Example sentences of "[adv] be a [noun pl] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ferranti has had its problems in the past so has rarely been an investors ' favourite . |
| 2 | Though since , should he do nothing , then in the way of all these things the news would only be a nine-days ' wonder , she had other matters to concentrate on . |
| 3 | The islands had always been a smugglers ' paradise , and had proved a perfect place to stockpile cocaine before running it across the narrow Straits of Florida to the waiting American markets . |
| 4 | It 's always been a workers ' day and I hope it will remain so . |
| 5 | Since Columbus first called , almost 500 years ago , Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has always been a sailors ' town . |
| 6 | All over the Western world there were liberation movements and alternative life-styles — there had never been a kids ' crusade like it — and Hairy Back would n't let her stay out after eleven . |