Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [verb] and [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In staying away she was only doing what she had been asked to do and that was as consistent with her agreement to the request as her rejection of it . |
| 2 | Opinion polls have been taken by Le Figaro and L'Evenement du Jeudi , with wildly differing results , readers have been encouraged to write and religious leaders of all shades have been called upon to give the benefit of their wisdom . |
| 3 | Although some historians , often Marxists , have rejected this consensus , only recently have aspects of praxis , such as laboratory skills , been subjected to close and sustained study . |
| 4 | One , Yvonne Morgan , said anglers on the riverbank were an invasion of her privacy and claimed she had been subjected to abuse and foul language . |
| 5 | Time had been lost to rain and bad light , and by the close England had struggled to 35 for 3 ; next morning , the conditions were better and Tavaré , on his international debut , reached 82 not out . |