) ; |
| 30 | The board was supposed to have been given to him by his uncle , an Hawaiian prince . |