Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] have [adv] [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once Mandru had even been frank enough to remark to one of the vibrancers that the sound of Nehushtah 's voice gave him a headache . |
| 2 | They learn from past experience how to read the actions of the monetary authorities and , as a result , nullify even the short-run scope for non-neutrality that Friedman had earlier been prepared to countenance . |
| 3 | She was fortunate in that her income came from a family trust fund , so Ralph had never been able to get his hands on the capital . |
| 4 | Oh , I 'd forgotten that , yes , it 's this sort of tendency that Liverpool 's always been good , but I remember . |
| 5 | ( Although Billy had undoubtedly been guilty as charged , the evidence against him had been largely manufactured , and none of his family had ever recovered from the injustice of this . ) |
| 6 | However , the deficiency of H is clear , and there are no plausible means by which H can be retained in the interior in substantially greater quantities than C and N. In section 4.4.3 certain difficulties were noted of Venus losing to space large quantities of H. To these difficulties must now be added the difficulty that if Venus has lost large quantities of H to space then the Earth , with its warm exosphere and Mars with its low gravitational field , should also have lost large quantities of H. This supports the conclusion that Venus has always been deficient in H , but it does not help explain why . |
| 7 | Penny believes that Diana has always been aware of her own destiny . |
| 8 | Looking back , it 's clear that Cave has always been obsessed with this latent other within each individual , that can be catalysed by an extreme predicament . |
| 9 | Although Madeira has always been Portuguese , the British have influenced its thinking and development , but less so in recent years , particularly since the 1974 Revolution and the coming of the island s own political autonomy . |
| 10 | Richard and Ian had both been involved with the revival of the Bellerby Sword Dance Play , in 1982 for the anniversary of the school and in 1983 for the Richard III celebrations in Middleham . |
| 11 | Well , she 'd lost that much weight , now she 's very conscious from then on , you know , she 's sort of kept her weight down , but her daughter also had a job at our place and she was gross , I mean , Olive and Ann had both been huge women , but , but this daughter , and she was only about five feet tall and er , I do n't know what her weight was but it was one of those |
| 12 | She and Molly had always been close until Molly 's marriage to Sol Stein , owner of a thriving factory in the rag trade in Leeds . |
| 13 | Sydney and Brisbane have always been strong rugby cities but Perth 's astonishing ratings figures have delighted the ARFU . |
| 14 | And Artemis had never been happier in all her life . |
| 15 | Feradach and Eogan had both been right . |
| 16 | Central America and Israel/Palestine have recently been prominent in this work . |
| 17 | He and Franca had always been fond of each other . |
| 18 | St Ives was confessing to Olwyn that he and Frieda had never been happy together . |
| 19 | The draw could also be decisive in the Cartier Million , run on the dog-leg straight at Phoenix Park , and Cumani has again been fortunate with Cullinan ( 4.0 ) , drawn 16 of 20 . |
| 20 | The Netherlands , Switzerland and Luxembourg have traditionally been popular locations for holding companies in Europe . |
| 21 | We could easily afford it , and you and Edith have always been close . |
| 22 | Kilfedder and Molyneaux had once been close but Kilfedder 's desertion of the OUP had divided them . |
| 23 | The coastal resort of Skegness and Mablethorpe have long been famous for the seaside delights they offer and for many , who do not know East Lindsey well , these may be the only places here that they have heard of . |
| 24 | Before the 1967 war Syria , Egypt and Jordan had all been concerned with the issues of Arab nationalism . |
| 25 | Although relations between Russia and Britain had traditionally been fraught with problems since the Crimean War , the deaths caused great distress at Buckingham Palace . |
| 26 | He and Peter have always been good friends and David is the type of lad that once he 's made friends with someone , he has made it for life , ’ says Brian Gedge . |
| 27 | Emotional , cultural ties between Iran and France have always been strong . |
| 28 | Parts of Maida Vale and Bayswater have already been subject to controls . |
| 29 | Departments in Fife , Aberdeen , Strathclyde , Shetland and Dumfries and Galloway have all been subject to criticism and controversy regarding their handling of child care and protection during and since the late 1980s . |
| 30 | Actually , I sent Felicity to Summerhill because I saw this awfully exciting film called The Alamo , starring John Wayne , whom I adore , and he makes this absolutely glorious speech in it which goes ‘ Freedom , I like the sound of the word ’ , actually it 's ‘ Republic ’ he says , I know that because it was on the television last week , but I 've always heard it as ‘ Freedom ’ and I read that A S O'Neill positively breathed Freedom , as indeed do all the Irish , I find , and one has to have pots of money to go there , which gives one — what 's the word ? — sachet , which you do absolutely need to get into Society these days , and Felicity ( her name means Freedom , too , from the Latin , you know ) was frightfully keen to go , and does n't the name simply drip June in , say , the Cotswolds , and Felicity says there are teachers there with nothing to do at all , so you can tell the staff must be tip-top — I mean , what luxury ! spare staff ! — and Felicity 's always been such a tearaway and I know it 's jolly hard but I do think one needs Discipline to get one 's Freedom , I 've always had it , and Republics too , and now I gather she 's been on television , and Felicity was absolutely swearing by the school or something , Angela says , and where is it — somewhere pretty — she goes by train … |