Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] have [been] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carnelian must know special runes to inscribe around the eye-screen and arcane litanies to incant , to make it serve this two-way purpose , which perhaps had been the true purpose of the device in the first place … |
| 2 | So who else has been a memorable interviewee ? |
| 3 | I knew an empty beer keg when I was tied to one , and the last time I 'd seen that particular one there had been a young punk called Emma sitting on it nostrilling certain noxious and probably illegal substances . |
| 4 | This conflict led Marx , and especially Engels , to a disastrous attempt to combine both approaches by arguing that there really had been an early stage in human history which was a mirror image of capitalism . |
| 5 | We can not go so far as that ; and I lay it down as fact that there never has been a real complete sceptic . |
| 6 | He always had been a perfect gentleman . |
| 7 | While I admire John Ebbrell as a true product of Everton 's youth policy , he really has been a terrible disappointment of late . |
| 8 | ‘ It really has been an amazing recovery and I understand he gave an outstanding performance in his comeback match . ’ |
| 9 | This tendency has steadily increased , and alongside it there has been a different but related tendency , as combine and corporate ownership have become much more common in book publishing . |
| 10 | She was shivering , but it was not with the cold , nor even reaction to what apparently had been a near escape . |
| 11 | But the existence of the offer -however it arose — reminded the town of what once had been a great benefit , and the Company of what had become a great burden , which it had no wish to assume again , however indirectly . |
| 12 | What then have been the main criticisms ? |