Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] have been [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since we met I 've been the target for veiled accusations and suspicions ! |
| 2 | But I realised I 'd been a bit heavy . |
| 3 | It 's stupid , I mean I 've been a driving instructor seventeen year , and I 'm not allowed to teach over here . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ I realise I have been the bane of certain UKCC officers ’ lives and I hope that if I am elected I will continue to act as a grain of sand in the oyster . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I can always ring the house and let her know there 's been a change of plan . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You do n't know there 's been a crime , ’ said Scarlet . |
| 9 | And how come there had been a scumnik kid present too in the crowd of possible recruits ? |
| 10 | They say there has been no shortage of interest in the project from potential backers . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | … ‘ I expect it has been a while , yes . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | So he would be vague , and talk of the south , and say he had been a vagrant for many years . |
| 17 | The papal letter which he was carrying to the king had been superseded by another , which spoke more mildly and suggested that Anselm himself had been a mischief-maker , and that a compromise agreement could be reached with good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 . |
| 18 | The company in charge of marketing the farm says there 's been a lot of inquiries . |
| 19 | A Forensic expert who investigated the Carl Bridgewater murder case , says there has been a miscarriage of justice . |
| 20 | A Forensic expert who investigated the Carl Bridgewater murder case , says there has been a miscarriage of justice . |
| 21 | Paul calls from the hospital at eight and says there has been no change during the night . |
| 22 | Michael Joseph says there has been no breach : ‘ The Sunday Times 's promotion is theirs , not ours . ’ |
| 23 | And people should not assume there had been a miscarriage of justice . |
| 24 | Four expert witnesses had argued there had been a range of approaches open to the pilot , Sheriff Risk said . |
| 25 | It may show there has been no irregularity or malpractice , in which case the process ends . |
| 26 | He says they 've been a thorn in the side of the auhtorities . |
| 27 | Even after his arrest opinion surveys suggested that Barry retained considerable support and that many of his constituents believed him to have been the victim of a vindictive campaign of persecution by the federal authorities . |
| 28 | Patrick had been company , tending him had been a solace , hoping for him had been a hope . |
| 29 | Unable to admit that meeting him had been the catalyst , Luce said , ‘ I realised we were totally unsuited . |
| 30 | The cop who 'd collected her had been a crowd control unit , the full cyborg . |