Example sentences of "have [adv] [been] a favourite [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Malham , though , has also been a favourite spot of mine for little walks , the sort of walks that only take an afternoon . |
2 | Mr Goria , 49 , a former Christian Democrat prime minister , had long been a favourite target of opposition MPs and was unpopular in the country because of the chaotic and tactless way he introduced a hated property tax last year . |
3 | Caldas had once been a favourite family haunt , she recalled wistfully , and had the local bus service not meandered into every far-flung hamlet on its way and taken forever to make the journey she would have been back long ago . |
4 | Indeed it had never been a favourite pastime of hers . |
5 | Middle-aged women working in the West German government have also been a favourite target for East German spies and several have passed over supposedly valuable information for a number of years before being caught . |