Example sentences of "been [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'd been filled with school milk and cod-liver oil and orange juice , but only the few scheme-housing children had bathrooms . |
| 2 | N-E FEARS that tumbling property rents in London could lead companies to think again about relocating from the South-East have been dismissed by property agent Grimley JR Eve . |
| 3 | The issue of interpretation arises again , because many systems considered have not been examined with fibre optics , through they have this potential . |
| 4 | Walls and ceilings in the germination rooms and steeping areas have been clad with plastic panelling to facilitate cleaning . |
| 5 | The government of C. R. ( later Earl ) Attlee accepted the recommendations ; Turner 's second decade as director was devoted primarily to implementing them , recruiting and training young scholars , including many whose interest had been aroused during war service in Asia or Africa , and building up strong academic departments . |
| 6 | The latter commented on the air raid and that he never expected to see soldiers guarding the tunnel , especially inside the tunnel for a second time , it having been guarded during World War I. The foreman told him that three soldiers had been killed near the spot that Mr Myer had been in the recess the previous night , they had apparently been run down by a train just inside the tunnel mouth . |
| 7 | A considerable investment has been made in the redevelopment of the Piper field , which achieved first oil in February 1993 , having been delayed by construction schedule slippages and bad weather at the end of 1992 . |
| 8 | This is a major problem in the Sahel zone where cash cropping has been mooted by Earth Report ( 1988 ) as one of the major causes of environmental degradation , and while the case presented may be oversimplified it is worth reiterating since cash cropping in general is not ( if past performance is taken as a measure ) the answer to Africa 's development problems . |
| 9 | Although earning power is , in effect , a franchise , it has never been recognized for balance sheet purposes … , except in the limited extent of purchased goodwill . |
| 10 | Thus the implications of the Eucharistic nature of the Church have never been recognized by Church authority in areas of an acute shortage of priests ; and when , in some of them , episcopal conferences have requested permission to ordain married men to ensure the maintenance of a minimum of regular Eucharistic celebration in local communities , they have been rebuffed by Rome . |
| 11 | Relatives of the four airmen had been traced by air historian , 14 travelling from England for this special occasion . |
| 12 | agencies have been inundated with job hunting dealers who often confide : " We 're earning thirty or forty thousand a year , but we 're working for a bucket shop . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've always been fascinated with science fiction … just that feel . |
| 14 | TALYLLYN RAILWAY No 6 Douglas has been withdrawn pending boiler renewal after the expiry of its boiler certificate on July 3 . |
| 15 | The filmwork has been undertaken by Video Action for the Touring & Recreation Committee and the result is a thoroughly professional film , well edited with its own music and with such techniques as slow motion and freeze frame used where necessary but not excessively . |
| 16 | Unless we attend to the words which have been placed into working memory , they will not be retained . |
| 17 | The mine has since — with violent and fatal opposition — been placed under government control . |
| 18 | ‘ The Alexander Palace was where Tsar Nicholas and Empress Alexandra had been placed under house arrest by the revolutionaries . |
| 19 | There were reports that the royal palace in the capital , Maseru , had on that day been surrounded by armed troops , and that the Army was patrolling the town , but Lekhanya on Feb. 22 denied that the King had been placed under house arrest . |
| 20 | In mid-November it was reported that the country 's First Deputy Chairman of the Council of State ( Vice-President ) and Minister for the Armed Forces , Col. Iafai Camara , had been placed under house arrest , accused of supplying arms to Senegalese separatists . |
| 21 | On April 20 the Egyptian liberal opposition newspaper Al Wafd said that Abu Salih had been placed under house arrest for opposing the execution on April 16 of 20 army officers involved in a coup attempt . |
| 22 | The court was told Ninham had been convicted of indecently assaulting youngsters in 1990 and had been placed on probation medication to control his sex drive . |
| 23 | Recently , emphasis has been placed on electrode surface modification with lipids , polymeric films with functional groups and attachment of various dielectrics to help to discriminate between solute molecules . |
| 24 | Examples of the effects of water movement can be given for two predator assemblages which have been altered by water transport ( Andrews & Evans , 1983 ) . |
| 25 | Another possibility — unlikely perhaps but a possibility nonetheless — is that the terrain nearby may have been treated with rat poison , and an unmuzzled ferret can be fatally poisoned by eating a recently-poisoned rat . |
| 26 | People have been diagnosed with cancer etcetera , erm , in fact at the convention yesterday , they had some clients on the stage , one lady had been diagnosed with breast cancer , she got a pay-out from living assurance , five years later she 's been cleared , and , and she 's thrilled to bits about it . |
| 27 | After advanced osteonecrosis in both knees and the right elbow had been diagnosed by pain radiographis , it was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging ( see Figs 2 and 4 ) . |
| 28 | Problems faced by Cheshire Fire Brigade in trying to recruit part-time officers , particularly in rural areas , have been highlighted by county fire officer Dennis Davis . |
| 29 | Two trips — to the site of the new Severn Bridge and to the Western Mail offices in Cardiff — have been arranged for South West region members . |
| 30 | Laura 's Beau was third last year but has been in rotten form since then having been plagued by blood trouble . |