Example sentences of "been [vb pp] run [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reactor has been redesigned to run on low enriched uranium and its capacity upgraded from 5 to 10 megawatts . |
| 2 | It was the first time that I had been picked to run in an individual event against the USA , and I was looking forward to it . |
| 3 | The results ( e.g. Figure 3.9 ) can be plotted in a graph of the rate of correct choices against the number of times the rat has been made to run through the maze ( where a ‘ correct ’ choice is one in the direction in which it will be rewarded , or in the opposite direction from which it will be shocked ) . |
| 4 | The man , who was wearing a rucksack , is thought to have been seen running along the lane by motorists . ’ |
| 5 | I had never been told to run on duty . |
| 6 | Her life had been spent running from possessive love , and now here she was , feeling it burn and twist inside her , pushing aside her conscious love of freedom to reveal the passionate woman beneath , dark and possessive , capable of fathomless emotion . |
| 7 | In the Midlands a Vauxhall midi van and an electronic fuel injection transit have been converted to run on gas for testing and as demonstration vehicles . |
| 8 | If a customer was unaware of the need to provide variation margin from time to time and had insufficient available funds to meet margin calls , then he may be forced to liquidate his position at a loss even though , had the contract been allowed to run to maturity , it may have closed at a profit . |
| 9 | They choose the correct direction with increasing accuracy as the number of trials ( the number of times they have been allowed to run through the maze ) increases . |
| 10 | They both were astonished that so far no indication of trouble had come from the town common ; but reckoned that it would not be long now before it did , for a few escapers from the castle had been glimpsed running in that direction . |