Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] have [be] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I realised I 'd been a bit heavy . |
| 2 | It 's stupid , I mean I 've been a driving instructor seventeen year , and I 'm not allowed to teach over here . |
| 3 | Yeah , well what I think he , I think he will emulsion over it cos I mean the ceiling 's a bit , as you say she 'd been a smoker |
| 4 | The claims of those commentators ( for example Meager , 1985 ; LRD , 1987 ) who suggest there has been a growth in temporary working in recent years are given no support whatsoever by these results . |
| 5 | I can always ring the house and let her know there 's been a change of plan . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You do n't know there 's been a crime , ’ said Scarlet . |
| 7 | And how come there had been a scumnik kid present too in the crowd of possible recruits ? |
| 8 | In most of the areas in which riots occurred there had been a breakdown in community/police relations ; the public distrusted the police and they had no confidence in the police complaints machinery . |
| 9 | At the time she had supposed it had been a reaction to his upbringing , all those years spent in his parents ' elegant Georgian house on the edge of a quiet , beautiful Sussex village . |
| 10 | … ‘ I expect it has been a while , yes . ’ |
| 11 | Mr Finnegan was to stand as Tory candidate for Stockton South at the 1983 general election but withdrew when it was disclosed he had been a member of an extreme right-wing party . |
| 12 | Having tried it here in our own studio and been most impressed , I have also spoken to JMP-1 converts Geoff Whitehorn and Phil Hilborne who say it 's been a godsend to their recording . |
| 13 | So he would be vague , and talk of the south , and say he had been a vagrant for many years . |
| 14 | The papal letter which he was carrying to the king had been superseded by another , which spoke more mildly and suggested that Anselm himself had been a mischief-maker , and that a compromise agreement could be reached with good will on both sides . |
| 15 | The company in charge of marketing the farm says there 's been a lot of inquiries . |
| 16 | A Forensic expert who investigated the Carl Bridgewater murder case , says there has been a miscarriage of justice . |
| 17 | A Forensic expert who investigated the Carl Bridgewater murder case , says there has been a miscarriage of justice . |
| 18 | And people should not assume there had been a miscarriage of justice . |
| 19 | Four expert witnesses had argued there had been a range of approaches open to the pilot , Sheriff Risk said . |
| 20 | He says they 've been a thorn in the side of the auhtorities . |
| 21 | Patrick had been company , tending him had been a solace , hoping for him had been a hope . |
| 22 | The cop who 'd collected her had been a crowd control unit , the full cyborg . |
| 23 | Martin Hines says he 's been a winner here twice and everyone will be looking to beat him . |
| 24 | Lucy says it has been a lesson in sympathy to begin again as a ‘ new ’ teacher , finding a way to pull our work more into line with the current fitness scene . |
| 25 | I mean I know there 's been a lot of debate and I know that er you may feel it 's been a bit of a waste of time |
| 26 | Bearing in mind that Mr Steel probably on his own admission has said he 's been a bit late out of the starting blocks in order to make his bid for a review of the allocations , er I mean how do you feel in response to that ? |
| 27 | By the end of 1989 , however , the relentless way in which Kylie 's team tracked the ‘ pirates ’ had turned what had been a tide into something nearer a trickle . |
| 28 | She could find nothing to say , and as she sat avoiding his eyes she realised she 'd been a fool . |
| 29 | ‘ You mean you 've been a closet hetero all these years ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Anyone can see you 've been a sergeant . |