Example sentences of "been [adj] [prep] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While a good many artists and dealers have clearly been upset by Saatchi 's actions , no one feels absolutely confident about the motives behind them , and Saatchi himself absolutely declines to discuss his dealings , whether in art or business . |
| 2 | If he 's been used to lads ' nights out each week , and football practice on Sundays , you 're going to have to reach a compromise . |
| 3 | After all , just because she had been unaccompanied at Emma 's house , just because she had accepted his invitation to dinner , did not mean that she was unattached . |
| 4 | Had she been right about Luke 's involvement with him too ? |
| 5 | Rumours have always been rife about Macari 's interest in turf accountancy . |
| 6 | ‘ Some of their success in attracting savings may have been due to people 's desire to save rather than spend and they are well placed to fund mortgages for those now planning to buy homes . ’ |
| 7 | Although some may be quick to say that the vast majority of the book was actually written by Bullett , and not by Freud , no less than the actual intellectual framework of the book apparently seems to have been due to Freud 's input , er , Freud certainly was psychoanalytically trained , in any , in any sense of the word . |
| 8 | But none of it would have been possible without Cecil 's political influence and contacts , as well as his official revenue . |
| 9 | Notts ' team manager , John Birch , said : ‘ It is something we have been working towards but which would not have been possible without Swithland 's backing . ’ |
| 10 | There was only one big road to cross , but it had a zebra crossing and she had been road-safe at Phoebe 's insistence for years . |
| 11 | This week 's conference had been superfluous since Sunday 's vote to prevent amendments to the policy review documents , he said . |
| 12 | Despite her wish to become accepted within rational circles she insisted on the acceptance of ‘ the affections ’ and may have been instrumental in Godwin 's revisions of his writings . |
| 13 | With Rudi Bryson challenging Richard Snell for the dubious honour of joining Hugh Page , Fanie de Villiers , Steve Jefferies and Corrie van Zyl among the ranks of ineffectual South African pace imports , Joey Benjamin 's recent burst of form has also been instrumental in Surrey 's surge from the Britannic basement . |
| 14 | That would of been interested at Sue 's . |
| 15 | To plan the strategy Jones and Palmer got together on 7 April with Bart Czirr , a physicist from the University , and Johann Rafelski , a theorist who had been interested in Jones ' work on piezonuclear fusion since 1985 , and who was about to move from Cape Town to the University of Arizona . |
| 16 | At the time of his arrival , the prohibitions of lay investiture and clerical homage must have been fresh in Anselm 's mind , and it is unimaginable that he should not have discussed the whole question with one of the main agents of the new policy . |
| 17 | I would have smiled at the Kafkaesqueness of the situation , had I not broken out in a cold sweat and had I at that stage not been ignorant of Kafka 's existence . |
| 18 | Most had been subject to companies ' general cost-cutting exercises and are now smaller in number and size than formerly . |
| 19 | There was eagerness and excitement in his voice at once , echoing the emotion which must have been obvious in Hornblower 's tone — Hornblower took notice of it , and as he buckled his waistband he reaffirmed his resolution to be more careful how he spoke , for he must regain his reputation as a silent hero . |
| 20 | This had been ideal for Ewan 's purposes . |
| 21 | That characteristically unerring line and grudging length have been intrinsic to Middlesex 's record-breaking run in the Sunday slog , and , as that tentative pivot becomes progressively freer , he is fully aware that the next step is to press more firmly on the throttle . |
| 22 | Alida had been conscious of Dorothea 's married state , hating her for it , burning with scorn at the preoccupations and trivialities of a marriage . |
| 23 | Ferguson will have been horrified at Jones ' claim , which might have been the after-match drinks talking rather than the pre-match ones , that Wimbledon 's players spent the days before their win over United drinking until six in the morning . |
| 24 | Such an interruption of the Kentish regnal succession may reflect disturbed conditions attendant on Wulfhere 's annexation of Surrey for Wulfhere , the uncle of Eadric and Wihtred , could well have been hostile to Hlothhere 's succession in Kent . |
| 25 | The return of the Emperor to France and the subsequent declaration of war had been good for Harper 's trade ; a good hunter stolen from a Protestant plantation in Ireland would fetch a prime price in England where so many officers equipped themselves for the campaign . |
| 26 | She had ever been curious about Benedict 's background , and now more so than ever , when everything hinged on his moral claim to Merchiston Lodge . |
| 27 | Members of the Commission who have been involved with Cafod 's Latin America Campaign , would like to share their enthusiasm and resources with any parish , womens group , ecumenical group , youth group , senior citizens group etc , who would like to learn a little more about Latin America . |
| 28 | Before that I 've always been involved in women 's journals , including Women 's Report which is one of the early women 's monitoring journals in this country . |
| 29 | The Training Department has also been involved in CCG 's expansion and over the past three months trainers have been delivering induction courses for our openings at SG Warburg , British Gas Heysham , Sunderland schools and recent public sector contracts . |
| 30 | In 590 it further became apparent that bishop Egidius of Rheims had been involved in Rauching 's plot , and he was deposed from his see . |