Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] have [been] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mainland campaign had been just a foretaste of what might be coming , he said . |
| 2 | The mainland campaign had been just a foretaste of what might be coming in the next two months , said RUC Chief Constable Sir Hugh Annesley . |
| 3 | At first , like her many other activities , the home maintenance course at the Adult Education Centre had been just a desperate device to take her away from the boredom of George . |
| 4 | Until now Sarajevo airport has been almost a haven from the gunfire . |
| 5 | Cetera was subsequently cleared ( only to die later in mysterious circumstances ) but the real worry , for the DIA , was that the Italian court also found that the drug trafficking had been merely a cover , to justify payments to the Kabbaras as DEA informants . |
| 6 | Since the 1950s and the failure of the APL to gain a foothold in Belfast , the Nationalist Party had been mainly a rural phenomenon . |
| 7 | Similarly , the evidence of the London Clearing Banks to the same committee stated : ‘ There is certainly no evidence to suggest that the availability of bank finance has been even a remotely significant factor holding investment back . ’ |
| 8 | The London period had been primarily a test of willpower and improvisation . |