Example sentences of "been [adj] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been interesting to know what the men at the front thought of this account of their endeavours . |
| 2 | EVER since I saw David Bellamy disappearing down a crack in a garden path to demonstrate that we all had our own ‘ personal schooool of evolution ’ close at hand , I have been prepared to concede him an eternal place among the inexorably tenacious . |
| 3 | Although he promotes himself as a friend of John Major , the Conservative Party has for some inexplicable reason been unable to find him a job in the Government where his extensive talents could be stretched . |
| 4 | Even in her semi-conscious state she had been able to give them the phone number of her sister Margaret in Australia . |
| 5 | They say they 're having to deal with more and more dogs owned by families who have n't been able to give them the exercise they need . |
| 6 | Her mother said : ‘ Those former foster parents , who she 's been once a year to Spain with , they have been able to give her the luxuries that I could not afford to give her . ’ |
| 7 | Only a handful of people , it had been established , had been near enough to the leading car of the funicular to have been able to give it the fatal extra push that had sent Woodleigh and Jilly Jonathan tumbling down the steep hillside . |
| 8 | I think that 's what Eve would have been telling you had she been able to give you a ring … . ’ |
| 9 | We hope that in this Lenten Appeal we 've been able to give you a sense of that . |
| 10 | Success in this field is going to become even more important as we move into the 1990s and beyond and I hope that in this book I 've been able to give you the benefit of my experience , to pass on the kind of backstage know-how that can make that vital difference between winning and losing . |
| 11 | But he was already a fallen idol in Patricia 's eyes , all because he had not been able to deny himself a sentimental gesture before leaving . |
| 12 | She was lucky she 'd been able to keep it a secret all along . |
| 13 | Without such models it has been difficult to determine what the properties of these cortical areas should be . |
| 14 | Their three tries , all unconverted , looked to have been enough to win them the game . |
| 15 | You should have seen her reaction when I mentioned that Delia Forbes might have been round to see her the day she was killed . ’ |
| 16 | Lothlórien has won many hearts , and even the most censorious of Tolkien 's critics have accordingly been ready to grant him the ability to create nice settings . |