Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [pers pn] have been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | One interesting feature of this discovery seems to me that it 's been a combination of different individuals approaching it almost laterally , in a sense , because you 're not an astronomer , particularly , are you ? |
| 2 | He somehow managed to pound down to Kouklia on Chennaa , half by night and half by blazing day , and crossing the island was able to see for himself that it had been a more settled and prosperous year . |
| 3 | ‘ I got the hell beat out of me and I 've been a Mexican ever since . ‘ |
| 4 | She has designed the most wonderful costumes for me and she 's been a good friend . |
| 5 | ‘ You could have got the information for nothing if you had been a little more persuasive , a little more patient . |
| 6 | In answer to Merrill 's questioning face , he went on , ‘ I think I once told you that I 'd been a bit — wild . |
| 7 | Well as we approach the end of 1991 , I 'm sure I do n't need to remind you that it has been a very difficult year . |
| 8 | We if we 'd been a minute later we 'd have |
| 9 | She 's know me since I 've been a little girl . |
| 10 | Fergus had been so intensely aware of every separate part of her that it had been a pain and a torment . |
| 11 | I contacted him because he had been a friend of the novelist and playwright , Patrick Hamilton , about whom I am writing a book . |
| 12 | She had loved him while hating him , had loved him when he 'd been a perfect swine . |
| 13 | Behavioural precursors of schizophrenia included a poor emotional rapport in the psychiatric interview , and parental observations that he or she had been a passive baby , with a short attention span in childhood , and often impolite behaviour , while school reports often noted that the child was isolated , uneasy about criticism , easily upset , and disturbed the class ( Parnas et al. , 1982 ) . |
| 14 | If it if it had been a tie we would have tossed a coin . |
| 15 | What if he had been a vicar , a Methodist minister or a rabbi ? |
| 16 | What if it had been a real rapist ? ’ |
| 17 | Not only for myself as it 's been a particular project close to me for many years , but for the break up of a team , a team that has a long time to build up and a team that worked very well together and who were very committed . |
| 18 | He was just 43 and said : ‘ It 's a dream come true for me as I have been a lifelong supporter of Liverpool . ’ |
| 19 | Herr Winter tells us that it has been a family business ever since it was established by his grandfather , who also took the opportunity to purchase one of the three existing original Nipper paintings . |
| 20 | When we were there Stan was with us and he 'd been a few times to Brussels to with the Labour Party and , and he said oh it 's great ! |