Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [be] [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both her looks and personality came from a ride to stardom that has been far from comfortable . |
| 2 | He had realised it before she had , and somehow the sympathy that had been briefly in those blue eyes , that she had mistaken for some sort of liking , was far more disturbing than his hard , cool look . |
| 3 | The quotations that follow are both from personal letters to the present writers , commenting on a published suggestion that those who give advice to parents often do not pay enough attention to the parents ' own views . |
| 4 | You know a lot of the erm shops that have been here for many years |
| 5 | ‘ He 's married a Welsh girl , has two Welsh kids and has been here for five years . |
| 6 | A landmark on the Waxholme/Withernsea road is the old Black Mill , and has been so for many generations . |
| 7 | It is made from M. spicata , but there are many other mints with various distinct aromas and flavours — garden mint is the most commonly used and has been so for many centuries . |
| 8 | Sometimes these are disabled birds and summering is doubtfully of annual occurrence . |
| 9 | To make matters worse , the two men had been ordered to Germany to attend a conference , and had been away for eight days . |
| 10 | She , it turned out , was away , and had been away for some weeks , touring the clubs in the North . |
| 11 | He was first on with his presentation , and had been there since six-thirty to make sure there were no slip-ups with his slide presentation . |
| 12 | Nicaragua was an American obsession and a dream , a proving-ground for ideology , and had been so for more than a century . |
| 13 | The roles of chairman and chief executive are segregated and have been so for nine years . |
| 14 | Once you are fully better , and have been so for some time , you can risk the occasional slice of white bread or a sliver of cake . |
| 15 | The Georgian military said the Su-25 had attacked several times during Saturday but had been away by anti-aircraft fire . |