Example sentences of "been [adj] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had he been wrong those times ? |
| 2 | I 've been sick several times . ’ |
| 3 | I could have been married many times , as everyone knows , but I was always so involved with my father 's business and then my own , life was always so full , that I let the opportunities slip by . |
| 4 | Last year the London evening newspapers had been able several times to trot out their favourite banner headline . |
| 5 | In fact , if he were n't so loyal to Dalgety and allowed himself to be poached , he could probably have been champion several times over . ’ |
| 6 | They 've been open all hours … at Kingsholm this week … running on overtime getting ready for a game that could simply make or break the season … you know what they say about it never raining … it 's been pouring on Gloucester this season … defeat for the Cherry and Whites tomorrow would put them on the relegation trapdoor … |
| 7 | This week the County Ground in Swindon has been open all hours … thirty six thousand tickets have been sold … goodness knows how many scarves and souvenirs … |
| 8 | ‘ My sister and I have been estranged some years . |
| 9 | She 's been absent several days this month . |
| 10 | There may well have been other such incidents . |