Example sentences of "been [adv] [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In effect , the American gentleman was putting forward the view that M. Dupont was being manipulated by his lordship and other participants at the conference ; that M. Dupont had been deliberately invited late to enable the others to discuss important topics in his absence ; that even after his arrival , it was to be observed that his lordship was conducting small private discussions with the most important delegates without inviting M. Dupont . |
| 2 | Adam , as a child , had been strictly forbidden ever to go in there . |
| 3 | Brand A has been carefully put together to ensure that the slimmer enjoys a wide range of textures and flavours and still has the psychological satisfaction of preparing the food he or she eats . |
| 4 | She comments , ‘ I doubt if my working life has been well organised enough to call it a career , but running various businesses has been very satisfying ’ . |
| 5 | The use of a non-exhaustive list of examples has been usefully employed elsewhere to put flesh on the bones of a general standard ( see , for example , UCTA 1977 , Sched 2 ) . |
| 6 | The Doctrine must be seen for what it was — a very political document which had been hastily cobbled together to try to fill the power vacuum caused by the Suez fiasco . |
| 7 | This would have the effect of either : ( 1 ) turning a " non-speaking " decision into a 'speaking " one , where the expert had not been specifically instructed beforehand to produce a speaking decision ; or ( 2 ) giving more detail to an existing 'speaking " decision . |
| 8 | Secondly this peptide has been recently shown significantly to inhibit pancreatic protein secretion after intraduodenal infusion in pigs . |