Example sentences of "been [prep] [noun] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's been for sale for some time , long as I can remember practic just imagine you 'd be in the catchment area for would n't that be fun , there 's Jason . |
| 2 | Patrick had fallen off a ladder over a year and a half ago and had been off work for much of that time . |
| 3 | She had been off work for several days and Lovebird had kept her in bed and fed her chicken soup from the stove . |
| 4 | These carvings have been off display for many years as it was discovered that atmospheric pollution , even within the museum , was eating away at the stone . |
| 5 | His coaching and help at nets has been of benefit to all our players . ’ |
| 6 | It is also suggested that experiential learning associated with employment may have been of value to these students . |
| 7 | Government attempts to restrict the sale of gin in 1736 are usually considered to have been behind disturbances in that year , but these also involved the resentment of building workers and weavers at being displaced from employment by the cheaper Irish . |
| 8 | This is a much older problem and one which precedes the rise of environmentalism , because in addition to the environmental lobby the exclusive rights of the farmer have long been under threat from another source — the massed ranks of the urban population , intent on using the countryside as a source of recreation and determined to gain access to what they consider to be semi-public territory . |
| 9 | Much of the development work that found its way into Challenger had been under way for some years on behalf of the Shah of Iran . |
| 10 | The programme had been under way for some time , studying liquid-liquid reactions with disappointing results . |
| 11 | Advertising manager Peter Matthews confirmed the review , which he says has been under way for some time . |
| 12 | Usthinks the company doth protest too much : despite the fact that the countdown to its flotation has been under way for some weeks now , and Quality Software Products Plc has finally formally announced that ‘ following last week 's successful launch of Universal OLAS ’ it ‘ has decided to begin the process of seeking a listing on the London Stock Exchange , ’ it still says that ‘ no final decision will be taken for some time , ’ making it sound as if the company is signalling frantically that it would prefer to be acquired if only someone would come forward offering more money than it could raise in a public flotation . |
| 13 | With equal determination , Annie was making it clear by chatting away happily to Ibn Fayoud and his schoolgirl friend that it would be rude to leave before the dancing had been under way for half an hour or so . |
| 14 | The news followed a Financial Times report that discussions were believed to have been under way for several weeks with a number of prospective buyers , but were most advanced with the US foods and tobacco giant , Philip Morris . |
| 15 | Proposals for the development of a Taurus system have been under consideration for much of this decade . |
| 16 | She herself has been under attack in several ways already and needs our prayers daily . |
| 17 | Here , he defends the workings of Westminster 's controversial lobby system which has been under attack from several newspapers , including The Independent and The Guardian . |
| 18 | At issue was a boundary question between Venezuela and British Guiana which had been under discussion for some time . |
| 19 | The formation of a Franco-German military force had been under discussion for several years , and a 4,000-strong brigade had been agreed in principle in November 1987 [ see p. 35665 ; 35913 ] and started operations in October 1990 [ see p. 38473 ] . |
| 20 | We are struggling tonight to achieve the first tentative step in Britain 's planning , not for two or three years hence , but for the better part of a decade hence , and to achieve at King 's Cross the equivalent of what has been under construction for several years at Lille . |
| 21 | Jésus Arkautz Arana ( also known as Josu Mondragón ) had been under surveillance for some weeks by the French police , who were hoping they might learn the whereabouts of ETA leader Francisco Múgika Garmendia . |
| 22 | A major EC loan which had been under negotiation for some months [ see p. 37968 ] was approved on Feb. 25 , 1991 , but was conditional on the implementation of economic measures corresponding to those outlined in the adjustment programme . |
| 23 | The Commissioner had , according to Namaliu , been under observation for some time before acting on impulse and alone . |
| 24 | Chatichai , who had previously removed three parties from his ruling coalition and had replaced them with two new members , had been under pressure for some time from the military and the media to carry out an extensive reshuffle in order to cleanse his government of allegedly corrupt elements . |
| 25 | Their marriage had been under strain for some years and they had never been brave enough to admit it to a third party . |
| 26 | The regime had been under strain for some time , not only up in the Syrian heartland but also in far-away Khorasan in northeastern Persia . |
| 27 | The offences were of varying degrees of gravity and the appellants have been given different release dates under the statutory provisions which have been under examination in these appeals . |
| 28 | Hugh had been with NLS for some nine years but unfortunately developed a heart condition which left him unable to drive at work . |
| 29 | If only he could have been with Dinah at this hour , playing while she sang ! |
| 30 | ‘ You 've been with Aurora for several years as her Girl Friday , and now you work at the club as her assistant . ’ |