Example sentences of "been [adv] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have been only a few exceptions to this general rule . |
| 2 | It had been only a few hours , but that was enough to ensure that birthdays would always fall on public holidays and the correct number of hours could therefore be spent languishing . |
| 3 | Moving further north , the United States has rather fewer volcanoes , and although there are some impressive cones such as those of Mt Shasta and Mt Rainier , both over 4,000 metres high , there have been only a few minor eruptions in historic times . |
| 4 | There have been only a few empirical studies of the relationship between volume and maturity . |
| 5 | I was a little anxious as to payment , which would have been only a few coppers except we had none . |
| 6 | She stared out of the upstairs living-room window , at the place where his Jaguar had been only a few moments before . |
| 7 | Since J. C. Wells 's research on the phonological adaptations made by Jamaicans who had lived for a period in London ( Wells 1973 ) , there have been only a few detailed studies of the language of Caribbeans in Britain in spite of a good deal of interest in all aspects of Britain 's black population . |
| 8 | But things would have been much the same . |
| 9 | The painting by H.T. Wells RA depicts HEADBURY QUARRY a little west of Dancing Ledge but the view of Tilly Whim early in 19th century would have been much the same . |
| 10 | The Earth and the Moon are so close together that it has been estimated that the exposure of both planets to asteroids and comet debris has been much the same . |
| 11 | Whatever they were called , the duties of all these officials must have been much the same , acting as leaders of their communities , settling minor infractions and disputes , approving corporate actions of the inhabitants , especially in religious dedications , and acting generally as an essential link between government and people . |
| 12 | ‘ They had only been together a few weeks , ’ said Charlotte 's father , nightclub owner Henry Turtle , 47 . |
| 13 | They have always been notable sources of reference for serious scholars , of course , and there have always been just a few teachers and parents who have made it their business , over the years , to arrange educational visits both for themselves and for schoolchildren . |
| 14 | ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’ |
| 15 | These have been just a few ideas to get you started . |
| 16 | Her face had been just the same then — interested but inscrutable — and she had taken a fiver off all of them . |
| 17 | Tim Reagan , a gaunt forty-year-old , who was a genius with trade unions as well as being an accountant and Peter Yeo 's right hand , moved swiftly through the secretarial problem , which was one of shortage of same , and seemed , as Peter Yeo observed pleasantly , to have been exactly the same difficulty any time in the last two years , to a discussion of building security , in which no one was much interested either . |
| 18 | For hundreds of years it has all been exactly the same . |
| 19 | He 'd been exactly the same once before when he 'd found out that Pete had seen Last Tango in Paris ( ‘ Yeah , but what did they actually do ? ’ ) and now , as then , Pete had taken care to fine-tune Ted 's frustration to the point of obsession . |
| 20 | All of that had changed in the course of five minutes in the ancillary staff 's locker room , and the sense of betrayal had been exactly the same . |
| 21 | Jessamy found herself remembering how it had been the very first time between them , it had been exactly the same , this sudden wanting . |
| 22 | ‘ Because it 's been exactly the same for me , ’ Julius said simply . |
| 23 | Ianthe Broome , Daisy Pettigrew , Sister Dew and one or two others whose names she could never remember , now sat down round the table and began to discuss the final arrangements for the bazaar , which had always been exactly the same and always would be , except that from one year to another a pint more or less milk might be ordered for the teas . |
| 24 | The faculty argued that her treatment had been exactly the same as that of any other applicant , regardless of his or her race or colour , who sought to join the bar . |
| 25 | But it would have been exactly the same problem simple harmonic motion |
| 26 | In this Law shared the view of his party , but it would have been substantially the same without him . |
| 27 | Erm what are the kind o obviously you 've been here a few months . |
| 28 | ‘ He 's been here a few times . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 've been here a few times , ’ he admitted . |
| 30 | ‘ In that case you should have been here a few hours ago . ’ |