Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] been [art] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've thrown in lots of youngsters but really the players ’ budget has basically been the same for five years , ’ he said . |
| 2 | In this respect Excel has always been the first of the Windows spreadsheet , and incorporated much of the ease of use that Windows offered . |
| 3 | The documentation for these drawings has always been the best of any British collection of its type , and after the paring away of the greatest country house collection of drawings Chatsworth 's by the two Christie 's sales of the 1980s , Holkham remained the most important extant . |
| 4 | ‘ The strange thing is that he has always been the soundest of horses and never taken a lame step in his life . |
| 5 | This is particularly so in the field of Scottish education , where folklore about having once been the best in the world has too easily fostered the delusion that restoring the old ways is the route to excellence . |
| 6 | ‘ In England we had Morris dancing , mostly knee down , and our ballet dancers have always been the best for quick , precise footwork . |
| 7 | And our Emily 's never been the same from that day to this … |
| 8 | Things have never been the same at the Chandlers ' since . |
| 9 | Spurs have never been the same in cup competition since Port Vale knocked them out of the FA Cup . |